tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61412927159272643222024-02-18T21:30:35.254-08:00From Town House to Dream House. Our Ryan Homes Misthaven.DKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06407840961303912455noreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6141292715927264322.post-53789027396908941542016-05-11T19:22:00.001-07:002016-05-11T21:21:25.629-07:005/11/2016 - One Year Blogiversary Part 2<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div>Sorry for the delay between posts, but I get distracted easily lol. The first post was the main floor of the house, this post and part 3 will cover the other two floors. Hopefully I won't repost too many pictures that I've already shared, but it's bound to happen. <div><br></div><div><b>Full Bath</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div>Along with the obvious painting, I replaced the vanity light and mirror with pieces that better fit the look I was after and I also added a recessed light over the shower. This made a HUGE different in the room. I'm not sure why there wasn't one there in the first place. </div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Before:</b></div><div><div class="separator" style="font-weight: bold; clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5HWSef_y001uYB00E0q2jysqmxpF9hLXqMbQ2r5LjxozdCs28ER0qJzW1Ko85YFs7KiO6sHvteGlpXFksKoqT0tCnPi3qLS0g54prK7fRBJX2lCYscJImbqUQLa1BE15Tt0jFxCOlZqHR/s640/blogger-image-1785119650.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5HWSef_y001uYB00E0q2jysqmxpF9hLXqMbQ2r5LjxozdCs28ER0qJzW1Ko85YFs7KiO6sHvteGlpXFksKoqT0tCnPi3qLS0g54prK7fRBJX2lCYscJImbqUQLa1BE15Tt0jFxCOlZqHR/s640/blogger-image-1785119650.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="font-weight: bold; clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="font-weight: bold; clear: both;">After:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="font-weight: bold; clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixygCMtVx21aiF4yO5gqOwDeUslIKlMyDLON4SyDLWOiA1I3T4xw8yB7DWsefA5Scicca_O1k9aEPNH2ippT0diXKvvdwHyq1VO_mACp5WbopPEOK1LB518oDuVW_7tcnWaqE5xOGyCBtY/s640/blogger-image--668120229.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixygCMtVx21aiF4yO5gqOwDeUslIKlMyDLON4SyDLWOiA1I3T4xw8yB7DWsefA5Scicca_O1k9aEPNH2ippT0diXKvvdwHyq1VO_mACp5WbopPEOK1LB518oDuVW_7tcnWaqE5xOGyCBtY/s640/blogger-image--668120229.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="font-weight: bold; clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCZ5-vP10TRxpy7FW3jN-mEyifAvZVPREb01AUG43AiX_FdOHhUjqy26hhlrpg_6CKXHShkKfmAuewUMbYXedDHsAnV-uUWsi8cbtGclsdvDCI_mkAYTK-nJR-XArAlZCcsMwbMwxWGqzt/s640/blogger-image--2052725954.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCZ5-vP10TRxpy7FW3jN-mEyifAvZVPREb01AUG43AiX_FdOHhUjqy26hhlrpg_6CKXHShkKfmAuewUMbYXedDHsAnV-uUWsi8cbtGclsdvDCI_mkAYTK-nJR-XArAlZCcsMwbMwxWGqzt/s640/blogger-image--2052725954.jpg"></a></div><br></div>Paint: Behr Elephant Skin (flat)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Light Fixture: Allen & Roth (Lowes)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Mirror: Wayfair</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b>Game/Rec Area:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><br></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b>During Construction:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><br></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiluVW2JZHYdptYJXLF5urhOi8aYvceoWUzRjfTZQXX4hmEQ4OJ4PenCo0z670Zt0HiuT962qDaeNq4EIsY5GUm02gbXRkSwrR_3vwdZYj27xmGK0yR7q3I8K0MAievkiUB6BXRpDKxUNOt/s640/blogger-image-1266539999.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiluVW2JZHYdptYJXLF5urhOi8aYvceoWUzRjfTZQXX4hmEQ4OJ4PenCo0z670Zt0HiuT962qDaeNq4EIsY5GUm02gbXRkSwrR_3vwdZYj27xmGK0yR7q3I8K0MAievkiUB6BXRpDKxUNOt/s640/blogger-image-1266539999.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Before:</div><br></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="font-weight: bold; clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGYXS77fWEluO7fRm2LtpIG7iEP_BiRDn-XikzIKeDec8JcM7JfwXWDVFF8ZisJ-o5r-2FKAciirX0hNWEOmLI4_blpl4MKU68ZF5YQbIrhmoP5hH2mvBmmarbvlpTbhzuOWBzPcwZRuiS/s640/blogger-image-878154593.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGYXS77fWEluO7fRm2LtpIG7iEP_BiRDn-XikzIKeDec8JcM7JfwXWDVFF8ZisJ-o5r-2FKAciirX0hNWEOmLI4_blpl4MKU68ZF5YQbIrhmoP5hH2mvBmmarbvlpTbhzuOWBzPcwZRuiS/s640/blogger-image-878154593.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="font-weight: bold; clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="font-weight: bold; clear: both;">During:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I taped up every square inch of the carpet in here with 3 layers of plastic sheeting to avoid any chance of this dark red paint getting on this light gray carpet. Thankfully I was successful. </div><div class="separator" style="font-weight: bold; clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGvhgi1ZPyEcMQXmVZ5LJEsHz7GAtYdUPIvGv8kVYgWBl8eU_KZh5aL555SCydDX4wROU2QFVWjw3oRfQaC2q4JP5dvOkkb0RNaiJh581WeMuU0Lslij-r7afrPztp15EKU_zxpERVQO1C/s640/blogger-image--2113002230.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGvhgi1ZPyEcMQXmVZ5LJEsHz7GAtYdUPIvGv8kVYgWBl8eU_KZh5aL555SCydDX4wROU2QFVWjw3oRfQaC2q4JP5dvOkkb0RNaiJh581WeMuU0Lslij-r7afrPztp15EKU_zxpERVQO1C/s640/blogger-image--2113002230.jpg"></a></div><br></div><b>Painted:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjPLAaq_PZWYZCjgKFwesTzrS1r90pP_5i8zoEQdR8AOg8uYUEyHMhOitY5GDF2KcS5aDMuwHOKyf9x-f4OXcIm7nCzeBJwQA0TYKxxJYetp3NWXbgrPf2fKlYpVolgTQQW11stc3w7uMb/s640/blogger-image--1200580061.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjPLAaq_PZWYZCjgKFwesTzrS1r90pP_5i8zoEQdR8AOg8uYUEyHMhOitY5GDF2KcS5aDMuwHOKyf9x-f4OXcIm7nCzeBJwQA0TYKxxJYetp3NWXbgrPf2fKlYpVolgTQQW11stc3w7uMb/s640/blogger-image--1200580061.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b>Finished with Metal Wall Accent:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="font-weight: bold; clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5ozZ5hlZYB60Aa7m3_n6-JNbg-6wuzcm3KaUpEGgLWUNTHQC6m-W3vfQQJ1pSurEt-_AyM1NgXE3Eip4RKGs-qtjdctpdAjKLmPl0Y_yfC6heYJyt-dKxZzdag0PbKkQAX8nVrzYVuRNZ/s640/blogger-image--2090967251.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5ozZ5hlZYB60Aa7m3_n6-JNbg-6wuzcm3KaUpEGgLWUNTHQC6m-W3vfQQJ1pSurEt-_AyM1NgXE3Eip4RKGs-qtjdctpdAjKLmPl0Y_yfC6heYJyt-dKxZzdag0PbKkQAX8nVrzYVuRNZ/s640/blogger-image--2090967251.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="font-weight: bold; clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="font-weight: bold; clear: both;">Movie Cubby:</div><div class="separator" style="font-weight: bold; clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlTr4yqoGKYPSwcTsakbkk9inteb-r_t_rZNAC9OKJjkgQlHXdMJ-IBNq20_oRhRMXVBK2h7VLLc9uKw5vvKRkQJ0ArJg1RewcKJJisAnMJYHbmFYyP2S_fxhfKj5_2VDZVXKjc3uNdpr2/s640/blogger-image-1216666083.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlTr4yqoGKYPSwcTsakbkk9inteb-r_t_rZNAC9OKJjkgQlHXdMJ-IBNq20_oRhRMXVBK2h7VLLc9uKw5vvKRkQJ0ArJg1RewcKJJisAnMJYHbmFYyP2S_fxhfKj5_2VDZVXKjc3uNdpr2/s640/blogger-image-1216666083.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="font-weight: bold; clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I had a good friend of mine plasma cut a sign for me to hang over the game table. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGNN6___UqTUHWmPyfHZXixoBmjhKXBfrVERVDzzKO9JEWWHNB7zG54tlop-iiV6FiVh4wcONzY1C5Pg_Bhy1bQ_FAqAcqa2Z9zPVf8N_z4seCJ8e_A1x5e3fB9-CcX1ItD5z-FKCSaLdz/s640/blogger-image-437848346.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGNN6___UqTUHWmPyfHZXixoBmjhKXBfrVERVDzzKO9JEWWHNB7zG54tlop-iiV6FiVh4wcONzY1C5Pg_Bhy1bQ_FAqAcqa2Z9zPVf8N_z4seCJ8e_A1x5e3fB9-CcX1ItD5z-FKCSaLdz/s640/blogger-image-437848346.jpg"></a></div><br></div><br></div>Paint: Behr Red Pepper (flat)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Lighting: IKEA</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Metal Accent: steel roofing (lowes)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Metal Sign: <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/4thstateofmatter" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">https://www.etsy.com/shop/4thstateofmatter</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b>The Kid's Playroom:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><br></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I told my son that he could pick the "theme" of his playroom since it was his own space. He said he wanted Spider-Man, so Spider-Man it is. I also made sure he had all the appropriate video games, Nintendo, N64, Wii U, there is even an Atari in there. Can't forget the classics!