Like the lyrics of the Hall and Oats song, So Close, we are sooooo close to finishing the house - but the patience needed to see the project to the end is so far away. It is no secret that we have had trouble finding tradesmen that can do quality work and/or that can show up the entirety of the project. Dave and I have had many conversations with each-other about what we could have done differently at this point or that. In reality I think it is just the two us Monday-morning quarterbacking the reality of putting our house back together. Our next-door neighbors became so frustrated (with the same issue) they decided to go with "big box store" to finish out all of their larger projects. While I was in Houston over spring break, they were scheduled to have "big box store" install their carpet - guess what?! No one showed up! I have to say that I was shocked. While you are going to pay more at "big box store", I thought that the trade off would be reliability of install and warranty afterwards. On my list of things to do this weekend is to visit with them and find out what happened. It will have been two weeks by the time I see them and I am just hoping that they have flooring.
On the docket for this weekend - possible inspection by the mortgage company (they are still holding a nice chunk of our insurance money) but we can not get the inspector to confirm the time of the appointment ( I couldn't make up this nonsense even if tried), maybe the shower in the master bath will be finished, possible install of the vanities in the master bath. Well that seems really definitive.
The yard (re-sodding and tree trimming) work is scheduled for April 10th, so in the back of my mind that is the schedule that I am working backwards from - the yard should be the last thing and the house will be FINISHED!
Here is a sneak peak of the end result:
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