A little over a year in

So we have been in the house for a little over a year now and things have gone pretty well.  All our outstanding issues have finally been resolved, some took longer than others, but luckily they were just cosmetic things.  Our neighborhood is now complete too, which means no more construction vehicles taking up the roads.  Here are a couple of random issues we had pop up:

• Breaker for foyer would trip with heavy rains.  They had originally come out to take care of this in the spring and just replaced the breaker.  We didn't get many heavy rains, but the few we did it kept happening.  The electricians came back out and ran a new wire through the conduit to the lamp post, when they took the old one out it had nicks in it which were probably getting wet cause the issue.  Hasn't happened again since they fixed it.
• Furnace would randomly flame out and back on.  We had an issue in the spring like this but turns out our new neighbors kid stuffed our exhaust flue with rocks and dirt.  This could have cause a potentially unsafe condition, but the furnace would kick off when the pressure built up.  Unfortunately this cost us $90 since it isn't a warranty item.  There after the furnace would randomly do it again, they replaced the flame sensor and it seems to be fine since then.

Since moving in we also have done a few things around the house:

• Had the back yard re-graded.  (Done by contractor that put our patio in)
• Put a patio in.  We went with an exposed aggregate concrete, turned out nice, but the contractor turned out to be a pain to work with.
• Put a privacy fence in.  We went with a 6ft vinyl privacy fence on the sides and 4ft picket across the back.  
• Built a bench and added cabinets to our mudroom.
• Added ship lap, crown molding, and framed out window in our half bathroom.
• Hung a swing on the porch.
• Built a gate in the upstairs hallway for our daughter.
• Painted most of the downstairs except for the front dining room.
• Painted upstairs hallway, master bathroom, and one of the bedrooms.

Here are a few shots of our projects: