Pre-Drywall Meeting & Official Closing Date!

We had our Pre-Drywall Meeting this afternoon.  Everything went really well!  We hired a personal inspector to just ease our minds and help lookout for our investment, and he was really impressed with our Ryan Home.  He loved the fact that it is an Energy Star 3.0 home, and was astounded by some of the features that came standard.  There were a few minor things he caught, but he discussed them with our PM and they will be taken care of in a few days.

Somewhat more exciting than the great report, is we have an official closing date!  Looks like January 23rd will be the date this house becomes our home!  We are about a week ahead of schedule, but with Ohio's crazy weather, you never know what might cause a hitch in the future.  PM said drywall would start tomorrow and be finished in 10-12 days.  We wants to get he siding and stone guys out to our house next week too.  Looks like the next few weeks are going to get pretty exciting around here!  Meanwhile, enjoy some updated pictures of the house with newly installed plumbing, electrical, and insulation!

Morning Room

Kitchen

Family Room w/ Stone Fireplace

Living Room/ Front Room/ Study

Entry

Upstairs Loft

Bedroom #1

Bedroom #2

Master Bedroom w/ Soaking Tub/Shower & Non-standard Request Window

Exterior

An Inside Look...

This weekend we were able to sneak inside the house and get a look at our future home for the first time!  So excited!  Now for way too many pictures!

 Front Room (We will use it as a sitting room/study)

Powder Room & Closet

Front Room, Foyer, Powder Room, & Closet

Great Room With Stone Fireplace

Morning Room with Sliding Glass Door

Morning Room with Gourmet Kitchen Island

Kitchen and Pantry on the Right

Kitchen Pantry and Fridge Area

Mudroom/Laundry Room & Garage Entry

Upstairs Looking Down on Great Room

Upstairs Loft

Bedroom #1 (I guess I didn't take a pic of Bedroom #2?!)

Upstairs Full Bathroom

Master Bedroom

Master Walk-In Closet

Master Bedroom with view of Master Bathroom

Master Bathroom with Soaking Tub/Shower Combo and Linen Closet

Basement

Walk-out Basement

Basement Morning Room Storage

Back Exterior

Front Exterior

Well, That Was Fast...

We drove by the house on Wednesday and sure enough, they had started framing the first floor.   But wouldn't you know it, I left my camera at home!  We ran into our project manager and he chatted with us for a bit about the progress of the house.  On a side note: we love our PM!  He is so friendly and is always willing to talk with us about the progress of the house.  We built our last home and I can tell you our PM was not this good!  Hopefully our relationship with the PM will continue to be strong throughout the rest of our build.

Anyway, one thing the PM wanted to stress to us was that he didn't want his crew working on Thanksgiving, and we totally agreed with him that everyone should get a holiday.  We had no expectations for them to work on Thanksgiving.  With that, he thought our house would be under roof by Monday.

We restrained ourselves from driving out there yesterday (Thanksgiving), but we couldn't resist today.  When we turned into our neighborhood, my husband and I both gawked and muttered something along the lines of, "Oh my...!"  Our house was practically built!  Either the crew worked on Thanksgiving, or they put in some serious overtime on Tuesday!  We were totally shocked and surprised by what we saw!  Excited, but simply shocked!

We are hoping to stop by again sometime this weekend so that we can get a sneak peak inside! :)  We are all (including the kids) getting really excited now!