That's a positive title, isn't it? :-)
We had a meeting with our PM today. My husband was caught up at work so I went by myself to check on the progress and get some dates outta him. Well, that I did! Currently we are looking at Quality Inspection on September 4th, Pre-settlement walk through on September 6th and Closing on September 9th or 10th. We have to vacate the apartment by September 13th, so it's gonna be tight but we may not be homeless after all. Phew!
Our rate lock is still expiring on September 6th. What bothers me is the fact that we had sent an email to our SR and LO regarding this, on the very day when our new PM first suggested that closing may be pushed to 2nd week of September. Neither of them even acknowledged our email. We did not stress too much about it then because we wanted to wait and get the final dates from our PM first. And one of my neighbors was told by our SR that they'll manage the rate lock situation, because of the whole PM change but we weren't promised anything like that. I guess we have to start making some noise.
I'm also contemplating the idea of pushing them to close on the day of pre-settlement walk through, I know its possible because I know one of our fellow bloggers did that. So they (NVR/RH) have a choice, either they extend our rate lock for 4-5 days or we close on September 6th. We'll see how that goes. I should say I'm surprisingly calm about this whole thing :-)
Now comes the good part- Progress!
Changes in the master bath are done. YAY!! They framed in for our new tub and shower, centered the window, centered the lighting and hung the drywall.
Right now they are pasting and taping all over the place and it's DIRTY, but I'm loving it. :-)
And and and.... We have lots of goodies in our garage. Our doors, cabinets, trim, tile etc etc etc has been delivered Woohoooooo!!! So we can expect the first coat of paint, hopefully next Wednesday, then ceramic tile in the bathrooms, mud room and laundry. By end of next week we'll be talking trim and cabinets. Overall we are 2.5 or 3 weeks away from hardwoods and carpet. Can't wait to get there. :-)
It was very dark today for pictures as its been raining all day long and with the drywall people working it was very messy. But the pictures will follow soon....
We had a meeting with our PM today. My husband was caught up at work so I went by myself to check on the progress and get some dates outta him. Well, that I did! Currently we are looking at Quality Inspection on September 4th, Pre-settlement walk through on September 6th and Closing on September 9th or 10th. We have to vacate the apartment by September 13th, so it's gonna be tight but we may not be homeless after all. Phew!
Our rate lock is still expiring on September 6th. What bothers me is the fact that we had sent an email to our SR and LO regarding this, on the very day when our new PM first suggested that closing may be pushed to 2nd week of September. Neither of them even acknowledged our email. We did not stress too much about it then because we wanted to wait and get the final dates from our PM first. And one of my neighbors was told by our SR that they'll manage the rate lock situation, because of the whole PM change but we weren't promised anything like that. I guess we have to start making some noise.
I'm also contemplating the idea of pushing them to close on the day of pre-settlement walk through, I know its possible because I know one of our fellow bloggers did that. So they (NVR/RH) have a choice, either they extend our rate lock for 4-5 days or we close on September 6th. We'll see how that goes. I should say I'm surprisingly calm about this whole thing :-)
Now comes the good part- Progress!
Changes in the master bath are done. YAY!! They framed in for our new tub and shower, centered the window, centered the lighting and hung the drywall.
Right now they are pasting and taping all over the place and it's DIRTY, but I'm loving it. :-)
And and and.... We have lots of goodies in our garage. Our doors, cabinets, trim, tile etc etc etc has been delivered Woohoooooo!!! So we can expect the first coat of paint, hopefully next Wednesday, then ceramic tile in the bathrooms, mud room and laundry. By end of next week we'll be talking trim and cabinets. Overall we are 2.5 or 3 weeks away from hardwoods and carpet. Can't wait to get there. :-)
It was very dark today for pictures as its been raining all day long and with the drywall people working it was very messy. But the pictures will follow soon....
YAY for the master bath being changed to the way you want it..cant wait to see the pictures I bet its fabulous!
ReplyDeleteThanks Nadine!Right now its just very dirty, trust me! ;-)
DeleteCongrats!!! So happy for you!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks Caitlin. We still have loooong way to go!
DeleteJust updated the countdown widget! Sigh!
I can't wait to see pics of this new master bath! Usually you close 3 days after pre-settlement but we were able to get it down to 2. The reason they do that is so any issues you notice can be fixed in those 3 days in order to get the house perfect before you move in. However, as long as you are willing to let the contractors in after closing, I'm sure they will make an exception. We may have to let them in unless they are able to get it all done today and tomorrow. The only real issue was the garage door was dented, and then some paint touch ups. but I don't want them doing that after we close and are living in it.
ReplyDeleteI'll definitely be ok with letting people in to fix stuff. My only concern really is the rate lock. Another very tiny concern is tight moving schedule.
DeleteI'm very hopeful that NVR will not have any problem extending the rate lock.
This definitely looks like u are making progress. I envy u guys. We are still way behind. I already ran out of patience waiting for the finished product.
ReplyDeleteI know how it feels. Hang in there.... :-)
DeleteGarage goodies are so much fun...its so fun to see the garage get empty again once everything starts getting installed!
ReplyDeleteTrue. But I guess I will have to wait till the end of next week for that. As everybody else had said...this phase is boring!!
DeleteI'm sure that they can extend the rate lock, just stand your ground :)
ReplyDeleteoh I hope so too!!
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ReplyDeleteIs shopping around for another lender an option at this point (or threats of shopping around due to lack of communication)? I know NVR doesn't give the best rates.. Glad to see progress happening. Drywalling was one of the biggest hurdles in our case, once that part was done (took about 2 weeks total+ 1 week before until drywallers showed up) it started rolling forward pretty good.
I don't know why blogger does that you???
DeleteI don't think we want to shop around at this time. But then I don't want to rule out any options. We are thinking to wait until we get a formal letter from our PM regarding the dates and then talk to our LO about what they want to do.
Sounds like everything is coming together for you, that's great!
ReplyDeleteNow comes the fun stuff !
ReplyDeleteI agree with Kellie, I have heard many bloggers closing the day they walk though and then having them fix stuff afterwards. I know it is fun to move right in but the money you will save might be worthwhile. I'm so glad they fixed your bathroom and you are now happy.
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