that's a lotta deck!

well, there was some really good progress this week, but still not the final occupancy inspection. Monday brought the electrician to finish the floor outlets and a few odds and ends. He was supposed to be meeting the electrical inspector for their final, but we're not really sure if that happened or not. I left for about 20 minutes and when I came back, everyone was gone. The permit is not signed off, so we just can't be sure. The plumber was here monday too. He told us he'd be finished on monday, and then tuesday, and then wed or thurs, and finally, promised to come back on friday and finish. He spent all day monday messing with the heating system. This carried into tuesday. On wed, he finally installed 2 toilets. Thursday was spent finishing the last toilet, installing the pedestal sinks in the master, and the bathtub. It's really beautiful. He never made it friday to finish the laundry sink, fridge ice maker, caulking, and some other misc. plumbing stuff. Hopefully monday. The final inspection was SUPPOSED to be monday, then tuesday, then wed.....then they had to inspect the deck, and the inspector told them they couldn't have their final until the deck is completely done. Now it's supposed to be THIS monday, but they have a quite a bit to finish still, so ......maybe by friday. We've been told we can move in, but that's pretty difficult with critters and all, since contractors are still coming and going, the deck is not done, and we have no window coverings. We're waiting for the window blinds at least. They're here, hopefully to be installed this week. We're keeping ourselves busy by moving all the OTHER crap. You know, the stuff you don't use that often, but you just HAVE to own.... There's still a million little details, like, wrapping the porch posts and painting them, having the window screens delivered, building the dog kennel......none of those will hold up the inspection, but they'll all take time. Fingers crossed for the big move next weekend.'