Movin' on up

[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Holy crap. Finaly walkthrough yesterday went great. They fixed everything we asked them to and more. So today, it's official. We get the keys this evening.

Tonight? What no soft openings?


Congrats. I hope you enjoy your new hobby.

[Not Afraid]

Hobby. Yes, that's a good name for it. It's the job that never gets completed. But, it's a fun project.

Congrats! What will you do first?

[Strangler Lewis]

My best advice on homeownership is that it helps to have a good relationship with the super for when there's a problem. My relationship is bad. I pick up the phone. I call and call. He never comes.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by Not Afraid

Hobby. Yes, that's a good name for it. It's the job that never gets completed. But, it's a fun project.

Congrats! What will you do first?

The schedule is something like this:

Week 1: Prime/paint master bedroom. Prime/paint master bath. Install shower door (may be put off), have kitchen counter measured and demo'd

Week 2: Pick up living room furniture from Ikea, kitchen counter installed (that's a finger crosser there), sand/prime/paint kitchen cabinets, install sink, have bedroom furniture delivered, move on Oct. 1.

The new dishwasher should arrive shortly thereafter. If there's time, installing a shower door and a new kitchen light fixture will be squeezed in there, otherwise those can wait.

On some level, it's totally manageable. I've written and optomistic daily schedule, and there's about 3-4 days of buffer should things slip. The only real issue will be whether we can schedule the kitchen counter work in a timely fashion (and whether it goes smoothly on the first attempt), 'cause we don't want to start other work in the kitchen until that's done.

[Nephythys]

wow- we move on the same day. I will not be doing much work until after the move in though.

Good luck on all that- and congrats!

[lashbear]

I hope it's all ready for our Royal Visit...

[Ghoulish Delight]

Hell. So much for that schedule. Coutnertop people called to set up times. Turns out...they suck and are only available M-F during business hours. How lame is that? And the earliest they can do it is Oct. 2 for tearout and Oct. 13 for install.

So new we have to decide whether we're going to put off painting the kitchen until after the installation, or paint it now and hope they don't damage it too badly.

[Capt Jack]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

So new we have to decide whether we're going to put off painting the kitchen until after the installation, or paint it now and hope they don't damage it too badly.

personally and from past experience, wait to paint.

trust me on this. THE most careful folks in the world WILL mess up your nice clean paint job, especially doing counters, cabinets and/or floors.

IMO...just wait, you'll be glad you did.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Yeah, I know that's the smart thing to do.

I guess, then, the deicssion is, unpack stuff into the cabinets now only to have to repack it all later, or just live out of boxes in the kitchen for a couple weeks.

[DreadPirateRoberts]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Yeah, I know that's the smart thing to do.

I guess, then, the deicssion is, unpack stuff into the cabinets now only to have to repack it all later, or just live out of boxes in the kitchen for a couple weeks.

I'd wait to paint. I'd also unpack the stuff into the cabinets, that's easier than hunting through boxes.