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b>During Construction:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="font-weight: bold; clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoiUpF9TiKGrpmjOb9rSwLBWCdtm4w0PkYWvuYFDxnIyTNp6k3cGuFaSFTyctZFnU2E7cZBYf_npVZ03324Ax_YOqeFm3PwEc8ESQ-D0WTBE1HOzywqEoQqL0Kcc_RK8U0-Fj0DmgBFk5j/s640/blogger-image-668941698.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoiUpF9TiKGrpmjOb9rSwLBWCdtm4w0PkYWvuYFDxnIyTNp6k3cGuFaSFTyctZFnU2E7cZBYf_npVZ03324Ax_YOqeFm3PwEc8ESQ-D0WTBE1HOzywqEoQqL0Kcc_RK8U0-Fj0DmgBFk5j/s640/blogger-image-668941698.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="font-weight: bold; clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="font-weight: bold; clear: both;">Before:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="font-weight: bold; clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7W36o0WUBON70hyphenhyphenDXkZmm2cDdrXMRTS1wPy_s2QJGArGDpvpCK9YmE6pBpigZ48LDKECiK0cLYCO4HJ5IUbksHnL5NfijdEjoU1a8spHsuOg1YnyzB2F5YcgeXzT33O7fdmB9mTNt1oOi/s640/blogger-image--1122629338.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7W36o0WUBON70hyphenhyphenDXkZmm2cDdrXMRTS1wPy_s2QJGArGDpvpCK9YmE6pBpigZ48LDKECiK0cLYCO4HJ5IUbksHnL5NfijdEjoU1a8spHsuOg1YnyzB2F5YcgeXzT33O7fdmB9mTNt1oOi/s640/blogger-image--1122629338.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="font-weight: bold; clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="font-weight: bold; clear: both;">Finished!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="font-weight: bold; clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPQ8YPVR3IV38GQPmR8OxlTqqELQvZCNAJtRGXRgxzrEyS20bqMdAacfC1GU0aiffDhjsKUuWHAZwKmsgHxL-EfU8FICOVIu2Wyl3K0rN23KSogTToXuFwes03DaJKGdc5grIy39jLun8H/s640/blogger-image--655448813.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPQ8YPVR3IV38GQPmR8OxlTqqELQvZCNAJtRGXRgxzrEyS20bqMdAacfC1GU0aiffDhjsKUuWHAZwKmsgHxL-EfU8FICOVIu2Wyl3K0rN23KSogTToXuFwes03DaJKGdc5grIy39jLun8H/s640/blogger-image--655448813.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="font-weight: bold; clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTZQ7G-t4EsgBJBjyk8GAmyq4q5zk8Pb6AauC2rFo_HpKNc5BuI2JbdW__waOYyP2OOpttr7vN3ptxy_T0p5zfetdt7VLq4WpLo9_82Tg3LDbTd2-a4bkFCiWjOrNou4TDemzASe01Jhjc/s640/blogger-image-1745990810.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTZQ7G-t4EsgBJBjyk8GAmyq4q5zk8Pb6AauC2rFo_HpKNc5BuI2JbdW__waOYyP2OOpttr7vN3ptxy_T0p5zfetdt7VLq4WpLo9_82Tg3LDbTd2-a4bkFCiWjOrNou4TDemzASe01Jhjc/s640/blogger-image-1745990810.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="font-weight: bold; clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Paint: Behr Natural Gray (flat)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And last but not least, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b>The Theater/Media Room:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><br></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">This space was my favorite. I spent hours and hours planning it out and researching the equipment for down here. It was tedious but the result is fantastic!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b>Before:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="font-weight: bold; clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkW4Vb4TvJGYS5rRhUGJkDZp9n65sq_YzQpu-Wy635-cD0pNwttKPusswbTNxwKWVDLf4XnYJv3zLrp3TAzoi0XOgzmx1nRZhIZEckGDNYgMVj19yTaNSrUOAYtC0p-8nV-5yDeBcKPpWq/s640/blogger-image--68703266.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkW4Vb4TvJGYS5rRhUGJkDZp9n65sq_YzQpu-Wy635-cD0pNwttKPusswbTNxwKWVDLf4XnYJv3zLrp3TAzoi0XOgzmx1nRZhIZEckGDNYgMVj19yTaNSrUOAYtC0p-8nV-5yDeBcKPpWq/s640/blogger-image--68703266.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="font-weight: bold; clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="font-weight: bold; clear: both;">During:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Mocking up the screen size and sorting out the mounting locations for the Triad In-ceiling theater speakers. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxKRtryA-ZbG9KMtPgDTvyiVFUNsGqHW-B2IbSRkR6sDbe1Z3cqgY3lt5tBZcUZiFnm7SFc8fvgQe35NvE7LdQyDuH9ZyayQWUbDnqRGpR9dcWn4U_gQ2K16IN0bc1E44pFH47NUGZ9Gh5/s640/blogger-image--822471516.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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There is still furniture to buy and decor to find and all that good stuff, but it's definitely come a looooong way. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Also, I've had a bunch of people message me and ask what contactor we used to do the painting and other stuff. We didn't hire anyone. Everything that's been done so far I did myself, so if anyone has any questions feel free to message me and I'll do my best to help out!</div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b>Part 3 to come!</b></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>DKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06407840961303912455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6141292715927264322.post-18430219788193624222016-04-11T19:12:00.002-07:002016-04-11T19:36:01.748-07:004/3/2016 - One Year Blogiversary Pt.1 *Tons Of Progress and Tons of Pictures!!*I was online earlier today and I had a reminder pop up that it had been a year ago since I created this blog. So seeing as I've been really lax on posting any updates I thought that I would celebrate my one year anniversary by doing a huge update with before and after pictures of all the rooms that we've done since we moved in. Some of these may be reposts but I wanted to try to put it all together. I'm going to split this up a little to make it easier to look through. Stay tuned for more!<br />
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Well, we've been in the house almost 3 months now. We are getting more and more settled in with each passing day. We are down to the last few boxes that need to be sorted out and we've made a lot of progress installing organizing and storage solutions as well as getting some more painting and decorating done. We've also had to have a couple service calls to address some issues that have come up as well as a pretty big scare a few days ago. I'll try to give you all a quick run down as well as a few pictures of what we've been up to!</div>
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We've managed to just about unpack everything. There are only a few boxes remaining and they are miscellaneous stuff that could probably stay in the boxes forever lol. One of the big issues that we've had to address in the new house is the storage issue. Our old house was considerably smaller than this one so over the years we had come up with some pretty creative storage solutions to address that. In the new house we have all the room in the world, but no real organization so that was something that had to be addressed.<br />
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We started down in the basement. We have an unfinished storage room there that was just a big empty space. Thanks to a couple of trips to Lowes and a product called 2x4 basics I was able to build a nice shelf system in there that can hold a whole lot of those rubbermaid storage bins and I also picked up some plastic storage drawers to hold some of the smaller stuff. This enabled us to fit a ton of stuff in that room while having way access to all of it as well as keeping the main floor area clear. We also decided that room would be a good place for the cat box so I added a small cat door to the entry door to make it easy for the cat and hard for the dog to get to the litter box.<br />
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Once that was done I started working in the dining room. It was good old builder beige just like the rest of the house, so after some measuring and a few trips to Lowes I got to work. First I painted the ceiling from Beige to white, then I started on the trim work. I added chair rail and picture frame paneling all the way around and then painted the room a combination of semi-gloss white and Pepper Red. I think it turned out awesome. I also made a window treatment and a matching table runner for the room from some fabric I found at a local sewing store. As a side bonus I finally found a table that fit in the hallway alcove between the foyer and dining room a Kirklands, so the space doesn't look so empty anymore!</div>
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After the dining room started looking pretty I decided that the kitchen was still missing something. We plan to add a tile backsplash down the road, but I thought some extra lighting would really set it off. A little internet searching later, I ordered led lighting for under and over the cabinets. It definitely added a nice touch.</div>
