Moved in, but work isn't over

Well we have moved in finally. The inspector let us move know without the house being bricked. There is still so much to do but We are slowly getting settled in.

Brick work started yesterday morning.

Fingers and Toes Crossed!!!!

We had our hydro inspection yesterday and we passed!!!

Today we have our building inspection and if everything goes well we might be moving in this weekend! I am so excited but I don't want to get my hopes up too much just in case.

We are actually planning on having our first bbq there tonight - hopefully to celebrate getting our occupancy permit!

Wish us luck!

Granite is in!

Granite came yesterday and it looks great. Feels like We are getting close to moving in but I've said that a time or two.

Hard work paying off

Well it has been about 4 weeks since we've moved in with the in laws. We are all still getting along fine but I am so ready for my own space again.

We are close, and I have been saying this for weeks, but I really feel like it will be move in ready soon.

This weekend the stairs were finished, and finishing stuff like caulking around the trim work and windows, filling in the nail holes in the trim. The trim and doors will all need another coat of paint but that is the least of my concerns right now.
Sunday me and my son spent the day cleaning. And man did the place need it. Dust, Dust and more dust! Our floors are a dark hard wood - distressed at that, so all of that dust sits in all of the crevaces in the floor. Each room got vacuumed twice and mopped at least 6 times, with multiple, multiple water changes.
The bedroom floors looks good, they weren't as dirty as the main floor. The main room is ok but will still need a few more washings before it is really clean. I was busted up by the end of the day. Thank goodness my 11 year old son is so great and helped me.

Finally took the plywood off that was covering the front door. I love it. And that hanging pendant light we got for $18 at Galaxy Lighting in Concord, up by the Vaughn Mills Mall. It was well worth the drive there. We got all of our light there for a third of the cost in the stores.

Stairs are in and done, they look really nice with the wrought iron baulsters.

Stairs in progress



Stairs and Railing done!



Master bedroom, nice and clean! The closet still isn't done though...we ran out of hard wood floor so the insides of all of the bedroom closets still need to be done.



ensuite bathroom, still need shower door



Shower in the master ensuite







 

I've been pricing out the shower door and aye, aye, aye its expensive. We are looking at about 2-2500! I wanted the door in the centre but having the door to the side is actually about 5-600 dollars cheaper. So that is probably the route we'll go. Definitely going with the Shower guard coating to prevent all of that scaling and water spots.

Taking a well deserved rest in the warmth of the sun. We worked hard. But you can tell in this picture that even after about 6 or 7 times over with a good washing wasn't enough.

Now i'm working on getting some pleated shades ordered for the windows at the front of the house and bedrooms, and panels for the windows at the back of the house. So far Home Depot is the best pricing.

Fridge and dishwasher are installed and stove is there ready to go. Granite gets installed on Wednesday morning. Fingers crossed that we'll be given the go ahead to move in soon.

Heart of the Home!

The kitchen is in! It looks great I love it. The colour looks good, I love all of the soft close drawers and cupboard doors. The granite should hopefully be in next week.
Brad from Leggo Kitchens in Woodstock did such a great job. He has been such a pleasure to work with.
Check out their website at www.leggokitchens.ca

The island will be such a great space when it is done. And I am sure once the granite is in the kitchen is going to look different, again.
Although you can't tell with the cardboard on the floor, the kitchen looks really nice with the hardwood floors.

The vanities are in too, but I couldn't get a pic of those yet. Everything is coming together.

I'd hoped we would be able to be in the house this weekend but that won't happen. The stairs are getting started tomorrow, not sure how long it will take to do them. We can only have the inspector come after the stairs, railing and trim is done. Then once we have our occupancy permit we can move in.

I am looking forward to sleeping in my own bed again. I woke up with a stiff neck this morning- not good! Sleeping on a double mattress on the floor with pillows that aren't the greatest is not fun.

Once we move in there is still going to be so much work to do. The brick work won't get started for another couple of weeks, hopefully the weather will cooperate. This weather has been crazy - warm, raining, now expecting winter storm watch?! It's April! And of course all of the outside work that needs to be done - grading, seeding for grass, landscaping, fence ....the list goes on and on.

Kitchen going in

After a busy weekend of painting trim and doors we are ready for a productive week.
The kitchen was delivered today and install started. It will,let be done tomorrow along with the bathroom vanities.

Leggo Kitchens has really done a great job! Here is what's done so far, can't wait to see the finished product tomorrow

On a roll...

The Easter weekend put us back a bit but we still managed to get a lot done this weekend. The main bath has a working toilet and tub now all we are waiting on is the vanity when it comes in next week.

Here are some more recent pics. There is still some cardboard on the floors to protect them a bit...

The garage doesn't look so big with all of our stuff in it!



View from front door looking in to kitchen/dining area.




View from front door looking into family room area



Part of our ensuite bath. There will be 2 showers installed on either side of the shower.



Entrance from the garage - mudroom




Master bedroom



Main bath - I thought I got a better pic of this that caught the floor but I guess not. The floor is just a neutral tile. This pics makes it look kind of yellowish. It isn't, they are neutral tones..

We got our trim, doors and wood for the stairs delivered last night. We have a lot of priming, painting and staining to do.  We got a really good deal, better than if we'd gone through big box store for trim/doors. And these are all wood, no mdf. The guy who did it for us is out of Delhi. We got a shaker style trim because I didn't want anything fancy or too curvy looking. And the interior doors mimic the front door.

Next Monday the kitchen and vanities get installed! We are getting closer - as long as we can get the guy to come back and install the stairs soon.