Our drywall is up! Woohoo!
We swung by the house on Monday, and were shocked to see the house with full siding on the outside and full drywall on the inside. This made such a huge difference in the way things looked. It's almost a house now.
In related news, grading on our backyard is apparently set to begin as well. There is a slight delay happening on this front because apparently the crew is going to need to remove our a/c unit to get the construction equipment in the yard since our neighbors recently put up a fence and there isn't enough space to drive it over.
While creating some temporary issues for the builder, the fence is good news for us and our neighbors. It's good for us since we should be able to work out a deal with them to build off their existing fence (thus saving us the expense of one whole side of labor/material costs). It's even better for them since they don't have to worry about construction crews wrecking havoc on their lovely grass. Win, win.
We also learned this week that our final settlement walkthrough is set for Wednesday, September 6, 2017. Since this is less than four weeks away, we really need to get going on finding an independent inspector to give everything an extra eye. I'm sure they won't find anything major as Ryan Homes has a really solid reputation in the Potomac Shores community, but the money we spend will be well worth it for peace of mind.
Our official closing date will be three weeks after the settlement walkthrough. We're a little unique as most folks tend to close and settle on the same day since that's when you get your keys. We opted to push our closing back so as to limit the amount of overlap between when our lease ends and our mortgage payments begin. No regrets on the decision to do so since that will give us a bigger budget for furniture, a fence and patio, washer/dryer, etc.
Our lease runs through the end of October, which is perfect since we have lots of home improvement projects, like painting and molding installation, that we want to do before we officially move all of our stuff over to the new house.
Photos of our home post drywall makeover below.
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| August 7: The siding and shutters are up. |
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| August 7: A view of our dining room with a fresh coat of drywall. |
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| August 7: A look at the kitchen from the living room. |
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| August 7: The living room and fireplace with cut-outs for our tv mount. |
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| August 7: The staircase up to the second floor. |
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| August 7: Master bedroom with tray ceiling. |
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| August 7: Master closet |
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| August 7: Master bathroom |
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| August 7: Guest bedroom two |
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| August 7: Guest bedroom three. Forgot to take shot of the fourth. |
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| August 7: French doors leading out to the yard from the basement |
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| August 7: Basement family room |
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| August 7: Stack of doors that will be installed in the next few days |
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