The big news is that we got a closing date on the new house recently – we’re currently scheduled to close on Friday, August 11. That’s oh, let me check the calendar, AAAAH! Two weeks away! We haven’t packed anything!
Well, we have a little bit of a cushion because, assuming that there are no delays and we do make the August 11 closing date, we’ll be moving the following Wednesday. That should give us time to go do anything we need at the new house, haul some stuff over there that the movers can’t or shouldn’t carry, and finish our packing.
Will the house be ready in two weeks (we do our “walkthrough” two weeks from today)? It’s certainly possible. I went by the house this evening and, for the first time in a while, there were no workers there. The doors were locked, but once again, the windows weren’t, so I managed to get inside.
New since last time? You can check the Flickr photoset, but the big things are:
* The garage door is installed.
* The railings on the steps and loft have been stained.
* Mirrors and lights in the bathrooms.
* Carpet and hardwood floors down in all rooms.
* Doors have been hung.
* Shelves are in the appropriate closets.
However, there’s still a bit to be done:
* The front porch is still in pretty rough shape, though the stuff to finish it seems to be in the garage waiting for someone to do it.
* No plumbing fixtures or toilets.
* The electricity isn’t connected and the electric meter isn’t installed.
* No thermostats for the HVAC.
* The front yard is still a big mound of dirt and construction trash – that has to be graded/removed and the sod put down.
* No stove in the kitchen.
* The cabinets/sink in the half-bath aren’t there (damaged? backordered?)
So there are still some significant details yet to be done. Given the speed they’ve been going, it’s certainly doable, but there’s probably not a lot of room in the schedule for delays. I should probably check with the builders next week to make sure we’re still on schedule.