Week 9 is done

I wasn't out at the house much this week. I did stop by today and get a few pics and talk to our Project Manager. He said they should finish the siding and drywall this weekend.  They got the meter on so they've got the furnace running.  The ceilings were finished as well.  Plan is to do the first coat of paint Monday and flooring Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Trim is set to start Friday but he's thinking he may get bumped to the next Monday.

Front

Side

Left side.  Definitely in need of grading.  Probably will call for some sort of retaining wall around the landscaping.

Back (home of future deck.)

Right side of back yard.  It goes back a bit, but I'm excited we have some big trees!

A few things that I'm watching:

Electrical outlet in garage still hasn't been exposed.  (PM said Monday they would expose it.)

Basement bathroom rough-in still hasn't been exposed. (PM was made aware at preconstruction meeting.)

Windows still don't close all the way.  (I told PM at preconstruction meeting and he said they would address it before the final walk through.)

Two windows need fixed.  One is chipped and one has a trim piece missing.

The boys bathtub has some scratches. 

Bathtub scratched

Another bathtub scratch

Picture from last week and probably the cause of said scratches :(

You can sort of see that top half of window is missing some trim.

Cracked "ledge"

Also, scheduled our POD to be redelivered on May 14.  So with an April 28 closing, that means Andrew has 2 weekends to build the island and remove and re-do the half wall :D

A pretty uneventful week

Week 3 proved to be pretty uneventful, at least from this untrained eye's perspective. We've had quite a bit of snow and cold temps too though.
They did get the dirt filled in around the foundation and some other plumbing/sump pump type stuff done.  The beams were set and 2 huge framing packages delivered.  They have yet to poor the basement floor because of the cold temperatures.  Plan is to start framing Monday, but we're supposed to receive a few inches of snow, so not sure if that will happen or not.  If it does, then we should be under cover by the end of the week!

Filled in dirt around foundation as well as some plumbing stuff :)

View from the street.  Note the framing packages on the left and right.

We also spent the day getting our current house packed up and our POD loaded. Found a 3 month promotion so planning to have everything stored until May 15.  We should close before then but we'd like to have the island complete and a few other odds and ends done before moving in. Closing for our current home is set for Feb. 25.

Trying to fit this house into this POD.

POD is FULL!

Almost forgot, got the call from NVR this week just to update us on rates and said they're at 3.75% right now which is exciting. We were anticipating 4.25+ last month.  We can't lock until we are within the 90 day window per our project manager.  We are probably within that window, but until the framing and roof are on, he's most likely not going to tell us that.  So we're waiting to get the go ahead from him to lock.  I'm planning to contact our current mortgage lender to see what their fees and rates look like as well.