Building a House: A Photo Gallery

I realized I needed a post specifically that included a running tally of all the photos, pretty much so I could bring it up and show friends at work. I think I will make this a pinned post so it stays on top.

Our gallery timeline begins with the formal processing of our Earnest Money + Construction Deposit and when it was officially reflected online. Our plot markers turned red on the same day, but LOT 27 beat us by 2 days. Unfortunately, their contract would fall through and ended up coming available as a Quick-Sale and has since resold. So........ by default, that makes us the first Homeowners in Phase D of our neighborhood!!

Here's a screenshot of when everything went live:

Red = Sold  ||  Green = Available  ||  Grey = Unreleased  ||  Blue = Quick-Sale.

Dining Room

As mentioned in my last post, in order to combat some of my latest stressors, I've fixated on a couple different items we will 100% need once we get in the house. We'll go ahead and cover the dining room options I've been investigating :)

I'm probably sinking too much energy into th…

Utility Options

I just wanted to compile a list I could keep ready and at-hand for when the time comes. Just know this list is for me to reference and build off of...




INTERNET:
Trying to secure Fiber Optic for our internet connection since we use it as our main source of.... well, everything.

What's available? …

House Meeting No.2

We had our second meeting with the Construction Manager today. We met at the house and did the Pre-Drywall Inspection. Its been right about a month from the last meeting and while its still been a "slow trickle" of progress, most of it is best visualized inside (the HVAC, the electrical running through the house, tubs/showers installed, cable pre-wiring, insulation markers, etc) so, it's not overwhelmingly different looking from the outside. With the exception of the freakin' DRIVEWAY! HELLO!

House Meeting No.1

The meeting with Construction Manager went AWESOME.

I had heard how some places kind of hint that they want everything done by appointment only... but she was a completely open book. She was like "you can come by any time you feel like it. After hours. Weekends. Whenever. You can take pictures of whatever you want. Come take measurements! Check it all out! If you want more than that, by all means, we can totally set an appointment where I can meet up with you if you want a one-on-one!"

She answered all of my questions - like if some mysterious additional insulation somehow appeared overnight in the garage walls before the drywall was hung, she'd be like, "Well ain't that sumpin!" LOL. Some super WEIRD tidbits that made me toss & turn at night [like thinking we had no electrical outlets on the exterior of the house]... we totally do. What I didn't select was the additional electrical boxes... which would be in addition to the multiple that come standard.

Passing the Time

There really hadn't been a whole lot to update about over the last 6 weeks or so. I mean, global pandemic, yeah... but - about that - ok, so I'll take a moment to go ahead and elaborate on how things have been.

I work in the medical field and I have no kids.

I feel like these are the 2 topics that effected the most people. Through this entire thing, I have kept going to work. I think in the first week of official Lock Down, I received my "Essential Worker" documents that I was to keep in my vehicle in case I was ever held up or pulled over or accosted for being out. There was a serious decline of volume at work (at first) when everyone was actually staying home - but I still had to go to work. Definitely job security. No "WFH" [working from home] for me! So, no. I was not effected by the Unemployment Disaster. For me, it was honestly "Business as Usual."

Approved!

Finally Friday! I woke up today and after making my coffee and heating up my Egg'Wich, I sat down and opened up my computer. I decided to check my email first and I was greeted with a Congratulation email!

The Mortgage Loan has been approved!