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Now that I've covered most of the progress, its time to go over the service concerns that we've had. Two of them were pretty minor and one of them was pretty severe (though it was handled quickly)</div>
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The first issue was a water leak from the powder room toilet into the basement storage room below it. We put a service call in and they were out to take a look within 48 hours. The plumber pulled the toilet up and found that the wax ring under the toilet wasn't tall enough to account for our very thick solid wood floors. It was an easy fix that took less than 20 minutes and there has been no other issues there. The next service call was for a sewer gas smell in the basement mechanical room. We have both a sump pump and a grinder pump down there and I was pretty sure that the issue was from the grinder pump. Another easy visit from the plumber and we found that the lid had come unsealed from the crock in the floor for the pump. Another simple and quick fix and we were good to go. <br />
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The last issue was a bit of a doozyā¦<br />
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I came home from work this past week and when I walked into the house I was hit with the smell of natural gas. We have a gas range so occasionally I catch a hint of it when we're coking but nothing like this. I ask my wife about it and she says she noticed it as well. I have no issue doing things myself but when it comes to something like this I leave it to the pros. The longer we were in the house, the worse it got, so after checking the usual places, we called the gas company and got out of the house. A little while later, the service tech from Virginia Natural Gas shows up and after checking the meter outside and finding what he believed to be a pretty significant leak, we headed inside to find it. As soon as we stepped in the house his last detector went crazy. It didn't take long to narrow it down to the kitchen, so with my help, we pulled the stove out from the wall and as soon as we did, you could hear the hiss of the gas leaking.<br />
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It turns out that whomever installed our stove never tightened the gas line up. It was unbelievably loose, and by that I mean that it wasn't even finger tight. We tightened the line and cleared the room and then retested everything. Thankfully that solved the issue, and the gas guy was nice enough to go through the entire house with me and check every other gas fitting to make sure there wasn't anything else going on.<br />
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You can believe that I brought this issue up with everyone that it could be brought up to, and I received lots of apologies and promises that it would be addressed so it couldn't happen again. Regardless, it could have been a catastrophic problem that very easily could've destroyed our house. So I encourage all of you, if you think you smell gas, even if it's just a hint, please have it checked out. We were very lucky, but it just as easily could've gone very bad.<br />
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We had scheduled our 30 day walkthrough on the day we did our pre-closing walkthrough so it was set exactly 30 days to the date of our closing. About a week before the meeting we received an email from Ryan Homes asking us to give a list of the issues that we had and what we thought needed attention. To be completely honest, we had a really hard time with this. We knew that it was important to make sure we covered everything, but in truth, we haven't really had any issues. Our list was as follows.<br />
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-Window in stairwell is cracked (it was cracked at close and hadn't been replaced yet)<br />
-The hardwood floor leading down into the basement would flex when you stepped on the edge of it to go down the stairs<br />
-There were a few nails sticking up at the carpet threshold going into the hallway<br />
-There was a board in the subfloor at the top of the stairs that would bump if you stepped on it just right<br />
-There was a small spot on the rear of the house where the soffit was pushed up and not even with the rest. (Probably from the painters hitting it with their ladder<br />
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We feel like everything on this list was minor and quite insignificant with the exception of the cracked window which we'd been told would be replaced, they just hadn't gotten the replacement in yet. All in all it was really us just trying to have something to put down so we would feel like we were doing our job lol. Our PM Mark showed up early the day of the meeting with the sub-contractors in tow and took care of every single thing right then and there. No scheduling appointments or promises to look into it, it was just corrected on the spot. I was very impressed with this. <br />
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I've read many different things the people have posted, both good and bad about their homes after they have taken possession and I am pleased to say that we have been beyond satisfied. I feel like the house was very well built and have been more than pleased with the attention to detail that I've seen so far. I've said from the beginning that I felt as thought our PM took a lot of pride in his work, and now having lived here for a month I can say that I still feel that to be true.<br />
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And now I get to show off what we've done so far!<br />
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I'll stick to the "after" pictures since there are a ton of "before" pictures posted throughout this blog. We still have a ton more to do, but for having only been here 30 days and working a very demanding full-time job, I'm pretty pleased with what I've gotten accomplished.<br />
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First off, the foyer. We replaced all the nickel door handles with antique bronze to complement the hardwood floors, we added the Schlage Connect locks, and of course painted the walls and ceilings. We also painted the powder room as well.<br />
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Next we tackled the Great Room. I mounted the TV over the fireplace, installed a ceiling fan, painted the walls and ceilings and got the majority of the furniture in as well as the beginnings of our picture wall.</div>
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Then came the kitchen, morning room and pantry. I painted the walls and ceilings in the morning room and pantry, installed a ceiling fan in the morning room, new adjustable wood shelving in the pantry and designer cabinet pulls throughout the kitchen. We also converted one of the end cabinets to a pull-out recycling container. We still plan to do a glass tile backsplash, under cabinet lighting and paint the kitchen, I am just waiting on the tile to arrive.<br />
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Once we got most of the main areas downstairs done, we moved upstairs. I started with my son's room first. He loves sharks so we had to give him a bedroom that showed that off! New paint, fan, light fixtures and a few other touches as well as taking off the closet door to make that a little sitting nook with his desk in it so he has a nice spot at the window to do his homework.</div>
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After we got his space all squared away we finally got around to doing ours. We had bought a new bedroom set for the new house so we went ahead and painted our room before it was all put in place. We did the walls in soft white color with a hint of gray and then did an accent wall behind the bed and a accent in the tray ceiling as well. I also added an outlet and cable/data hookups behind the tv for a cleaner appearance. We also replaced the big sheet mirror in the master bath with two wood frame mirrors and replaced the light fixture with one that was a little longer to better fit the new mirrors.</div>
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Once that was done, we gave the laundry room a quick coat of painted and finally hooked up the washer and dryer. I have more plans for the space with some cabinets and a nice countertop, but that will come a little later on.<br />
