Details - Day 84

Our progress has been amazing. Just not perfect, which we would not expect anyway. We noticed some odd things yesterday we will be addressing with our site foreman tomorrow.

What is this? The rest of the dining room header is the same... Until this weird spot that sticks out like a sore thumb. This is an easy fix. 

This is the photo our home consultant attached to our plans and had us sign. The columns stick out a little bit. I will need to take a photo of our columns as they sit now, but they are flush with the angled wall and will need to be fixed for the crown molding to be placed at the top. Not the biggest deal, but we don't want any delays!  

Hopefully drywallers will start finishing today, the stone will be done, and our attic / garage insulation will be blown. That's a lot for one day. 

We are getting ready to schedule our garage door opener installation and it is much more expensive than we thought. We have double doors and would like a keypad, so our situation may be a little different than other customers... But still. Luckily we put this in our PPIs, but we may still be a little over the allowed amount. We are ready to park in the garage again since our current garage is filling up with furniture for the new house. :) 

After hubby talks to our foreman, we should have a solid timeline of expectations as we reach the final stretch. It has been fun, but we are looking forward to enjoying our home after all of the budgeting, researching, planning, re-planning, working, discussing, stressing, emails, phone calls, text messages, scheduling, etcetera. Our kids need it more than we do. <3

Last day of basement wall removal - Day 33

This has been the most interesting day so far.

Not only were our boys home to watch, but the wall crew had one heck of a time moving things around.

We watched from a dirt hill for awhile, but then accidents with the crane made some of their wall forms loaded on a truck tilt and slide into another truck and things...(language) got ugly. Luckily everyone was ok, although we heard quite a few expletives and bar jokes once the crane driver realized he wasn't going to bite the dust. We are happy everyone is ok. You can't tell much in this picture, but the truck on the left tilted and slid all of the forms crashing into the truck on the right, which made that truck tilt into the roll off dumpster. The crane driver called this the "worst 15 minutes of his life" and joked he wet his pants. Of course that made my kids bust up laughing and made me feel bad for being out there watching!

Wives were called, "I am going to be lates" were exchanged and they had a long day working today. We felt bad for them and were tempted to offer them some beverages of the adult kind!

All in all things seem to be moving quickly at the moment. We just hope it keeps going that way! The crew left about 6:20. 

The basement sure looks better cleaned up!

Our walkout doorway in the basement!

The biggest issue with our walkout retaining wall... Crumbling! They couldn't get the forms off so they pulled it with their truck and cheered when they got it. Needless to say, we aren't cheering with the end result. Our project manager is going to hear from us this week. If it were any other wall, we wouldn't care as much... 

Sump pump in front left corner

Crawl space under the sunroom that our boys have already claimed as their "secret hangout."

Spot for future window! It is coming together! Now time for backfill and waterproofing...