Thursday, May 14, 2015

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



Monday, May 11, 2015

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!

Friday, May 8, 2015

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.

Tuesday, May 5, 2015

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.

Saturday, May 2, 2015

Construction Update - Week 15

This week our landscaping was complete and the crew started on the exterior paint. Next week there are a few inspections scheduled including the final 3rd party inspection for aesthetics. Everything is coming together for our New Home Orientation on the 13th.

Here's an updated picture of the front of our house. 



Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Beginning to Plan Our Move

We're getting really excited for the big move into our new house in a few weeks!  Since it's not too far off I have started making my moving to-do list.  I decided to post it here in case it helps anyone or in case I missed anything.  So here it is:

  • Look into pricing for movers
  • Decide on a moving company and schedule before they book up
  • Look into cable/internet options
  • Schedule cable/internet installation
  • List unwanted furniture for sale on craigslist
  • Change address with USPS, work, banks, etc
  • Change State Taxes from VA to MD with our employers
  • Pick up pads for under our furniture so it doesn't scratch our beautiful new floors
  • Pick up granite sealer and grout sealer
  • Take everything off the walls in my apartment and cover up the holes
  • PACK!
Let me know if I missed anything.