Autumn Beige in the Sun
Autumn Beige in the Shade
Friday, January 25, 2013
Steadily Chugging Forward
Things are moving along nicely, they have completed the siding and are now back on the interior. Due to the extreme cold that we are having right now, they are holding off on installing the stone veneer until middle or late next week. Our new PM contacted us last night in response to a request from me for a progress update. So he gave us a run down of the next week or so, as I said before due to the cold they are holding off on the stone and are focusing on the interior. Yesterday the dry-wallers finished the mudding ( I guess thats what you'd call it ), the filling of all the seams and covering of all the screws used to secure the drywall to the studs. Today he has a crew in the house doing all of the sanding and finishing of the wall surfaces in preparation for the paint crew to come in and apply the prime coat throughout the house. Which he has scheduled for tomorrow. He caught me off guard with that, it seems that for the second time during our construction we will have crews onsite working on a Saturday. He plans to have crews in Monday through Wednesday installing all of the hard surfaces which we happened upon, being stored in the garage of the home on our latest visit the day before yesterday. The hard surfaces are the flooring, hardwood & tile. I am uncertain if the carpet is included in this phase. They will also be installing the cabinetry. I am assuming that at that point he's planning to bring in the stone crew to put in the stone on the front of the house. As alway we have lots of pictures for you guys. But I need to talk about the prime coat that I mentioned earlier. We decided to go with a prime coat because ryan homes only offers one color option for interior paints, we liked the color that they were offering but decided against it because we want to customize our home. Yes it would have been nice to move into a home thats already painted, but we felt that paint is one of the cheapest and most dramatic ways to customize our new home, so we're going to choose a custom color and have it painted ourselves.
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
:-) Siding.... HAH, WE HAVE SIDING!!!
Autumn Beige..... Ah, Autumn Beige, so little love so much distaste. I thought hate might be a little strong, not by much just a bit. My poor wife, she was soooo worried. Through her exploration of numerous blogs she became so very concerned with the "pink" nature of autumn beige. Me on the other hand... I could give a shit less, "could give a shit" might be a little aggressive... aww hell I don't put much stock into what the next man or woman thinks. I liked it when I picked it and that wasn't going to change till I decided for myself that I hated it, and I am glad to say I am not disappointed.
Huh, whats that you ask? Have I seen it in full on unobstructed sunlight..., ahhh well sort of I guess. It was overcast with the occasional break for a quick burst of sun. Aww who am I fooling no I haven't seen it in full on sun but I don't need to! I Love it!!! It has character, a tan that seems deep till you see it has a pinky, peachish hue to it that gives it depth and character.
Huh whats that you just said there fellah??? He must be gay!!! Now thats uncalled for don't ya think?! A man can't like pink? Hell the younglings are all sporting it or were not to long ago, I tend to not follow the latest trends to closely, I think this rapper started it a few years back.... But if you really have questions, test me. }:-)>
Ohh how I digress, seems that my surly alter ego Tbone, Worm or Hollywood Hill (he goes by a number of names), came to the surface damn it I thought I had him on lockdown. LOL , here are some pictures of the siding going up this was all done in about seven and a half hours.
Huh, whats that you ask? Have I seen it in full on unobstructed sunlight..., ahhh well sort of I guess. It was overcast with the occasional break for a quick burst of sun. Aww who am I fooling no I haven't seen it in full on sun but I don't need to! I Love it!!! It has character, a tan that seems deep till you see it has a pinky, peachish hue to it that gives it depth and character.
Huh whats that you just said there fellah??? He must be gay!!! Now thats uncalled for don't ya think?! A man can't like pink? Hell the younglings are all sporting it or were not to long ago, I tend to not follow the latest trends to closely, I think this rapper started it a few years back.... But if you really have questions, test me. }:-)>
Ohh how I digress, seems that my surly alter ego Tbone, Worm or Hollywood Hill (he goes by a number of names), came to the surface damn it I thought I had him on lockdown. LOL , here are some pictures of the siding going up this was all done in about seven and a half hours.
