Monday, November 13, 2023

So close to inspection!

I had to wake up at 7am this morning, leave our apartment at 8am, drive almost an hour to our new house, and hook up the lift to tow it back to the rental store by 10am.  I did it all by myself!  Then I went back to our new house and tidied up the trash pile outside, sealed around our skirting vents with spray foam, and scraped the old glue off the edge of the countertops where the tile had been.  I wish I'd had my broom and dust pan to clean up the mess but I'll just bring them next time. 

While I was there, the electric guy came by again to inspect the trees and gave us the green light as far as they go.  That's right...THE TREES ARE DONE!  Finally, no more of this "you have more trees to cut" nonsense!  Now we just need the inspection done and the blue sticker of approval to get power on! 

But to get the inspection done, we need just a few more things:

1.  Septic tie in (hooking up the septic tank to the house drain pipes, which our drywall guy is going to do for us tomorrow & the next day)
2. HVAC to finish being hooked up (I talked to our HVAC guy today and he said someone messed with the box of 14" flex duct he had and cut off part of it, so now he doesn't have enough and has to use something else.  He's also missing a few other pieces he needs and is working on getting them).
3.  The last outside light in the front needs to be installed.
4.  The underbelly needs to be taped up if there are any holes/tears in it.

I need to go back to the house to trim off the excess foam from around the vents so they look nicer, and clean up the messes I made with the old glue.  I wish I could vacuum in there, but that'll have to wait. 

Now I gotta figure out a good primer, get the whitewash paint for the cabinets, and figure out how much we'll need...and start packing...

1 comment:

rick phillips said...

Looks good to me, I give you permission to move in.