Closed!

We closed on Friday!  It was an easy process and only took an hour and a half of signing several documents. We had to wire our money the day before since NVR Settlement only takes up to $20K in cashiers checks but it was one less thing to worry about on Friday. We went straight to the house and dropped off our fragile items right after closing. We had movers come yesterday and are working to get set up. We are loving our new house and can't wait to go furniture shopping tomorrow!!  Our pup, Daisy, is loving the new house too!

Anticipation is Building

We are getting so excited to move into our home on Saturday.  This past Saturday we met some of our neighbors at the first Greenbelt Station Community Event.  It was so nice to meet future neighbors, and I can tell the community is going to be awesome!  

On Sunday we made a trip to Lowes to check out some ceiling fans and light fixtures.  I think we've settled on the following fans for our bedrooms and light fixture for the living room.

Fan for our master

Fan for the guest bedrooms

Light for the living room

We've also been working on our post-closing shopping list for Lowes/Home Depot but I'm sure we'll end up buying more things as we walk through the store.

Sunday we also got serious about packing.  Our living room is currently covered in boxes and we haven't even started on the kitchen or our closets.  We even ran out of our current supply of boxes so we'll be going out tonight to get more.  Packing and waiting to close is definitely stressful but it will all be worth it when we walk into our house Friday.

New Home Orientation

My husband and I had our new home orientation yesterday.  It was amazing to see everything finished and ready for us to move in.  Our PM was away on mandatory RH training but someone on his team filled in so we didn't have to reschedule.  We walked through every space in the house and talked about the features and maintenance.  It was a ton of information but at the end we got a binder that covers everything.

We also marked anything that needed to be corrected with blue tape.  After the meeting was done we were allowed to stay in the house and we were given more blue tape in case we noticed anything.  Everything we saw was pretty minor.  We also took a bunch of pictures as we were walking around.

Master Suite

Laundry Room

 Guest Rooms

Upstairs Hallway

Main Floor

Rec Room 

Outside

We received our final approval from NVR!

We have one week to go until closing, and we just got our final approval from NVR.  I knew we would be approved but it's still such relief!  We have our New Home Orientation on Wednesday, and everything should be all set to close on Monday.  This is so exciting!

Construction Update - Week 16

Construction is complete on our house.  All inspections are done, and the crew is just working a few touch-ups inside.  We have our new home orientation on Wednesday and we can't to walk into our completed home!  We close in a little over a week and move in two weeks.  This is our first home and I still can't believe this is all really happening.  I feel so lucky to be getting such a nice place to call home.  It's amazing!

I'll post another update with pictures after our orientation.

Mentally furnishing our home

My husband and I are less than two weeks from closing now, and we are so excited.  It is to the point where we talk about the house all the time, so I've started planning what furniture to buy after we close (and pinning like crazy).  Luckily, we close on May 18th shortly before Memorial Day weekend so we're hoping to get some really good deals.  As of right now here is what I'm thinking for each room.

Laundry Room
I'm currently leaning towards the Maytag Bravos XL set, but we'll see what is on sale then decide.

Rec Room
Since we went with such beautiful dark flooring, we want to add some color to our rec room.  Right now we really want to get these pieces from West Elm, but we'll wait until there's a sale.

Main Floor
We are using existing furniture on the main floor, but we are planning to get a new light fixture for the morning room (pictured below) and the living room.  We haven't decided on the fixture for the living room yet.  We also are going to get these new stools from Target for our island.

Master Bedroom
For our master bedroom we have been eyeing the West Elm Stria line.  We'll probably get a king bed, 2 night stands, and one long dresser.

That's all we've picked out for now but I'll update when I get more ideas.