http://www.thejonesnewhome.com Our homebuilding experience, from day one. Sun, 27 Nov 2005 01:13:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Family traveled from all over to spend Thanksgiving together at the house. We rented tables and chairs so that everyone could sit down and eat together. For the first time since the housewarming, it felt like home. http://www.thejonesnewhome.com/index.php/2005/11/27/thanksgiving/ The last six weeks have been insane, but we're finally getting settled in. It looks like we've managed to furnish every room in the house faster than we thought we would. I'm just happy that things are getting back to normal. Sleeping in a bed, working at ... http://www.thejonesnewhome.com/index.php/2005/07/24/settling-in/ We walked through the house with Jim, the project manager and nit-picked the house for three hours. Retouch paint here, re-caulk there, buff out this scratch over here. Both of us being there really made the difference. I missed some things that Catherine picked up immediately and ... http://www.thejonesnewhome.com/index.php/2005/06/10/week-21-first-inspection/ http://www.thejonesnewhome.com/index.php/2005/06/05/week-20-ready-for-inspection-next-week/ The builder is subcontracting our deck's construction to another company. It's cool because we're able to customize our deck even further if we want and just pay the difference in price directly to the subcontractor. So we went a little crazy and did more than just the 309 ... http://www.thejonesnewhome.com/index.php/2005/05/23/the-plans-for-the-deck/ Wifey and I have split up decorating responsibility by room. The powder room is one that falls under my responsiblity. Yay! So we grabbed that mirror we had our eye on at Lighting By Design. It's going to look perfect against a Pierre Deux wallpaper pattern ... http://www.thejonesnewhome.com/index.php/2005/05/14/powder-room-decor-ideas/ We met up a the house on my way back from work today. Things are really coming along. They've given us a tenative completion/settlement date of June 17, nearly 2 weeks sooner than originally promised. What the sales rep told us is turning out to be true. ... http://www.thejonesnewhome.com/index.php/2005/05/13/week-16-exterior-stucco-electrical-complete/ I stopped by the house on Sunday to check out the latest progress. They've got the kitchen cabinets up! That was pretty exciting to see. The specialty lighting we ordered from Lighting By Design was up too. They finished the banisters and painted the french doors ... http://www.thejonesnewhome.com/index.php/2005/05/01/week-16-kitchen-cabinets-light-fixtures-up/ Greg, the sales rep told us that our closing date will probably be moved up 2 to 3 weeks! Excuse me? The builder is really ahead of schedule at this point. We'll know our exact closing date after the parts for the kitchen are delivered. We'd ... http://www.thejonesnewhome.com/index.php/2005/04/24/lets-start-packing/ http://www.thejonesnewhome.com/index.php/2005/04/17/week-14-exterior-stucco-electrical-complete/