We have Elevation C with the Stone Front.
Sorry everyone, over here trying to multitask and screwed around and did something to the post. Heck I don't know what I did, I must have deleted it. But luckily I was able to hit the back arrow and bring it back up and rebuild it.
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Friday, January 18, 2013
Well Lookie Lookie Here!!!
Drywall, and it's warm than a motha up in here!!! All is good except for one spot which I didn't photograph. But my PM is on it as usual and I have no doubt that he will get the issue corrected in short order. Here are some pics for you guys to enjoy... We've got drywall ya'll! LOL
Thursday, January 17, 2013
Insulation is in... Time for some DRYWALL!
These pictures are from this past Tuesday, we went down to the new home site to meet the new PM who will be taking over as of next Tuesday as well as to hook up with our inspector. He and the current PM had set an appointment for eight in the morning to get the insulation inspected. The new PM seems to be a good guy personable, and polite. That means a lot to me personally, I for one am so tired of dealing with people who have that bitter, brooding always annoyed demeanor. You ever dealt with them...? Every encounter is tense, some look at you sideways when speaking to you others don't look at you at all and others if they speak only speak in one word responses. Neither Zach our PM from heaven nor Our Inna, SR extraordinaire have ever made use feel this way. They both have always made us feel like we were the most important people at the moments that they were dealing with us. We are comfortable approaching both at any given moment, and we know that they will stop and answer in full any questions that we have and ask if there is anything else that we need. This is quality service..., My wife has read so many bad stories about PM's and SR's. But thank god we haven't had that sort of experience. We have also read some bad things about NVR, well I must say that our team has been great thus far. Keith and Kelley have taken great care of us. We are getting close to completing this thing and I am so looking forward to it. Thanks for all the hard work everyone.
Monday, January 14, 2013
Todays Visit
Todays visit was short and sweet, I went at around noon intending to catch the SR as she was arriving, I was trying to give her time to get through the Monday morning meetings but found that I was still a bit early. No problem though it just gave me a little time to take a look around the neighborhood. As usual the site was alive with activity workers busy at work on multiple homesites. Foundations being poured, concrete trucks in and out, another house in the starting phases of framing, and other homes in varied phases of internal work with ours being in the latter group. There was just one lone box truck in our drive no one visible outside. So I went and sat at the model for fifteen or twenty minutes till one of the ladies from up there showed up. I went in with her and she faxed off some paper work for me. We received paperwork from Ryan informing us that we have a scheduled date for our Pre-Settlement Demonstration as well as a Settlement Date which I have taken to calling KEY DAY!!! We have also set a date and time for the signing of the papers....... UGGH...... I hate signing papers......... for more reasons than one, but it's a necessary evil. Once she faxed of the papers for me I went and hooked up with the PM and went over the hard copy of the inspectors report with him. He took me in side and around the house and we looked at all of the things that were pointed out some... most had already been addressed others had yet to be addressed. When we went into the house I saw that they had gotten to insulation. There was a guy in there on these stilts walking around inserting batts of insulation. This guy is fast. it was only noonish and he was quit far along. I didn't get any photos today but I'll be certain to get some tomorrow. My inspector will be back out tomorrow to inspect the insulation. I received some good and bad news today. Our PM will be leaving us next Tuesday :-( he has received a promotion that will take him out of the field and move him to an office. Neither I or my wife are happy about this but we are happy for him. We will be meeting our new PM tomorrow during the insulation inspection, the current PM is trying to get everyone acquainted with the new PM clients and inspector... make for a smooth transition. I really hate to see him go but such is life, I just hope the next PM is as cool and good at what he does as this one is.
Coming Right Along!!!
