Darren and I did our first final walk-through yesterday at the house, and we also signed all the escrow documents at the title company. The house is pretty much all completed. We found a few things that need to be addressed and fixed in the next few days – for example, they missed one of the lightings for under the kitchen cabinet; there was a chip on the shower seat in the master bathroom; the master shower door was squeaking; some of the kitchen cabinet handles were scratched; and the wood columns outside of the house were chipped… and a few other items. Once we do a 2nd final walk-through this Friday morning, we will be ready to approve the house and then the final documents will be sent to the county to be recorded. If all goes smoothly, we should have the keys by 4:00 pm this Friday!
The last 7-1/2 months went by very quickly, and it’s been an amazing journey witnessing our house being built each step of the way from the ground up. I love every part of this journey, but my favorite has to be choosing all the selections (including upgrades) for the house at the design center. It’s so gratifying to see all of our choices all installed at our house.
I love the elevation that we selected… it truly has the farmhouse feel! If I had a choice, I would paint the entire house in white but the HOA has its guidelines and out of all 3 elevations, I still like the colors of ours the best.
Here is the front entrance, my study and the powder room (on the left)!
My study on the ground floor…
The powder room…
The wood look tile floor on the ground level is looking very nice and it keeps us cool in the summertime time!
We are doing something exciting to those windows in the great room… stay tuned!
Eagerly awaiting our Samsung refrigerator delivery this Saturday to fill that empty space in our kitchen!
So in love with our backsplash and quartz kitchen countertop! I think we have enough outlets on the wall! 🙂 There is also under cabinet lighting!
Our upgraded kitchen… can’t wait to start cooking and baking here!
The cooktop looks so clean right now!
The hood installation is finally completed. It looks great and is exactly how we want it.
This undermount stainless steel farmhouse apron sink is slowly growing on me now!
We have carpets on the stairs!
And we have the drain pan for the washer and gas hookup for the dryer in the laundry room upstairs…
Really loving our cushy carpet upstairs… now I can lie and sit on the floor again (hence no shoes allowed in the house). YAY!
Our upstairs loft is looking great… it will be our 2nd living room with the TV and media table over by that wall.
The guest bathroom is looking very nice!
The guest bed frame and nightstands will be going in this Sunday, but we still need to buy the mattress and bed linens though.
The closet in the guest bedroom…
One of the other bedrooms will be Darren’s office!
The closet in Darren’s office…
Master bedroom – the 7-drawer dresser will be put against that wall, in addition to a floor length mirror which I am still looking for.
That’s the side of the wall where the bed and the nightstands will be…
Ahhh… my barn door to the walk-in closets and master bathroom!
Straight on view of my lovely barn door!
This is my sink and vanity cabinet…
And that’s Darren’s! It’s so nice that we don’t have to share a sink and drawers ever again. We totally missed the “his” and her” vanity cabinets + sinks from our Maui house.
That’s our master shower on the right…
Ahhh… can’t wait to take bubble baths (and read) in this tub!
A closeup of our master bathtub. No, we did not upgrade to the jacuzzi tub… as Darren says: “Just one more thing that would break! Let’s keep it simple!” Hahaha…
View of our upstairs loft from the bedrooms… There are A LOT of windows at our house!
View of kitchen, great room and dining area from the stairs! Don’t you just love those wood like tile floor? They are so perfect for us and the cats!
That extended kitchen island is so awesome! Now I have space to bake and prep food. We will be getting 2 counter stools so we can also eat at the island.
This is it, guys! The next time we blog, we’ll have the keys to the house and hopefully, have some photos of the new fridge to make the kitchen 100% complete.