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The last space I've done so far upstairs is the craft/scrapbook room. My wife is an avid scrapbooker so I wanted to give her a nice place to do that in. The theme for that room is creative/classic Dinsey so there will be lots of other things going in there as it all gets put together to bring out that theme. The paint colors used are "Disney" colors to keep it true to the spirit. I also added a closet organizer to do away with the one wire shelf they gave us there and added some recessed lighting to the room as well.</div>
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Now we move down to my favorite part of the house.. The basement. I have lots of plans for this space, since it's just the three of us in the house we can use this whole area for recreational purposes so I figured I would do it up right!</div>
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First, I got the exercise room setup as a nice playroom for the kid. He likes superheros and Spiderman so we thought that would be a pretty good place to start. A comic book wallpaper border, fresh paint and all the toys and video games a kid could want took care of that! We also put a nice sized table in there for him to work on his puzzles and legos at so he doesn't have sit on the floor.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTYDz4vODtYGCKYKLJd42ENOV5-zPxe96EtCjxyqFlWHsPTkRlGYWlSrfbazmWRJPHwsHSBOuS40Di3WqzbdgevTv9A84Fn_KqMbgm13-GSDDj2rt1iOaKGoWiQwR9LHdKJjlI0HLA2NzW/s1600/IMG_2610.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTYDz4vODtYGCKYKLJd42ENOV5-zPxe96EtCjxyqFlWHsPTkRlGYWlSrfbazmWRJPHwsHSBOuS40Di3WqzbdgevTv9A84Fn_KqMbgm13-GSDDj2rt1iOaKGoWiQwR9LHdKJjlI0HLA2NzW/s640/IMG_2610.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
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Once that was all done I got to do the part I'd really been waiting on. The Theater Room!! This whole room got painted in a nice muted gray, including the ceiling and benefitted from a very nice in-ceiling surround sound system. I opted to handle the installation of this myself and sourced all my own equipment. I've been EXTREMELY pleased with the outcome.</div>
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The first part was getting the speakers mounted and figuring out the proper screen size.</div>
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Once that was all done, I ordered the screen and got to painting. It took a couple of coats to get it to look even, but the end result is awesome. Even my lovely wife approves!</div>
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The finished product is a space that is not too over the top, but perfect for a nice movie night! We plan to change up the seating in here to something more theater like, but we haven't gotten that figured out just yet.<br />
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The rest of the basement, or the "main part" I painted a deep red. I was afraid it would make the room feel small and dark, but with the bright white trim and all the lighting down there it really turned out nice. I should also mention that I've replaced the majority of the CFL bulbs in the house with LED units. I can't stand how long it takes for the CFL bulbs to reach their full brightness so they had to go.<br />
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Getting to the outside, we installed a very nice Larson Security storm door and got all the video cameras up and running. We're adding a deck and a fence in the near future so I'll be sure to get some pictures of that up too!</div>
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I think that just about covers it so far. We've still got tons of things we wanted to get done and lots of decorating to do, but it's all starting to come together and feel like home :)<br />
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It's pretty crazy to me that we've already been here two weeks, time really flies. I wanted to make a post about where we're at with everything and what our impressions have been so far. There will be a future update with pictures once we get a little more done, so check back for that a little while later. <div><br></div><div>First things first, the progress we've made. </div><div><br></div><div>We plan to pretty much paint the entire house so that's been the big priority at the beginning so we can get the paint down before everything is in the way. So far we've painted (including the ceilings) the foyer, powder room, hallway, great room, morning room, master bedroom, master closet, laundry room, the kids playroom (basement exercise room) and the kids bedroom. Next up is the office and then most likely the basement. </div><div><br></div><div>More or less all of the furniture is setup in those rooms as well. We've followed the paint, clean, then furnish approach. We'd already purchased new furniture for some places so that was on hand and ready to go. Setting up the kids play room was a ton of work between the video games and toy organization and all the other stuff, but we had family and friends over this weekend to celebrate his birthday so it was a pretty important priority to have that done in time. </div><div><br></div><div>We've managed to unpack around 75% of our stuff too which has freed up the garage enough that I was finally able to park in it tonight, which makes me very happy. <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">The majority of the stuff still in boxes is either office/scrapbook room stuff which still isn't set up and clothes which will be gone through once the rest of our custom closet is finished. We designed a very nice layout through easy closets and had Ryan leave out the wire shelves so once that's all done I'll do a short write up about that. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">We've also installed a lot of different things that we bought before closing, from the storm security door and window blinds and shades, different light fixtures and ceiling fans to different door knobs and hardware and the camera system. Every day has been a long list of projects and we aren't even close to finished yet. Once more is done I'll post a huge update with pictures and some write ups to show all our hard work off. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">And now the observations and realizations we've had in our first two weeks in our new Ryan home. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Far and away the biggest thing here is the size of this house. Coming from our townhouse which was 1250sqft of which 250+ sqft was the finished room over the garage that was my son's room we knew it was going to be an adjustment but we had no idea just how much of an adjustment it is. From having everything on a single floor to now having the house spread over three floors it's so hard to get used to. I know there are many of you that have even bigger houses and I'm sure in a year we won't feel like this, but for the three of us, the move from our townhouse to this 3400sqft house is just crazy. We sit and talk about what we're going to do with all the space and I've yet to figure it out lol</span></div><div><br></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">Secondly I have to say that I'm impressed so far with how solid the house feels. I think that's a big testament to our PM for the quality control, but the house feels very well put together. No squeaks rattles etc and no real complaints with fit and finish either. I'm sure as it settles in things will come up, but so far so good </font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">Lastly I have to say that I seriously under estimated the amount of work it would take to get settled in here. I knew it would be a challenge but man it has sure worn us out. </font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">Stay tuned for more to come. Once we get some of the decorating done I'll get pictures up for everyone!</font></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>DKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06407840961303912455noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6141292715927264322.post-36848695366717404182015-08-02T21:01:00.001-07:002015-08-02T21:29:33.450-07:008/2/15 - 2 Days in and Tons Left to DoPhew. It's been a crazy couple of days. Before I go any further I have to give huge thanks to my friends Sam, Meghan and Paul for helping us move yesterday. It was most definitely back breaking work and we couldn't have possibly done it without you guys. <div><br></div><div>So the last couple of days have been a whirlwind. For those that haven't been following along, my wife and I had crammed most of our worldly possessions into a 15x25 storage unit because we were subletting a small apartment to cover the time between selling our old house and closing on this one. So for the last month and a half we've been living in about 900 sq/ft with only the bare necessities and not a lot else. The storage unit was completely full and what wasn't able to fit was stuffed in the apartment along with our two beds, desk, sofa, and all the random stuff we'd bought for the new place. </div><div><br></div><div>To give you an idea of what that looked like:</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaKdKYpXEK3-_MGb3reTcExxAG6a0ZM-h7kDaeVSUqvUJ8QJDfw63fh0jr6beo0pF3d9swOK-YC-moDhDWhuCOakSY4jI7TOV7oJRXDR8ZGahF-3ip88OrRi-xzO696DysBmrcVdtaDEMm/s640/blogger-image-1182812108.