The house is getting there one step at a time, we have finally gotten to the dry wall phase.... I haven't spoken with the PM since Thursday but he said they would be starting drywall Monday or Tuesday all depending in inspections. Thursday was an interesting day, it was the day that we had the first of five different private inspections on our property. The inspector arrived on the site around 2 p.m. and informed us that his inspection would take approximately two hours. Being me I wanted see him in action so I showed up halfway through and he was cool with it. It seems that the inspector and the PM are compatible personality wise, they spoke and the Inspector addressed a couple of minor issues that he was concerned with.The PM was receptive and there were no sparks or fireworks. Once the inspection was done both the inspector and the PM walked me and the misses through the home and explained what was found and the fixes that are needed. There really wasn't any need for fixes so much as a couple of things were missing in the installation. If the parts weren't already on site ready to be installed they were on order. The Inspector had a suggestion or two and the PM said he will accommodate them. I will be checking today to insure that that has been done, prior to any dry wall going in. Once we were all done I intended to verify our pre-drywall meeting which was scheduled for today at 4 p.m., when my PM said you know we could do it now if you like...... I said oh what the hell! So we dove right in. He walked us through the home explaining away as he went along all of the outlets, switch boxes, plumbing, light boxes, cold air returns, vents, exhaust fans in baths, whole home air circulation fan, recessed lighting cans etc, etc......
I forgot to say that while onsite on Thursday, we happened to be onsite with the crews that were finishing up our Guardian installation and also the electrical crew, they are separate entities. I thought Guardian did it all initially. It was good that we went through with the PM that day, as we were going through he noticed a couple of things that needed to be addressed with the electrical. Nothing major just a three position switch box wired for four switches they had to change out the box to a four switch box, and a missing carriage light mount on the garage. Here are a few pics from the other day.
I forgot to say that while onsite on Thursday, we happened to be onsite with the crews that were finishing up our Guardian installation and also the electrical crew, they are separate entities. I thought Guardian did it all initially. It was good that we went through with the PM that day, as we were going through he noticed a couple of things that needed to be addressed with the electrical. Nothing major just a three position switch box wired for four switches they had to change out the box to a four switch box, and a missing carriage light mount on the garage. Here are a few pics from the other day.
The basement is taking shape!
As you can see they poured the garage floor...
The dreaded sump!!!
Recessed lighting cans in the kitchen area.
Ventilation duct work...
Kitchen counter area, being laid out.
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
HAPPY NEW YEAR IT'S 2013 YEAH!!!
Hey there Blogger Buddies, I hope the New Year has been good for you all thus far. It seems like it's been quit a while since I've posted on here but it's only been a week. So much has been done with the house it's hard to know where to start. Framing is complete, house is totally under roof, all shingles are in, windows and exterior doors are in, utility trench dug, rough plumbing installed, basement floor poured, garage floor beams are in floor back filled and stoned with drain installed, most of the dirt on the property has been leveled off to back fill around house and establish a rough grade, drive way has been re-stoned with a finer material. I actually parked on it the other day. Saturday just past we met with the Guardian sales rep at the house to do the placement walk through for the security system as well as the phone, cable and data jacks. Our PM is a cool fellah I almost like him as much as I like our sales rep whom the Misses and I have take to calling our Inna. Sorry Zack we cool and all but she's cuter.... I'm sure you can understand. LOL
The PM informed me that we should be having our pre drywall meeting late this week being as the electrical is going in today and tomorrow and guardian should be in and out before the week is out as well. WOW, things are going so fast, it's almost enough to make your head spin. Me and the Misses have taken lots of pics I'll put some up for you guys.
The PM informed me that we should be having our pre drywall meeting late this week being as the electrical is going in today and tomorrow and guardian should be in and out before the week is out as well. WOW, things are going so fast, it's almost enough to make your head spin. Me and the Misses have taken lots of pics I'll put some up for you guys.
It's all coming together we have been keeping in touch with our loan specialist from NVR she is doing a great job for us, and things are looking good for us closing next month. We have begun our search for an insurer. We are also beginning to get into the whole appliance search thing now. I'll save that for another day though. Tired tired... time for some sleep then some money making!!! Good Night Everyone, be back soon.
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