Sorry for the long silence -- I guess it is a little reflective of the inability of the contractor to get this project finished! I really hate complaining in these posts! Yes, we are still waiting on things, although for the last three weeks, we have been spending the weekends here -- I'm posting from the house! So quickly, for those of you who have been waiting patiently in the blogosphere here's where we're at: 1) The main challenge right now is finishing the radiant heat system. While there are parts of the floor that are toasty warm and you could stand on them all day, there are others that are simply cold. We've narrowed it down to a few things including an undersized heat exchanger. 2) There is minor electrical and woodwork to finish inside, but when subcontractors come into the house, it delays doing things like installing new carpeting, etc. 3) The final grading of the site has yet to be finished so we can't start landscaping, yet. 4) There is a patch of concrete that they didn't pour. 5) The two gutter drains that go below the front concrete need to be extended out to grade for draining. 6) We don't think the contractor has any intention of doing the trellis off the east side of the house so we have to find our own supplier. My next post will be more positive, i promise! Pictures: looking at the east view; kitchen coming together, second weekend roughing it; waking up in the master bedroom.
