Looks like things will be finishing up rather soon. Took a look, and the house is almost complete. The installed the kitchen sink; I have a suspicion that it is not the sink I ordered, although I could not verify that. I ordered the 'cheap' upgrade, which was an acrylic sink. This sink had a more metallic feel when I tapped it. This could either be they gave me a cast iron sink in order to complete the house and close by the end of their fiscal year (11/30), or the acrylic sinks are supposed to be like that and my memory is off. So, the kitchen is complete almost complete - everything is in place. They just need to paint the psuedo wall in the island, and stain the wood edge on the counters.
All the interior trimming is finished. The kitchen window no longer has markings on it, and appears to be square now. They installed the thermostat. I was supposed to get the generic, mercury-abled, lever switched type. They wanted something like $150-$200 to install a digital one, but I already have one of those, and figured I install it myself. Well, they installed a digital one.
Also of note, I looked at the cost of my added selections and realized something. The amount my loan officer stated to me that was being added is not entirely correct. He has the amount before the non-accoustic ceilings were added. This amount was added a few days after my final selection process, as they didn't have the cost. So, it looks like I got the upgraded ceilings for free as well.
All that appeared to be left was the stairs to the attic, the stuff in the kitchen already mentioned, and the exterior trim. THe builder said that the house will be complete tomorrow. Which means that I'll have my walkthru on Monday, and the final walkthru on Thursday, and closing on Friday. My sales person called me to say that my closing was on the 20th at 3pm, but I told her that I didn't think that would fit in with the builder's plan, as I figured he'd want more than 1 day to get any loose ends out of the way after the walkthru on Monday. She called the builder, and this was confirmed, so she's going to try to get me an appointment on Friday morning.
Looks like I am pretty set to move next weekend. I plan on getting a final batch of pictures over the weekend.
Posted by haglund at November 14, 2002 8:32 PM