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaKdKYpXEK3-_MGb3reTcExxAG6a0ZM-h7kDaeVSUqvUJ8QJDfw63fh0jr6beo0pF3d9swOK-YC-moDhDWhuCOakSY4jI7TOV7oJRXDR8ZGahF-3ip88OrRi-xzO696DysBmrcVdtaDEMm/s640/blogger-image-1182812108.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9z122rEZJyr9iDihOyCFEFbn0jUV_LX5yFPbgIYMJ5dZ-rzCYFY8k4S15j4kStJU64RN1yfe6wO4bfLfS5n2ERy6IH0QnEviSKCumwxRFLR1-RqgFp8oynqkM01wb7pIukCAjhrccJEmC/s640/blogger-image--2118396141.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9z122rEZJyr9iDihOyCFEFbn0jUV_LX5yFPbgIYMJ5dZ-rzCYFY8k4S15j4kStJU64RN1yfe6wO4bfLfS5n2ERy6IH0QnEviSKCumwxRFLR1-RqgFp8oynqkM01wb7pIukCAjhrccJEmC/s640/blogger-image--2118396141.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">We closed on the house Friday and had to be completely moved out of the apartment by today and as an added constraint, our storage unit's rent renews Tuesday at $275 for another month so we really wanted to get everything out of there to avoid having to pay another months rent for it to sit empty. Oh and did I mention that we planned to paint</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">A good bit of the house too?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">So after renting a u-haul (which was a disaster) and calling in favors with some friends from work, we dove in. The nice thing was that the storage unit was only a mile and a half from the new house so the many trips it took didn't take all that long. The bad thing was it was very hot and the apartment was on the second floor and of course the house is three levels so it was grueling work. Oh yeah, did I mention we had to move our front load washer and dryer upstairs too? :(</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">As of tonight though, I'm happy to say that were all moved! The apartment is clean and empty and so is the storage unit!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbEtgUigngbTBl8FDEgii69OqvgWY9YyPtY58qjZ5NrSfcnovPV_JJY-tM4aG22NqZ4gOiN2MUXepVSC7Gorl2HvQDCEhwe6mzNSfjDTPyHgE7EHwJ1Nb0I8Wg8Bzk_WpTTEWHFRT7lOau/s640/blogger-image--596801288.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbEtgUigngbTBl8FDEgii69OqvgWY9YyPtY58qjZ5NrSfcnovPV_JJY-tM4aG22NqZ4gOiN2MUXepVSC7Gorl2HvQDCEhwe6mzNSfjDTPyHgE7EHwJ1Nb0I8Wg8Bzk_WpTTEWHFRT7lOau/s640/blogger-image--596801288.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsgDhzSIdql3XmghRd586TTEdLMZyljxlhAS7yyv7-CpSSeKJeC07lELxHuaev7mePJiQW_BoizAks6y9C26_TXiN2xSEPmAoNvqpzWq0qx3S84zk5qn_tucm2CFeOudjRsfxSOnZ8OycO/s640/blogger-image--1902854546.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsgDhzSIdql3XmghRd586TTEdLMZyljxlhAS7yyv7-CpSSeKJeC07lELxHuaev7mePJiQW_BoizAks6y9C26_TXiN2xSEPmAoNvqpzWq0qx3S84zk5qn_tucm2CFeOudjRsfxSOnZ8OycO/s640/blogger-image--1902854546.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">We are no where close to settled in and it will no doubt be a while before we are, but the hardest part is over with, it's all moved (and all in our garage lol)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSxIqG-sTvjjQAr-YQB4k_DlKTDpT9GVzGsCbBGVdLKXmJfMvsjXR1r7zIglPzTGNVpzr7aNxDFBci2VZQW_36lMkpN-Axu4BpW1dtNZRCNajbpW4RZB9zT2_sReO62S7td-NpHhvXkCy0/s640/blogger-image--1086092968.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSxIqG-sTvjjQAr-YQB4k_DlKTDpT9GVzGsCbBGVdLKXmJfMvsjXR1r7zIglPzTGNVpzr7aNxDFBci2VZQW_36lMkpN-Axu4BpW1dtNZRCNajbpW4RZB9zT2_sReO62S7td-NpHhvXkCy0/s640/blogger-image--1086092968.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I managed to get this whole upcoming week off of work so I plan to hopefully get a lot of the settling in completed. 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<span style="color: black;">Today we met our PM Mark out at the house to do our final </span>walk-through. We had gone over the high points with him a few days ago, but when we were there then, the house wasn't quite finished and hadn't been cleaned yet. Today was the first time we've seen it all cleaned up and I have to say, it's beautiful!!!! </div>
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During this meeting Mark went over the massive amount of information they give you for your new house. There is a big binder that has the entirety of the information for the house that is there for us, but he had a check-list of things to cover as well. He explained the applicable warranties for the different parts of the house, the roof, drywall, appliances, flooring, etc. He went over Ryan's recommendations for cleaning and caring for the different finishes in the house as well as the contact information for the Ryan helpline and the other subcontractors related to building the house. He explained how they handled the 30-day meeting and then the 10-month follow up and what we could expect with those, and he even gave us some recommendations of his own for a few things as well.</div>
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Now to be fair, we did have an earlier walkthrough a few days prior to go over any issues that we had, but other than wanting the chain on our stairwell light fixture shortened, we didn't have any issues then either. I believe this is completely due to the the diligence and over-sight from our PM Mark. I've said in a few other posts that I get the impression from him that he really cares about the houses he builds and the satisfaction of his clients and I think that is truly evident in the finished product that we walked through this afternoon. I kept looking for issues and things that needed addressing as we were walking around and I just couldn't find any. Everything was as good or better than I expected. It was pretty nice being able to sign off on the checklist for the house and only have three things on it. </div>
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Pretty simple list I think. No fit, finish or construction issues at all. Even the things that we'd noticed through our many visits to the house were usually corrected before we ever even had the chance to bring them up. Again, I have to give the credit to our PM. He's been 100% on top of this every step of the way. </div>
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Which brings me back to the survey. As someone that's worked in the automotive business my whole adult life, where Customer Satisfaction surveys are treated as life or death, I can 100% understand the emphasis that they put on their survey. Mark went over it briefly with us and explained that it's important to Ryan and to him that we fill it out and of course he hopes we are happy with the house and feel as though we can give 10's on the survey. I think this is something that a lot of people don't completely understand, and as someone that deals with this just about every day I'd like to take a second to cover this. (if you don't care, or already know, feel free to skip down the the pictures!) When they talk about hoping to receive a "10" for a score on their survey it is because anything less is considered a failing score. Chalk that up to an archaic survey practice where anything less than perfect is unacceptable, but the reality is it's a pass/fail survey where perfect is "passing" and anything less is considered failing. It's important to remember that when you're filling out your survey. I've had many well meaning customers that loved the service they got at my facility but upon getting their surveys gave us less than perfect scores because they simply never give perfects because there is always room for improvement. They didn't realize that even though they loved us and brought us cookies at christmas, they had hurt us with their response to a seemly innocuous survey.</div>
