Whoa! - Post Settlement Meeting Preparations

So - I did exactly what I planned to avoid.  I had a huge post lapse after we started moving in!  Things get crazy and I wasn't excited about sharing pictures of the mess we have created in the moving process.

We have a few things left at our old house to move and a variety of finishing and touch up work to do over there.  I'd like to start meeting with realtors this coming weekend and get the house listed ASAP.

I've been taking pictures of a variety of our projects and things we have done and promise that I will post them soon.

That said, here is the list of items we are sending to the PM for our post-settlement meeting that is happening this coming Friday.  We have been keeping track of items as they arrive in the Google Keep app and the list has grown a bit since we moved in!

Items on our list:

-Cracked white stair banister to be replaced.

-The floodlight above the garage needs some work.  It doesn't detect daylight properly to stay off and the motion sensor only works when around 6-8ft in front of the garage.  Anything closer or further and the light does not engage.  The unit cycles itself on and off regularly and this likely caused the failure of the initial bulbs in the unit.  We replaced the bulbs, but have not been able to solve whatever issues there are with the sensor.

-Haven't received paint touch up kit.

-The basement stair paint touch up wasn't done (mentioned to painter at pre-settlement).

-The railing going into the basement makes a very loud creaking sound when any weight is applied.  Seems to be coming from the mounting bracket in the center of the rail.

-The wood railings going upstairs are very rough. Enough to scratch hands in places. Sand/poly?

-The walls at the sides of the master bath shower door don't look to have been touched up.  Blemishes don't show with only vanity lights, but in sunlight or brighter lights they are very rough.

-Both of the shower heads in the master bathroom leak from the fitting where the head itself meets the arm.  They visibly spray water back onto the tile behind them and also drip water down at a steady rate from the bottom of the fitting.

-The carpet tack strip where the master bedroom transitions to the master bathroom tile needs adjustment (padding?).  The tack strip comes through the carpet completely in this doorway and has cut Brittany's foot open.  The spikes are visible in the carpet when looking in this area.

-The garage door track isn't properly aligned where the primary upright meets the curved section (both sides).  It looks to have risen slightly when concrete was installed (I remember it opening smoothly, like the rear garage door still does, before the concrete was poured).  Door opens very rough because of this.

-The pantry doors receivers, mounted to the door casing, are not aligned causing the doors to not close flush. Same issue in northwest bedroom (only bed with double doors).

-The HVAC doesn't keep within 3 degrees.  Temperature upstairs is 8-11 degrees hotter than thermostat temp downstairs.  I can call ResCom on this - We had AC installed by them after close.

-The HVAC setup whistles from the cold air return on the first floor.  It is quite loud and is an unpleasant frequency.  It is much louder in the great room/kitchen area than it is in the basement standing next to the unit, so it seems to be caused by the air movement and something that could be adjusted?

-The metal doors (front, mud room, and back yard) all have paint that is bubbling and peeling off.

-The garage/mud room door hinge springs may not be tight enough?  Door doesn't always shut itself.

-You mentioned the free fertilization.  Could you provide more details on that?  Do they just come out and walk the lawn with a spreader and fertilizer or is this something more?  We planned to call and set this up in September.

-What brand/style are the towel rods?  We want to know to order matching hand towel holders and other bathroom accessories.

-The hot water heater blower is very loud when engaged.  Is this normal?  It can be heard from anywhere in the house.  Would rubber isolation mounts help?

-Scratched faucet handle in kitchen not replaced from pre-settlement.

-The upstairs bath (not master) has white material mixed in the grout all over the room.  Not sure what it is, but it seems to be mixed in as we tried to wash the floors and it didn't come up.

Busy First Weekend

We got quite a bit accomplished this weekend!

We moved a large amount of our big items on Friday and then followed up Saturday with almost all of the rest of them.  I had foot surgery back in April and was certainly feeling the impacts from that during this process!

We set up almost all of the furniture around the house.

We started to fill our cabinets and pantry.

We installed the new stove.

We installed the new dishwasher.

We installed our washer and dryer.

We built steps out of our back door.

We set up yard irrigation with hoses and sprinklers on timers.

We bought new lighting for in the garage (more on that in another post).

We measured all of the windows for shades.

We went to the regional market on Sunday (Flea Market day) and didn't find much.

We accomplished more than this list, but things moved so quickly and we weren't taking notes.  We're both exhausted and are taking a rest day for most of today.

Early in the mornings there has been condensation on the outside of our windows.  Seems to be happening since the A/C was installed.  Likely not a concern.

Installed the new stove.

Getting our washer and dryer up these stairs was not fun!!

Both washer and dryer are now installed and functional.

We saw these stools at Panda Express.  We'd like to find something similar for the kitchen island.

I removed the RH provided safety barrier and got to work on a set of steps.

I dug a brace down into the soil.  All in this took about an hour and ran around $95 in materials from Home Depot.

I removed the white outlets from the side of the kitchen island and replaced them with brown ones.

We learned this morning that we'll never be able to sleep past 6:45am until the development of the land is complete for the phase 2 area.  The land developers fired up their machines at 6:45 and began shredding wood at 7:00am on the dot.  Also - the development was PACKED with contractors working on different sites by 7:15am.