More Siding (and Rain)

I drove by the house after lunch today and was greeted by my neighbor and his son. His son told me all about how he had been checking things out over the last week and that our basement had flooded. I let him know I knew, so he went into detail about how they finally resolved the issue with the sump pump and that the pump ran for two solid days thereafter.

The last 24 hours have been filled with rain and Tuesday/Wednesday are forecast to bring even more. We can't catch a break from this miserable weather!

The siding on the back of the house is finished, along with the left side of the house. The front is started and the right side has a bit done as well.

I've been told they are almost done mudding and should be sanding early this week before starting flooring work.

The rear basement hopper window is still missing and the grading is still awful, so there is plenty of opportunity for water to continue to enter the basement. The PM told us that a high-power commercial dehumidifier would be in use for 30 days prior to them putting in the standard dehumidifier and then closing - so they'd need to put that in tomorrow to make good on that statement as we are 30 days out as of 6/29.

That said - we haven't locked our rate yet. The contract stipulates that we must lock 30-days in advance of closing. I'm not sure if I'll get any heat tomorrow to lock. It looks like this debt debacle in Greece is about to get worse and a fall in consumer confidence with the Eurozone could lead to mortgage rate drops in the short term - but who knows what will happen. As of Friday the rates sucked (4.375% unless buying it down which costs way too much). We'll see what happens with this tomorrow and over the next few days. While a higher rate isn't preferred, it is manageable for us.