I hope everyone had a fantastic Thanksgiving! I know I enjoyed time with my family and pigging out! So a lot has happened since my last post. Our house is up and moving along really fast. We were so thrilled at how quickly everything was moving along that we thought for sure we would have a settlement date that was moved up into early December. Then we received a letter in the mail a couple of weeks ago letting us know that our orientation date is December 28th and our settlement date is December 30th. We were a little frustrated by this date, obviously since it only gives us one day to move before we would have to pay another months rent. So my husband called our Project Manager to see if there is anything that can be done, especially considering the original date we were given was December 21st and fortunately for us he believes we will be able to move this date up and he will know an exact date after the drywall goes up this week.
Which brings me to my next topic- We had our highly anticipated pre-drywall meeting with our project manager. It was a lot of fun going through all the rooms and seeing inside the walls of our new house. Prior to this meeting, we had not been inside the house at all to look, so it was extremely gratifying to finally walk through after months of waiting and dreaming :-) I took a TON of pictures, but honestly it is quite difficult to tell which room is which in the pictures so I am only posting a few :-).
I would say all in all we were pleasantly surprised with how great everything looked and only have a few small negatives from previous expectations. 1. There are no pendant lights hanging over the island. My project manager told me that was an upgrade that we did not select but I was a little frustrated because I was never told that was an option. In all of the pictures of the Genoa online that I can find there are pendant lights hanging over the island. He, of course said there is nothing they can do but it will be relatively easy for us to add them ourselves. I was happier knowing this. I keep forgetting that this house is changeable, silly I know. I guess I just expect everything to be perfect before we move in. 2. We requested a metal accent roof over our stoop and it wasn't installed. Our PM told us they had extra shingles which is why they shingled that area but ensured us that the metal roof will be installed. No biggie, I am sure it will. 3. We asked for an outlet in the middle of the room on the ceiling in the basement to hang a projector, it wasn't placed in the middle. Our PM said they would call someone back to fix it. 4. Lastly we asked for a HDMI hookup in the master bathroom and that wasn't done but again per our PM an easy fix. Oh and I almost forgot we were a little disappointed with the overall size of the garage, just seemed pretty small. I guess we will see when it's all done but we are thinking only one of our cars will fit comfortably in there with having my husbands tools and things too. I personally am just happy to be able to pull into a garage and be able to walk right in with my groceries. Currently where we live we only have street parking. So I have to make long trips back and forth to car to get my groceries. Its the simple pleasures that make me happy!
Again, all in all we are very happy with everything and can't wait until next week when we (hopefully) get a new settlement date. It will definitely be tough moving around Christmas but it will be worth it when we get to sleep in our new home.
Thanks for reading!!
