Movin' on up

[€uroMeinke]

In our last place our paperwork included an easment for errant golf balls. Our current place included an aknowledgement that we were in a potential tsunami inundation zone.

[Nephythys]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

Thanks to everyone. Funny how it looks great but all I can think of is getting my hands on the kitchen.

Heh- now that I have bought a house I totally relate! Last night I was getting distracted by commercials for kitchen stuff at Lowe's. I can't wait to get in there!

[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.

We're desparately trying not to panic as we come to grips with the fact that we somehow have to simultaneously spend all of our time packing and all of our time prepping the place.

We spent about $4K over the weekend and walked away with nothing but receipts. Highly unsatisfying. But in theory, we own a countertop, a new dishwasher, and a reallyawesome bedroom set. We kinda broke our budget on that one, but we're under budget on the counter, and this set was totally worth it. It's beautiful, buy a good manufacturer (Broyhill) and really good quality (dovetails on the drawers and everything). We got a dresser, a bed w/head and foot boards, and 2 night stands for $1600. Couldn't possibly pass on that.

We're almost packed, sort of. At least, we'd better be because we're running out of places to hide boxes from the bunny.

[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.