Finishing Touches

HI!

Along with the mandatory stuff that's going on (electricians, plumbers, stucco, tile), there are a few finishing touches being added .....

Appliances are installed and the tiling of the backsplash has started. The tile guy made a small mistake and tiled two walls that weren't supposed to be tiled, so there's a delay while newly ordered tile is delivered. 

The DCS barbecue has been installed and is ready to go except for the rock that will be applied to the outside of the enclosure. There's also a stone horizontal piece about 3' x 2' that will form a counter to the right of the BBQ for people to visit with the Cook while s/he is cooking. 

The chandelier that we bought in Palm Springs last year, and that we hauled around the West coast in the Camry, then stored for a couple of months actually survived and is now hung in a place of honor. The chandelier is not electrified, we think because it's so old, and the  candles are actually LED and remote controlled. Pretty good ambiance in the evenings after sunset and the lights go down. 

The stair is almost complete ..... seems that the installer was two balusters short and had to re-order balusters. Not a big deal, and after installation, the boots on the bottom of each baluster will be tightened. 

The interior doors are hung, but all except the exterior doors are minus the door hardware. In order to get final Certificate of Occupancy the door hardware has to be installed. So, a little work necessary there. This is one of two barn doors which slide right and left on tracks instead of opening and closing on hinges. 

A certificate of occupancy is a document issued by a local government agency or building department certifying a building's compliance with applicable building codes and other laws, and indicating it to be in a condition suitable for occupancy.

The overhead lights in the workroom are up and ready for our first "at-home" projects. Really looking forward to getting my tools back and starting on the list of projects for the house that are scheduled for post-construction completion. 








On the outside of the home, 

There were several windows that went untrimmed along the bottom. It turns out that, on the construction drawings, some of the windows were shown trimmed and some were not ..... probably just an oversight on the part of the architects. So, we decided to go ahead and put them on. In addition, the stucco crew will complete fixes identified by Steve the Builder. 

As part of the final grading process, the area inside the North Courtyard got a little raking and a little top dirt. It's really nice to see some of the construction debris gone from sight, but I'm afraid that when we start planting, we'll did a lot of it up again. Once the raking was done, Deb brought in a few accent rocks to grace the area just outside the great room window. That's the first piece of why will probably be a multi-year landscaping process. 


9 days left to the date Steve the Builder says we'll have the CO. 

Can't wait!

Cheers!