The Big Picture update of the new house

Well we had to go to Nathan's Dr Appointment so we stopped by our new house. Most shots are of the outside because we're not allowed to walk through the house again until the walk-thru. (The Gate Guards let us look in at the Kitchen though)

The next pictures will likely be from the Walk-Thru or the Move. (June 16th for those keeping track!) I'm off to Sean's wedding but I thought I would upload a ton of pictures for you all to peruse. There is also a movie of an antique we saw on the way up and another of us driving down our street that you can view here.





Our Kitchen so far. We couldn't go further because of the gate guards.

The Family Room, Now with Carpet!

Another shot of the Kitchen, Robyn got to play with the Microwave briefly. It has a touch screen and two metal racks inside. The contractor who installed it recommended we put in a charcoal filter and was going to check if the unit accepted one and leave us with the documentation.

The back of our house now landscaped. (No grass yet)

Backyard

Backyard

I'm in there hehe, Robyn took most of these pictures!

Our Propane tank


Backyard




Backyard looking towards the pond





The back of our house

Cool Picture. You can see one of our painters is out there painting our bulkhead black. He expects to be done sometime around Friday he said!

Silt Fence






Side View of the House


Our Neighbors House

Neighbors House again

Neighbors house yet again

The dogs are going to love this much space to run around.


Our Well!

The whole yard is now cleared and leveled. That is straw down and they seeded. There were a few sprinklers going as well.



Shutters are all on now and we have our concrete stairs now but our Front Porch still needs to be finished.

This is the front of our house looking towards the pond.

New House Update

Dan and I took a ride out to the new house for lunch. It was about a 30 minute ride there and 30 minutes back. Not too bad. We surprised the workers and went with Sal to get a tour of the progress. (No new pictures, I was in a rush)

Sal will be replacing the kitchen cabinet doors that have 'defects' and the other items we discussed with Joe a few days ago. All of the light fixtures, ceiling fans and plumbing fixtures are in and functional and they were fixing the grout while we were there. (It was white, they are making it black... It accidentally got set to white because of a computer glitch.) In the front yard they were leveling all the land and getting us ready for our June move in date.

Tomorrow the carpets are going in and then we won't be able to see the house again until the walk thru (Either Joe or Sal will be doing that). The new support poles for the front porch are in the garage and ready to be installed along with our appliances. (They are still not in but everything is plumbed for it) Counter tops were measured and are also expected this week. The little sink for the washing machine upstairs was installed too. I have to remember to bring 9 Volt Batteries (3 of them) to test the ceiling fans. The Remotes for them are in the master vanity but I didn't have batteries to test them. :( We probably will have to set each ceiling fan to a different frequency as well. I didn't see the little antennae for the remotes sticking out but hopefully those units are installed. (We have to test at the walk thru).

More Pictures - House, Nate and Ryan

Nathaniel is doing great. He's sleeping more and consequently so is Mom and Dad. (Although there are nights still...) He had his 4 week check up and everything was great. He's getting more active and staying awake for longer stretches.

Nate at the Doctors, He's up to 10 lbs 7 ounces!

Our new house is coming a long but we were unable to get in this week. Appearantly they put the new locks on and we can only get in by apppointment for the next week and then not again until the walk thru. Our appliances are there but we have yet to see them. The floors are tiled and the hardwood is in along with the linoleum up stairs but no carpets yet.

Paint is on the walls, (All white for the first year, then we can paint) and some fixtures are in. I spoke with the well guy and we have water although I was unable to find a faucet to prove his theory hehe. We are planning on Moving June 16th and shortly after will have a house warming party. If you want an invite make sure you e-mail me your address at shawn.schulze@gmail.com. (I have some of your addresses but you can send me yours just in case and I can update it.) By all means if you want to help move on June 16th you can let me know as well. (All of our stuff is packed and in storage in the garage)

Heres some pictures and I have a ton more to post when I get time.

Mom holding Nate

Ryan at his new house

Kitchen Before Tile

Conservatory

Master Bath

Excellent progress at new home

We drove out and saw that all of the siding is completed and nearly all of the sheetrocking. The progress was fun to see and it gives me a better idea of what the completed house will look like. The temporary stairs are out and the real stairs are in making it much easier to traverse the new house. They are hoping to pour the garage floor and porch floor this Friday but that all depends on whether or not Mother Nature decides to cooperate. ;) The septic system looks nearly done as well.

Here are some pictures.

Right side Elevation

Off center Front Elevation.

Right Side through the woods

Everyone taking in the views

Front elevation. There is 1 set of shutters missing can you find it?

There is also one movie. (There is a propane heater burning in the background hehe) Click here to see the movie.