Finally an update

First up, lets get the pic out of the way:

We have our pillars and railings on the front, the pillars need paint, aside from that they are done.

So yesterday was a big day for us, we had our second to final inspection, and got to do all our Lawyerin'.
The inspection was pretty in depth, I kind of knew what to expect from others telling us, but wow. Gary knows his stuff, and does it very well and is very thorough. Every little nail not filled in got marked for repair, every little smudge in the paint got marked, every scratch no matter how small or hidden from view was marked. As we went through for the inspection, he went over the maintenance for all the hardware, and how to use it all. Where they leave the instructions etc. There were a lot of minor things, mostly a lot of repainting to be done because of people coming in after the paint was initially put on to do their work. I guess the carpet guys bump into walls and trim a bunch while laying the carpet. Basically it looks like they are coming in to repaint pretty much all the walls and trim, but I am sure it will be touch ups. One biggie that was overlooked, and had Gary perplexed was they forgot to add a dryer vent for some reason. Time to get out a rather big hole saw I guess. There are enough vents on that side of the house between the Heat Exchanger, Furnace and Hot Water Heater, who will notice another one anyways?

A couple of cool things we found out that we didn't know before. All the leftover paint is left in the house. This is great when we need touch ups etc. I guess we just have to remember what paint goes where, or we may end up with striped walls. All the extra flooring is left, this includes carpet and vinyl flooring. There are a bunch of rolls of carpet and vinyl floor under the stairs, it looks like a bunch. I guess just in case we have one hell of a major spill of Hot Chocolate and Bailey's and left it for a couple years, we could just repair it ourselves! Another net thing, and something I have never actually seen is 2 stage toilets. Basically if going #1, you flush normally and it uses about half the water (or less) in the tank to flush. If you have a big job on your hands, you hold the lever down a couple seconds, and it uses the full tank. I was pretty happy seeing these, damn neat idea. I am sure they have been around for years, but this is the first time I have seen one, well 3 of them, and I was pretty amazed for some reason. Although when we have company over we will probably have to leave instructions or something. Another thing is they left a dehumidifier in the basement for us to keep. It drains directly into the sump pump tank, so we don't have to empty it all the time. He informed us that in new houses, because there is a ton of concrete and wood that are going to give off moisture, especially within the first year as everything "dries out" , they left it to keep the humidity down. Double bonus is because it drains into the sump well, it will make sure there is moisture down there to keep the seals wet on the pump in case of a long dry spell.

Aside from still waiting on the Deck, and not being able to get a concrete date on when it will be complete that was about it for the inspection. Our final is on ethe day we take possession. We go through the house again looking at stuff that needs to be done if there is anything left, and fill out a warranty form to send to the warranty company. This lets Tarion (the warranty company) know if Reid's (oops I guess CachetReid's now) is staying on top of things. After 30 days there is another form to send to Tarion that you list issues ret resolved if there are any.
Of course we still need Grass, but that will come once they have enough houses done and ready to sod all at once.

Next up, Lawyerin' time. Sue is awesome to us, and I cannot IMAGINE going through the amount of paperwork that she does as a job. I know people knock Lawyers (so do I lol), but DAMN , after seeing the stack of papers, all of course worded in legalese so mortals can't understand a word, I have new respect for Lawyers that do Real Estate Of course bizarre things crop up while doing paperwork, like being told by one person (the mortgage broker) that we could use the online print out for account information with the mortgage company, and the mortgage company saying no. Now after all this , we may not GET the damn house because we believe one guy without checking into it ourselves.