Back To The Future

We received the "official" date for closing letter which was set for Oct. 19th. Whooohoooo. We immediately started the process of scheduling deliveries, selecting movers, installing cable, scheduling trash services and so on.
Quick note: we were happy to know that our trash services provider, American Disposal Services, will provide a 96G trash bin and 64G recycling bin; both on wheels. But the best part is that our HOA has included the service of having bulk items such as furniture hauled away as well without additional fee. Trying to plan for oldies to be disposed of can be a pain but this alleviates that issue.

Anyway, we officially began our countdown daily, accompanied by daily high fives, happy dances and mass shopping trips for lighting fixtures. Remember you will need to buy all of these asap because the office and bedroom don't come with any. The office will be used immediately, which was remembered at the last minute, so of course a light needed to be purchased. Check out these beauties. The fans have reversible blades so you can choose a really dark espresso color or a cherry color.

Office
Allen+Roth: Earling 15in diameter

Morning Room
Style Selections Arctura 3-Light Brushed Nickel Chandelier (Lowe's)

Living Room
Brand: Hunter
Model: 46' Antero (Lowe's)

Bedroom 

Brand: Emerson

Model" 52' Transitional Highgrove (Wayfair.com)

Kitchen Cabinet Handles
(We prefer pulls rather than knobs)
The one being held - Brainerd 128mm Center-to-Center Satin Nickel Arched Cabinet Pull

We were finally able to see the light at the tunnel and envision sleeping in our king size bed again.Unfortunately, shortly thereafter our happiness was stolen.

We received email notice from Ryan Homes Settlement that our settlement date has been pushed out to Oct. 26th. Insert rage here!!! It appears some of the delays we had early on (late lumber, permit issues, etc) have caught up to us and now more time is needed to complete the house. In addition, they are working out the kinks since we are the first to build the Milan in this neighborhood. Now we have to contact everybody and reschedule, this includes paying extra money for our storage units.While in the grand scheme of things its not a huge deal but at this point we are just ready to have our own space, Wished we have more communication on the status of our home, and it's just an inconvenience. However, they have assured us that this new move in date is set in stone and it will not change again. And trust us, hubby has kept his wife on the leash but if another delay happens, guess what, she gets freedom to tell people off.

On the plus side things should speed up in the next few days. Our kitchen counter tops have been installed, we now have light fixtures and smoke detectors, and they painted the entire house a light beige color which was a pleasant surprise; we expected the walls to be white.

New pictures coming soon.....

On a side note, lets talk about not being intrusive. So as a new home builder, I understand peoples curiosity about the build process of other peoples homes HOWEVER its a bit intrusive to constantly take tours of someone else's home. I mean technically, you are an uninvited guest especially when its on a regular basis. So just a thought/suggestion, don't invite yourself to checkout someone else's home, its rude and intrusive and really uncomfortable to find someone you don't know roaming around your home or freshly driving away.