Things you should check...

So after living in the house for a little over 2 weeks, I've discovered a few things to make sure you check.  The air return in the kitchen is loud as all hell when the blower is running, I'm going to have them look into it and possibly add sound dampening material to the return duct.

-Make sure your keys work in all the locks, dead bolt and handle lock.  I discovered that our key works in all the locks except for one of the handle locks.

-Check to make sure all your shower faucets adjust temperature correctly.  Since we have to stop using our master shower for them to redo it, we are using one of the other bathrooms.  Well low and behold the cartridge must be backwards because hot and cold are reversed.  I looked at pictures to make sure the plumbing was correct and it was, so it must be the cartridge, hopefully an easy fix.

-Check all your water shutoffs for all your fixtures and toilets.  If they seem like they are loose in the wall there should be a little metal ring that is close to where the shut off is.  I noticed on one that ring was against the wall plate and this secured the pipe from moving.  After noticing that I went to all of them and moved the metal ring and it fixed any that were loose.

-Check to make sure none of your sinks leak.  Noticed that one of the sinks in our master bathroom had a small leak where the drain connects to the sink.  Plumber came out and fixed it.

-Check all the dampers in the HVAC registers.  We have the dual HVAC system and if you take the vent cover out there is a damper in the end of ducting.  In some cases it was almost closed so no air was moving.  I went through and checked them all and found a few that I had to adjust.  If you only have the single HVAC system, I'm not sure if they do it that way.

-Check the floor around the insulation in the basement if you don't have a finished basement.  We found a dark oil like liquid on the floor and pulled the insulation and found some seeping through the wall.  Once the insulation was pulled back it seemed to dry up.  Talking with PM about it they think it was something that is used in mixing the concrete.

Other than that just do some thorough checks on trim work and what not to look for missing paint and damaged pieces.  I can take pictures later for examples.

Day 116: Closed

Today we closed on the house. Time to start unpacking....

Day 114: Pre-settlement Walk-Thru

Yesterday we had our pre-settlement walk-thru.  Aside from the tile in the master shower needing fixed, will have to happen after we move in, there were few issues.  Our walk-thru took about an hour and a half and we pretty much went room by room checking things out with our PM and he made note of any issues so they could take care of them before our closing on Friday.  Really wasn't much to it outside of that and going over some paper work.  They give you a one time use certificate to fix any drywall issues within the first 13 months.  Don't have any new pictures to add as nothing has really change.

Our lawn is starting to sprout a little bit and hoping temps stay up so it has a chance to grow some more.  One thing I did after they seeded was bought a 25lb bag of seed and over seeded it.  I'm sure I'll have to do it again in the spring, but I wanted to try and get some growth before the weather turns.  It also helped that I would go down and water it for 20min on days we didn't have any rain.  Might as well water as much as I could before the utilities are in our name.

Closing is tomorrow, and will be a busy day.  I have our storage pod set to be delivered as well as our appliances.  I'll be hanging lots of blinds and installing new wifi thermostats and garage door opener as well.

Day 112: Quality Inspection

Today is the quality inspection.  Over the past few days they've been going through their punch list and fixing any issues.  They came and replaced the scratched hardwood and hopefully it stays scratch free this week.  We are still waiting to hear back from rite rug as they are supposed to have some tile selections for us to pick from to trim around the window in our shower since their tiling crew screwed that up.  Our pre-settlement walk-thru is this Wednesday with closing to follow Friday morning.

Day 107: Almost there

They are getting there, only a few more things left to do. Painters have been getting a lot done, just about everything has been painted now including the front door. Columns were painted so I guess they will be installed tomorrow. We got new steps in the garage too. A weeks worth of working days left before closing. 

Day 105: Crunch time

With quality assurance check on Friday we are told the house is supposed to be 100% by then. Walking through today they have a lot of touching up to do. Some good news is that the island cabinets finally arrived correctly and were installed as well as the other cabinets that weren't hung yet. 

The house is a bit of a mess now even though a cleaning crew was in last week. I noticed some scratches in the hardwood that I hope they plan on taking care of.  Guess we will see how it goes and hope for the best. 

Long scratch that runs through 3 boards. 

An outlet they decided would go in our pantry cabinet and looks like they botched cutting it at first. 

Day 100: Landscaping

Inside the house they are in fix mode. Outside we got our landscaping. They also leveled out the air conditioners. Won't have any updates until Sunday. 

Day 98: Plumbers and more

Weekend Update: Gutters were installed

Yesterday (Monday) the plumbers came back and did all their finishing work.  They were supposed to come last week but were behind in schedule.  The downside to this was the carpets were installed and they were walking all over them shoes and all.  I'm not sure why plastic was not put down, but I'm not happy at the fact that they weren't covered.

Also, the punch out crew has started to go through and fix blemishes on the walls and what not.  They are still fixing the area around the refrigerator to make room for a cabinet and are still awaiting the rest of the cabinets.  They have their quality assurance check on the 23rd with our pre-settlement walk-thru on the 28th and closing the 30th.  Coming down to the wire now.

Cardboard blew back and no one thought to put it back down instead of walking on the hardwood.

Stairs are looking kind of dirty

Corner cabinet and one next to it need installed as well as island(on order).

Still need to finish out the cement board above the tile

Day 95: HVAC returns and basement insulation.

On Friday the HVAC crew came back and finished hooking up furnaces and ac units. Although the ac units could use some leveling.  The basement walls were insulated and all the doors were hung back up after being painted. 

Day 94: carpets and top soil

Today they installed all the carpet in the house and put down top soil on the yard. We met with out project manager to go issues we were finding and he assured us all would be fixed. 

Day 93: Painters return

Painters returned today to paint all the doors and base boards. Apparently our carpet is getting installed tomorrow even though it seems the house isn't ready for it. Our cabinets that were messed up came in and well they messed up the island cabinets again. They started,living dirt around outside in preparation for final grading, maybe it will happen tomorrow too. Can't get much out of the project manager at this point and starting to get concerned.  

Day 92: Replacing walls

Today they dry walled up the portion of the wall they ripped out yesterday. They were also blowing in insulation in the attic, caulking along base boards, installing glass shower door and appliances were delivered. Hopefully the rest of our cabinets that got messed up are delivered soon and they can finish that. 

Day 91: Ripping out walls

Well it appears they are going to fix the framers mistake that prevented them from installing the 39" cabinet that goes above where the refrigerator will go.  That is about all they did today.

Day 88: We have light....

Some good progress today...The sidewalk was poured this morning, the tile guys came back and grouted the master bathroom, and the electricians came and installed all the outlets and lighting.  Still missing a few cabinets and a bedroom door.