DAY 64 - The house is complete!!!!!! sort of...

DAY 64 - May 26, 2010

We'll call the house completed. But were still waiting for a change of granite.

We have completely moved in and now are Washington Fields residents.

June 3, 2010

DAY 62 - I had visits from with the garage door and door guys.

DAY 62 - May 24, 2010

The punch list still isn't completed, but I have met with two of the subs.

DAY 59 - We moved our storage unit stuff in today.

DAY 59 - May 21, 2010

We're at DAY 59 and Salisbury Homes still hasn't completed everything.

The Punch list still has not been complete,

and we found that our Master Bathroom door doesn't have the

Privacy lock that we order.

We moved our storage unit stuff in today into the new house.

Our friends the Dye's and Dave Mortensen helped us move in.

Thanks for your help!!!

Christopher and Emily came and Chris has been build the

beds and various things.

DAY 58 - Still waiting for all of the punch list items to be completed.

DAY 58 - May 20, 2010

We're still waiting for all of the punch list items to be completed.

Our new refrigerator was delivered last night.

DAY 57 - Almost done, minor touch-ups left.

Day 57 - May 19, 2010

We have just a few minor touch-ups left to do. All major fixes have been made. Some of our grass had replaced, mainly the edges that had burned up.

View Stonehedge Drive in a larger map

Day 56 - The Major fixes are under way and we released the funding and now have the keys.

DAY 56 - May 18, 2010

We now have the keys to the house with still some items left on the punch list.

The lawn isn't recovering

The shower floor was replaced, water wasn't going all down the drain.

Damaged edge replaced

Damage tub corner repaired, can't even tell it was cracked.

DAY 55 - We Closed late this afternoon, but withholding funds until the punch list is complete.

DAY 55 - May 17, 2010

We closed on the house today, with 5 things left to complete on the punch list.

We are withholding funding until the punch list is completed. We've been promised that by noon tomorrow everything will be done.

Except Granite!!! That's a whole other story.

We are home owners again, back in debt.

Michelle got her front door today. :)

The door was painted correctly this time and had no problems.

DAY 53 - Still waiting, no changes today.

Day 53 - May 15, 2010

The boys played with the neighbors kids tonight. No house changes.

DAY 52 - Nothing has changed

DAY 52 - May 14, 2010

Still waiting for new granite and shower floor fix.

DAY 51 - We won't be closing until Monday at the earliest.

DAY 51 - May 13, 2010

Work on the punch list items continues.

The back yard was grated and is now ready, as well as the final blinds were hung.

DAY 50 - Our interest rate lock expired today, lucky us we got a new lower rate.

DAY 50 - May 12, 2010

Our Interest rate lock expired today, we were very lucky the rates have been going down over the last week and we got a new lower rate lock. We have been working with a great mortgage company and they have been taking good care of us. If you ever need a Mortgage or Refinance, contact Ben McAffee @ First Colony Mortgage he has been awesome.

A lot has been accomplished today on our punch list, I did have to turn the master water line on myself since my new yard was burning up. It needed water bad.

The grass and landscaping were burning up.

The third car garage door lock was installed, we're not going to have a door opener for that door.

The Rain Gutters are on the house

We need the rain gutters, a storm is coming

House Tour Pt1

House Tour Pt2

DAY 49 - Not closing today, nothing has changed since yesterday.

DAY 49 - May 11, 2010

Nothing happened today, my loan rate lock expires tomorrow, so we'll have to see what happens tomorrow. I doubt we'll close until Friday. A lot still must be done.

DAY 48 - We still haven't closed with Salisbury Homes

DAY 48 - May 10, 2010

The house is still not ready for closing, so much for the 45 Day promise.

And to top it all off, someone turned the master water line off to the house last weekend, so the new landscaping has been burning up. NOT Happy!

The kitchen looks great, no change on the granite.

Family room

That damn door has got to go, its evil. We want a new front door.

View from the Master sitting room into the bed room.

DAY 45 - We are not closing today, Salisbury is not ready.

DAY 45 - May 7, 2010

We will not be closing today, still a lot of punch items to fix.

And I'm being very picky.

I guess I'll put off being a home owner again until next week.

The Front door saga still continues, someone doesn't want Michelle to have the door she wants.

As you can see there are indentations in the door sidewall, as-well-as a break were tongue and side plate go. This must get fixed, or someone could just use a screwdriver to break through the door.

The roof is lookin good and Brown. :) Still waiting for Rain gutters.

Michelle got the range top she wanted.

The Master tub has some damage that needs to be repaired.

DAY 44 - Roof tile was being completed, plumbing seemed to be finished and cleaners were in the house cleaning

DAY 44 - May 6, 2010

The roof was being completed today

The front yard will be very low maintenance

Plumbing was done today, the Master tub looks great.

Kitchen (I see the granite stains from here)

Hose bibs and toilets were installed.

And the Front door saga continues, we got the correct front door back yesterday and the painter came and painted it. The only problem was they painted the inside half of the door, the color of our walls not the trim color like every other door in the house. They'll have to come back and try again tomorrow.

DAY 43 - Three days left, will Salisbury Homes make the 45 day promise?

DAY 43 - May 5, 2010

Will Salisbury make the 45 day promise? We did a walk through with our Realtor John Houston, and we ended up with about a 15 item punch list that needs to be completed before closing. Waiting for the plumber.

The roof still needs ridge tiles, and the backyard needs to be graded out and smoothed over. The Landscaping look great.

We're still waiting to hear what becomes of our request to change the granite.

We got our appliances today, Dishwasher, Microwave and the wrong stove/oven. We are suppose to be getting an upgraded coil top range. (Michelle prefers the coil top range)

We have carpet.

Upgraded carpet pad, with the best carpet Salisbury offered.

DAY 42 - Granite kitchen counter tops and ceiling fans

DAY 42 - May 4, 2010

Granite counter tops are installed

The granite has two orange stain looking spots on the slabs

They look as if you spilled something that would come out.

We are not happy with this stained orange look, when the rest of the top is predominately yellow

You can notice the stain from this far away

Ceiling fans were installed

DAY 41 - We have trees, rocks, blinds and bathroom counter tops

DAY 41 - May 3, 2010

The roof is almost done, and the front yard just needs grass.

We have blinds

We have some Palm bushes in our yard, the trees look great.

Vanity 1 in the Master Bathroom

The Master Shower is ready

DAY 38 - The fixtures are installed, Tile in the Shower and tub area, curbing in front yard for landscapers.

DAY 38 - Apr 30, 2010

Landscape curbing was poured

That main front area between the curbing will have one tree and grass

We have tile around the Master tub

My shower bench

Roof tile still moving very slow