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<br />DKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06407840961303912455noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6141292715927264322.post-78149942356404069582015-07-23T19:24:00.002-07:002015-07-28T19:14:05.817-07:007/23/15 - Our Pre-Final WalkthroughNot sure what exactly to call this, but tonight we did a bit of an impromptu pre-final walk through with our PM Mark. After a very long and aggravating day at work I stopped by the house to meet up with my wife to grab some dinner and much to my surprise the guys were still out there working away. I hadn't planned on looking around tonight since we were going to meet our PM there tomorrow to do that, but when I saw the house all lit up and wide open I had to see what all had been done. <br />
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While I was snooping around I stumbled across our PM who was still there as well, so since all parties were there we decided to go ahead and do the walk-through we had planned on doing tomorrow. It was really great to get to see the house getting all buttoned up. All the walls were cleaned up and painted, the trim gleamed white, the doors were painted red, the railings were being stained and all the final touches were getting taken care of. It's amazing to see how far it's come in the last few weeks. It's really starting to look like a home. We've very happy with the attention to detail that w've seen through the final stages of this. We've been very happy to find that any concerns we've had have usually been addressed before we even think to bring them up. It's really comforting to know that our house is being built with pride. <br />
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For those that have messaged me and asked, we plan to keep this blog going post close. I've read a lot of these that basically end at closing day, but we'd like to keep this up for us and for future Ryan owners. We have a bunch of decor/upgrades planned post close so we will be sure to keep up the picture taking and posting so everyone can check it out.<br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Wow things sure do move fast now. I stopped by the house yesterday to see that the hardwood floors were all in and most of the carpet was done too. I did notice what appeared to be water collecting in the basement which seemed to have halted the carpeting process down there. This worried me a bit so I sent a quick e-mail out to my PM Mark asking if has was aware and what the cause was. We replied right back (which was awesome!) and asked me to give him a call if I had a second so that he could go over it with me real quick. Turns out that the flooring people had cranked up the A/C in the house while they were doing the installation and the pump in the basement for the hvac equipment hadn't been connected yet so it was all condensation from the A/C unit, and not outside water which was a big relief. He let me know that he was on top of it and was actually out at the house while we were talking. </span></div>
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Today I stopped by and was happy to find that all the water was gone and they had fans and a commercial dehumidifier running to make sure all the moisture was gone. They also had done a bunch of touch-ups and it appears that the blue-tape fairy had visited as well. It's really exciting to see it getting finished up. Our final walk-through is this Tuesday, but our PM asked if we could meet him out at the house Friday afternoon for a walkthrough so that if there was anything we wanted addressed it could be done before the final so we could know everything was as it should be. I thought that was a pretty awesome was for him to do this. I've been very happy and impressed with how great Mark has been. It feels like he really takes pride in what he does and is really trying to make sure everything goes as well as possible. This is a huge moment for my wife and I and it's nice to see that the people involved feel the same.<br />
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12 Days left to close. Everything is coming together very nicely. Our PM seems to be on top of everything and most (if not all) of our concerns have been handled. We can't WAIT!!!</div>
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After work today I stopped by the house like I usually do and to my delight, I found that there had been quite a lot done. I know I've posted a ton of pictures that probably look very similar to these, but oh well lol. I tried to put them into some type of order so I can go through like a bit of a walkthrough.</div>
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From there, the kitchen is to the right, and all our appliances are here as well as all of the plumbing is completed!! We went with an appliance upgrade that was three or 4 levels (I can't remember which) above what came standard. We wanted the whisper quiet dishwasher as well as the upgraded range which is gas (also an upgrade)</div>
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We also did in-ceiling audio in the kitchen/morning room with a volume control mounted on the wall</div>
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Off of the kitchen is the morning room. We opted for the additional windows here as well to give us as much natural light as possible. The left wall that you can't see has sliding doors that will open out onto a 20'x30' deck that will be built after we move in.</div>
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The sliding doors from the basement walkout lead to a small platform/deck with steps down to the back yard. Since the house is built on a hill, we opted to do it this way rather than having the yard back filled to make it a true walkout. This gives us a much more useable back yard.</div>
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And here is a shot from the morning room doors looking down at it. You can get an idea of the back yard too. The wooded area past the sod is our property, but it's an RPA so it has to be left alone for the most part. (Ignore the screwed up sod. it rained like crazy about an hour after it was laid and they haven't come back yet to straighten it out)</div>
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To the right of the main basement area is the theater room and off of that is the mechanical room that houses the HVAC equipment, tankless hot water heater, sump, structured wiring cable and data panel, and all the wiring for the multi-room audio, surveillance cameras and the theater system.</div>
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Across from the mechanical room is the 5th bedroom/ the kids playroom</div>
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First is the Master Bedroom. We did the standard bedroom layout, but we added the tray ceiling and some extra outlets/ceiling fan rough-in</div>
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Walk-in closet in the master</div>
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Next is the master bath. This is an alternate/upgraded layout with a shower stall and a soaker tub, as well as the tile and the expresso vanity</div>
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Next is the hall bathroom, again with the expresso vanity</div>
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Across from the hall bathroom is the laundry room. This is one of our favorite things in this house, our old house had the washer and dryer at the back of the garage and it was such a pain to do laundry.</div>
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Down from the laundry room is bedroom #3 which is our son's room</div>
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His room also has a walk-in closet with a window. We plan to remove the door and put his desk under the window to give him a little sitting room to do his homework.<br />
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And lastly is bedroom #4 which we be my wife's scrapbooking room and our office.<br />
