SEVEN DAYS till close!
I’m currently sitting at my desk watching the clock. I am leaving at noon to meet Matt at the clubhouse for lunch. Then it’s our FINAL WALK THROUGH!!!!! YAY!
I’m getting excited and nervous! I’m so ready to move. 😀
~k
When Matt and I met almost 7 years ago, he didn’t have a functioning microwave in his house. He told me it had broken shortly after he moved in which meant he had lived there for a few years without one! Like who does that?! Anyway, when I moved in I brought my little counter microwave. That worked well for a while but after we got married we decided it was time to replace the microwave. We went to Lowes armed with some gift cards and bought a new one.
As we were taking the old microwave down, we noticed that whoever installed it had drilled directly into it. So, no wonder it didn’t work. With a new microwave installed we went about our daily lives.
Fast forward to a few weeks ago, like the week before we list our house. I go to heat up some frozen bread in the microwave. I notice it’s not really getting warm or defrosting but I can’t really tell. Finally I tell Matt I don’t think the microwave is working. He comes in the kitchen and puts a cup of water in. A minute and a half later it comes out, cold. You’ve got to be kidding right? Here we are a week from listing our house and the damn microwave goes out. We decide to disclose this to the buyers and say we will fix it before close.
Yesterday we had the inspection on the new house. I had kind of questioned whether we really needed to have an inspection done on a new house but Matt assured me we did. Turns out, he was right! The inspector found a few things wrong with the new house. Nothing crazy but one of the toilets that was replaced is leaking and there is an issue with some of the flashing on the roof. Oh and let’s not forget the microwave. But it’s a brand new microwave right? That’s right, our BRAND NEW microwave, that’s probably never been used, is not working!
I’ve never once had an issue with a microwave, NEVER! Matt, on the other hand, has now been labeled the “microwave killer”. I have no clue what the hell he is doing but this has to be his fault. All the microwave issues started with him. 😉 So it’s looking like we will get another new microwave for the new house. Plus we will be purchasing a new microwave for the current house.
Can we just move already?!?! haha
~k
I decided not to make you wait for the rest of the house. I’m so nice. 😉
You may have noticed the Master Bath is the only bathroom currently with a mirror. This is on purpose. I have mirrors for all the bathrooms except the Ensuite. I was waiting to see what the vanity would look like before I bought something for in there. I have a “Pinspiration” bathroom for the Ensuite which has a Pivot Mirror above the vanity. Now that I know what size it is I will probably buy one I found on Amazon. And once I paint the vanity it will be my Pinspiration bathroom! 😉 Just don’t tell Matt. He’s not really digging the whole “let’s paint the Ensuite vanity” idea. But I think it would look AMAZING!
~k
Now that the house is basically finished I thought it would be good to do a house tour. Matt and I were over there this weekend and managed to finally get pics of all of the rooms from various angles. I’m going to break this post up just so it’s not picture overload!
My front door still isn’t the right color but that should be fixed soon. I also want the crossbars removed. I want to frost the front door and put our house numbers in the middle but I can’t do that with the crossbars.
I will post the upstairs bedrooms along with the back of the house tomorrow.
~k
Matt and I ran over to the house on Sunday morning but I think we went too early. No one was working so we were unable to get in. The biggest thing I noticed as soon as we drove up was the mailbox!!!! YAY!!! Needless to say I was pretty darn excited about that. We had grass in the front yard and the door had been painted. Unfortunately the door was black. I emailed the builder’s agent and was told there was a “paperwork” issue. She said my paint color had been approved and the door would be repainted to the correct color.
As we walked around we noticed there were a lot of spots that had been filled/repaired on the front porch. It makes me happy to see they are noticing some of the same small details and correcting them before we even notice. I did notice one of the railings on the screen porch is lower on one side than the other. I’m sure the builder will see and correct this before I mention it but at this point it looks like we are in the home stretch.
I was also told the new vanity is in! The builder’s agent said she walked over on Saturday and it looked really good. I’m really excited to see it. I plan to go over at lunch one day this week. I’m currently working from home due to icy roads so I don’t think it will happen today.
Speaking of the ensuite bathroom, aside from finding a mirror, which I can’t do until I see the vanity, I have everything ready for that bathroom. I found a shower curtain on clearance at Kirklands for $8.00. They also had a picture that coordinated and after some debate I went back and bought it. I basically got the bathroom done for under $35.00. I liked the shower curtain so much I decided to put it up now while we show this house. I think it really looks great! My vision for that room is coming together nicely. 🙂
In other news, we are planning to list our current house either tomorrow or Friday but we already have a showing for tomorrow. We decided to do a “coming soon” listing and were able to schedule an early viewing. 🙂
~k