I must say that I am somewhat disappointed with he progress on the exterior of the house in week number eight. Don’t get me wrong, there was progress this week but it was the inside that benefited with drywall and electrical work and the outside remained the status quo once again this week.
My thinking on this would be related to the second and third home being installed in Sturgeon Falls over the next few weeks. It is my belief that the crews will return and complete the work on our house and then continue with the two others so as the work would be localized for a given period of time. At least this is my thinking at this point.
As for the work that was completed this week, The stairs and windows for the basement have been installed. It was so cool to walk in and make our way down to the basement for the first time. Now the house is closed to outside eyes as they are not able to get into the building anymore.
The electrician was able to install the electrical service and all the connections to the panel in the day and a half he was here. His work was neat and tidy and took the time to walk me though what he was doing. We talked about what was where and a few little things that every house has, those secrets and special cases all home owners need to know about. He even set the ocular temperature of our outside lights to what we wanted. The things you can do with LED lights today.
The one thing I wanted to not happen was forgotten and now I have to undo it later though. I had asked that the network cables not be terminated so I had all the extra cabe length needed to install my own network rack once we moved in. He admitted to forgetting this and apologized but now I have shorter cables that may cause an issue as to where my rack can be placed. It will work in the end I am sure, time will tell.
The drywall crew completed all the patches and primed all their work so the house is ready for a final coat of our liking. We have been encouraged to wait a year for the house to settle and any resulting cracks or nail pops can be repaired under warranty following the one year inspection. We can also choose to paint the walls and make sure we have some paint left to make the touch-ups as required which is most likely the path we will take. But for now, white will do.
Speaking about painting, we took the time to find out details related to a driveway and interior furniture. We are waiting for quotes and are even thinking about having an interior decorator come in to aid in this process. We have never done this so it should be interesting.
Next is the plumber followed by the HVAC people which should bring use to the HUG Date of July 20th when the house becomes ours. Lots of little things need to happen before then but it is just a matter of weeks before we can move in; the end of the tunnel if you will.