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<br />DKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06407840961303912455noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6141292715927264322.post-21505233362152829312015-07-11T19:01:00.001-07:002015-07-11T19:01:55.150-07:007/11/15 - Sod, Gutters and More!We were headed out of town today to take our son to camp so we decided to swing by the house early to take a look at more of the progress. To our surprise we found the guys out putting up the gutters. We took a quick peek inside and found the bathroom tile to be all done and all the door handles and such installed as well. After we left and were on the road our neighbor messaged me and sent a picture of our sod that had been laid today. It's really starting to come together!<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvLYBBsv-eNXjPa1Ij2GDk9cW4P6ZHgtwg58B0Nu1Pb7FkzyU5sSpOlUlZ3dsfFPtrpwn4eG9d5Qb8TFmLaJ1NStgcAnhjAvsJETaoXUIY8-0fYh9INXHPYKVbeMwSoohZ1kLd1HP_Lv2Z/s640/blogger-image--1935860387.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvLYBBsv-eNXjPa1Ij2GDk9cW4P6ZHgtwg58B0Nu1Pb7FkzyU5sSpOlUlZ3dsfFPtrpwn4eG9d5Qb8TFmLaJ1NStgcAnhjAvsJETaoXUIY8-0fYh9INXHPYKVbeMwSoohZ1kLd1HP_Lv2Z/s640/blogger-image--1935860387.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7Ee9WfpO8DKN2a0321f03j6M3479xh3_Yf_3jcoet7RNEnjoRau8_483yFBW51aIfPYABwYlbiYe2Ahu06Mx4ogLPZDv35SE9LiAZ9xhiNTUbJ_B4w2pQj138OHj-BnHnMJmQQ7jOUZ3W/s640/blogger-image--1809124792.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7Ee9WfpO8DKN2a0321f03j6M3479xh3_Yf_3jcoet7RNEnjoRau8_483yFBW51aIfPYABwYlbiYe2Ahu06Mx4ogLPZDv35SE9LiAZ9xhiNTUbJ_B4w2pQj138OHj-BnHnMJmQQ7jOUZ3W/s640/blogger-image--1809124792.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1IlM-0-F5fDfvvC5nHYhyoCWC01-4-oE3Q6Asr1ETAKKKWaiWB4uRgraM7h6xuqmZ0KySGJ727OBINBtXwttl0T_k_jkajb_fAqmGtXU-YX31930AEtuwtFL37bFuPaqa6eSWcKLbykc3/s640/blogger-image-99595721.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1IlM-0-F5fDfvvC5nHYhyoCWC01-4-oE3Q6Asr1ETAKKKWaiWB4uRgraM7h6xuqmZ0KySGJ727OBINBtXwttl0T_k_jkajb_fAqmGtXU-YX31930AEtuwtFL37bFuPaqa6eSWcKLbykc3/s640/blogger-image-99595721.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6oMxE6xSEnVDv-x9rcsM3ya3imP9ivhKYuqZy5JGD9We8euL5DlZf3vYaT1AzauiYJWGg5nl2its5hN6mVbQnEs5Xws3K_a5CEiN_PWgsEXnzolPSDeRMMqaRHYkep8edgO_xCW_2PEGC/s640/blogger-image--1244533423.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6oMxE6xSEnVDv-x9rcsM3ya3imP9ivhKYuqZy5JGD9We8euL5DlZf3vYaT1AzauiYJWGg5nl2its5hN6mVbQnEs5Xws3K_a5CEiN_PWgsEXnzolPSDeRMMqaRHYkep8edgO_xCW_2PEGC/s640/blogger-image--1244533423.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLpSv0kAaxDRw4m3TxGcmxkn7GnN8DGNYT5cMZl4ey9hkc3nK1za4N_6CvYqYbE23a0skto-Dl80pb9gmo9f_sokjfck-t_J1gcSZaG4OwhRoi_djk4fOYexGuceCCLswUWCqBPiwt5agK/s640/blogger-image-900689893.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLpSv0kAaxDRw4m3TxGcmxkn7GnN8DGNYT5cMZl4ey9hkc3nK1za4N_6CvYqYbE23a0skto-Dl80pb9gmo9f_sokjfck-t_J1gcSZaG4OwhRoi_djk4fOYexGuceCCLswUWCqBPiwt5agK/s640/blogger-image-900689893.jpg"></a></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div>DKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06407840961303912455noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6141292715927264322.post-78744952367778877372015-07-06T20:45:00.000-07:002015-07-06T20:45:00.831-07:007/6/15 - A Bit of TechMany of the blogs that I've read have mentioned different selections that people have made with regard to structured wiring and security. I've done a ton of research on this very thing and thought I'd make a post to share my choices dealing with tech and security for our new home. As my wife would say, this is "guy" post, but hey, I'm the one writing the blog aren't I? :)<br />
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First and foremost, I'm going to divide this into three different categories. Security, Networking and Entertainment and try to give you an idea of what I've determined will best suit our needs and wants for our new place.</div>
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The main component in the security system is the 2gig Go! alarm. This panel offers tons of security features while also offering z-wave compatibility to handle some home automation duties.</div>
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Among the door, window and motion sensors that go along with any alarm, I've also added a tilt sensor for the garage door that will let us know if we've forgotten to close the door, and will set the alarm off if the door is forced open and a moisture/flood sensor that will alert us if water starts accumulating in the basement.</div>
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Another thing that I've read a lot of about and found to fill a need that my wife and I have were the Schlage Connect Locks. These locks offer the ability to go keyless as well give us a way to make sure that the doors are all locked when they need to be. With a young one that can't be trusted to lock the door behind himself, these give us peace of mind that the doors are locked when they are supposed to be. They can also be configured to work with the alarm to give us automatic locking and unlocking with the alarm system.</div>
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The locks and alarm, combined with a few Z-wave enabled light switches and outlets will make it so that we never have to walk into a pitch black house because we forgot to leave a light on, or lie in bed at night wondering if the back door is locked, and the tilt sensor on the garage door will let us know if we've forgotten to close it. Something that happened quite often at our old house.</div>
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In addition to the alarm we also decided to add some surveillance equipment. Having seen first hand the usefulness of having a good video system in place, I decided that it was a must for the new house. During my structured wiring meeting I went ahead and had them add a couple of ethernet runs to various locations on the house to allow me to run POE (power over ethernet) cameras. I chose Hikvision cameras for their awesome picture quality and reputation for building a good camera as well as their attractive price point. They offer many different camera designs for various needs and I went with a combination of cameras to best suit where I wanted them to go. All of the cameras 1080p and are run to a Hikvision NVR with dual WD 4TB hard drives. This will give me continuous recording at 20fps with 1080p resolution for at least a week before I start overwriting the previous recordings. I went with a Hikvision DS-2CD2332-I EXIR camera for the front door location due to it's excellent night vision and the fact that the viewing range would give me good coverage of the driveway as well. For the other locations I used a mix of the DS-2CD2132-I and the DS-2CD2032-I cameras to give me the best coverage of the areas I wanted to keep an eye on. Primarily the ingress points of the house, the back yard and the areas that the vehicles will be kept. All of these cameras are 3mp cameras and from what I've seen online, give you a pretty clear recording.</div>
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This is a little less complicated :) My primary requirements were that I wanted to be able to have solid wifi performance throughout the entire house, which is a little more challenging since it's a three level house, as well as have a system in place to handle the hardwired data connections that we had built into the house for streaming movies and video games. </div>
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First off, I picked up a Motorola Surfboard SB6183 cable modem. This is one of the faster modems that they offer and it keeps me from having to pay for the privilege of renting one from Cox. </div>
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To handle the wired side of things I'm using a TP-Link 10/100/1000Mbps Gigabit Switch with 8 ports to connect all the hardwired ethernet in the house and for the wireless side I'm using an Apple Airport Extreme base station and an Airport Express down in the basement to give me both wifi in the basement and an Airplay connection to the multi-room audio system I'll cover in the next section. </div>
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Since this is going to be our forever home, we wanted to make sure that it had some of the fun things that we really wanted, while trying to keep it in some sort of a budget. The first thing we wanted was multi-room audio. We liked the idea of being able to have music playing in rooms of the house while were we cleaning or entertaining, or just enjoying the day being bums and laying around the house. The company installing the low voltage wiring throughout the house had a couple of different packages that they offered, but we decided to just have them do the pre-wiring and we would handle the equipment side of things, with the exception being the kitchen speakers. We went ahead and bought those upfront just so that we could have them installed pre-close. For those speakers we went with Klipsch CDT-3650. They were the "better" option offered by the installer and seemed to have a pretty good sound. For the other locations in the house we just had them do a pre-wire with on-wall volume controls so that we could add the speakers later as we wanted. Once of the major things we did was add wiring and a volume control for outside speakers to be put on the deck we are building post close. This will be our primary entertaining space so we thought having music out there would be a nice touch. All of the wiring for the audio was run down into the utility room in the basement along with the wiring for the networking and home theater equipment which will be stored in a media rack.</div>
