Mess Of Wires, Pipes, and Much More...

Big changes lately! Mainly looking like a big jumble of plastic pipes, wires and metal pipes. But of course this means finished plumbing, wiring and HVAC! Once this is all done, we will get the call for the pre-drywall walk through. This is a chance for us to ask about any concerns we have of anything going on in the walls before they get covered up with dry wall. One might wonder, "how in the world would I notice if something wasn't right" but it is amazing how much you notice when it is your house being built. 

For example, when driving down the road to the house last week I told Matt the front door looked slanted. I am sure he thought I was nuts. But sure enough, it is leaning. The top leans out further than the bottom. I will mention this for sure. Matt noticed a crack on one of our steps that needs to be fixed. I also noticed that when we changed the way the door swung open from the garage into the house, they didn't fix where the light switch went. It should be moved to the other wall, but now it is behind the door. That will be awkward coming in and trying to get a light on with the door blocking it. See you notice things!

But that is why you get these opportunities, to be sure the finished product is as close to perfect as possible.

The other exciting part about all this is that once the dry wall is installed we will get the official closing date. Right now we are set for February 25th but they will be able to tell us exactly when we will close once the dry wall is done. I actually had a call from Ball Homes on Tuesday letting me know things are moving along nicely and asking if we would be willing to move our closing date up and be in earlier. Of course!! We should find out for sure in about 3 weeks. Yay!

Here is what is going on right now:

Looking up into the attic at all the chaos.

Soon to be light switches!

Furnace. On these cold days I really wish it worked when I was over there checking things out! I bet the workers do too!

This may seem like a crazy picture but I was SO excited to see it. It is the sign in the upstairs window with the house number and OUR name on it. Getting so real now!