Week 12: Floors, Appliances, Touch-Up Work

Week 12 - August 1 - 7, 2016

 

Days 78 - 84

• Hardwood floors & carpets installed - 8/1-8/3
• Appliances arrive - 8/4
• Drywall spackling/ touch ups (everything is pink!)
• Sprayed inside of main vents black (instead of shiny)
• Bathroom fixtures hung (TP holders, towel racks, etc.)
• Shower surround in master bath installed
• Shower curtain rods hung in hall & guest bath
• Faucets installed everywhere.

We asked our PM for a walk-through on Wednesday afternoon. It was GREAT to see the progress, and our floors in particular. I love them!! Wish we could have seen the appliances, but we were a day too early. We measured for blinds and took a few pics (see below).
Work definitely feels slower now that it's detail stuff and not drastic changes.
We caught a few new fixes:

• Cable outlet was faced into the loft, when it should have faced into bedroom #3.
• Long towel bar hung in powder room (had requested it be left off). I don't understand why they install a full towel bar in a powder room. It should be a ring or short bar. So silly.
• Move TP holder in master WC from next to toilet to on opposite wall.
• Carpet transitions between rooms obvious in a couple of places - you can see the cuts.
• Front living room window is being bowed up pretty severely by mortar globs on the stone.

And a few remain that PM added to/kept on his list:

• Banged up kitchen cabinets
• Still wrong vanities in hall and guest baths
• Door swings of laundry room and master bath need to be reversed
• Crooked ceiling drywall in pantry hallway (between kitchen & dining room)
• Horrendous drywall gap and blobs of spackle around front door light switch
• bowed drywall above loft windows
• white outlet cover on espresso island

Some general stuff I don't love, but can't do anything about:

• Front door has no trim, and a plain white kickplate. Snore.
• Strange undersized garage carriage lights
• We paid for upgraded padding in study. It does not feel upgraded in the least.
• Ugly/cheap-looking window in front door
• Meh about the stone selection

One happy note: PM demonstrated that electrician was able to accommodate my wiring request to control front porch and garage lights from the same place inside the front door. Yay PM!

Day 8: Dining Room and floors! Note the raised box molding to accommodate higher baseboards we'll install ourselves. Resolution to that ugly issue!

Day 80: Entry View with bonus shots of hubs and PM + So.many.boob lights.

Master Bath light fixture - not a big fan

Day 80: Master shower. BIG fan!

Day 80: The Glorious Tub!

Day 80: Study with "upgraded" carpet and pad