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The amplifier side of the multi-room audio is handled by a Russound D850 8-Channel Amplifier and the input source is handled by the Apple Airport Express</div>
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I went with this amp because it offered the one thing that was a must have for me, auto-sensing power-on. What this means is that it will stay on standby until it senses an audio input and then it will automatically turn itself on and stay on until the input stops at which time it will go back into standby. This, combined with the Airport Express will allow me to stream music from my iPhone, iPad or laptop throughout the house without having to go down into the basement and turn anything on. I can simply walk into the room, grab my iPhone and start listening to music. There are far more complex system that you can use, such as Connect4 and Lyric, but for our needs, this is perfect.</div>
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For my speaker choice, I went with a brand called Conextion. They aren't well known, and in fact, have been sold to Triad, but I have a local shop that still sells them, and for the price and sound quality they can't be beat. That being said, speakers and sound reproduction are very subjective things, so your opinion my vary. </div>
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Our previous home was a small townhouse, so due both to it's size and the fact that it was adjoined on both sides by other people, I had to pass on a nice home theater system because I didn't think the neighbors would appreciate it as much as I would. Now that I'm in this big new house I don't have that concern, so it was ON!</div>
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For the picture duties I went with a Sony VPL-HW50ES 1080p 3d Projector and a 120" Stewart Filmscreen Firehawk screen. There are a ton of different projectors out there to chose from, but in my opinion the picture quality from the Sony was incredible. I had also considered the Epson 5030 projector, but the fan on them can be a bit noisy and in my basement the projector will be overhead and I was concerned about the noise being a distraction.</div>
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For the audio side of the theater I went with a Yamaha Aventage RX-A1040 7.2 Receiver. I've always like the robust sound and power output from Yamaha equipment and this particular unit packs tons of power and has wifi and airplay and all the other goodies.</div>
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For the front, rear and side speakers I again went with Conextion speakers. I wanted all the speakers to be ceiling mounted for a nice clean layout and doing that presents more than a few problems when it comes to sound imaging. The Conextion speakers have a couple of really nice features that help overcome those shortcomings. The main driver's pivot in the mounting brackets to allow you to aim the speakers towards the listening position rather than just having them point at the floor, and the tweeter both pivots and extends down from the ceiling to insure the sound goes where you want it to go. The end result is a excellent sound with good clear imagining while keeping the speakers hidden away in the ceiling.</div>
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Again, all the wiring and all the equipment will be mounted in the basement utility room out of sight and away from little kid hands. There are other components to it of course, blu-ray players and video games and whatnot, but that's pretty simple stuff and everyone has an opinion of what works best.</div>
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It's important to mention that for the speakers and the projector, all the wiring was done during construction to allow it to be routed and concealed the way it is. I'm also using a Harmony Ultimate Remote control with an IR repeater so that I can control the equipment in the other room.</div>
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So as any excited future homeowner would, I scoured those pictures for a sign of what was going on. I could see that there were doors hung and it looked like the railings to the staircase were installed as well, but what was the most exciting was what I didn't see. The previous day, all the kitchen cabinets had been siting in the garage, and today, they're gone. Could it be that they had been installed???!!??<br />
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<br />DKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06407840961303912455noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6141292715927264322.post-80265395132630455802015-07-01T20:49:00.001-07:002015-07-01T20:52:54.996-07:007/1/16 - Driveways and SidewalksI got a message this morning from our awesome future neighbor letting me know that they were on site today getting ready to pour our driveway and sidewalks. I made a trip by the house on my way home from work and was happy to see that they were all done. We also got our garage door and door opener this week.<br />
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First things first, the siding was all put up and completed. <br />
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Once that was done and the county signed off on whatever it is that they need to sign off on, they were able to start the insulation in preparation for the drywall. It was pretty cool to see, as it started to close off some of the space inside and give it some definition.<br />
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They also came out and did the stone work on the front of the house and the front steps. <br />
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Something to note is that the stone layout on our is slightly different from the "standard" layout. The original plans called for there to be a stone water line on the front of the garage, but when the crew did the siding on the house, instead of stopping it high up to leave room for the water line, they had just run it all the way to the bottom. After giving it a little thought, we decided that we liked it better this way. It gives the house a little differentiation from the other house across the street that is very similar to ours and makes it a little unique if only in a small way. So after a little emailing back and forth we were able to leave it like this which makes us quite happy.<br />
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WOW! What a difference that makes. It has gone from being an awkward construction site to a house in the matter of two days. It amazes me how different it was to walk into that place compared to every other time we've been there. It really is starting to feel like we might actually live there soon!<br />
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Some other good news that we received today is that they agreed to move our closing date to July 31st instead of the Aug 3rd date we were given in our letter. this will let us move straight from our temporary apartment to the house without a two day gap that we were facing. We also got our weekly update from our PM Mark letting us know that the driveway and sidewalks will be going in next week and the finishing work is coming as well. We can't wait to see it all come together, after the appraisal thing we were having a really hard time getting excited again, but now its all starting to come back!!<br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span>DKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06407840961303912455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6141292715927264322.post-52441271645477345462015-06-10T18:58:00.004-07:002015-06-10T18:58:47.015-07:006/10/15 - A Fond Farewell<span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1c1c; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Eleven years ago my wife and I set out on a journey to find a home for us. Our search led us to what would soon become our home here on Cricket Hollow Ln. We fell in love with it the moment that we walked through the door and knew that it would be the perfect place for us. The next eleven years would bring us many challenges and many wonderful moments, all rooted in these walls. From our engagement and wedding, the birth of our son, to birthdays and holidays with friends and family, and all the struggles that two young people go through as they grow into adults and begin a family of their own. </span><br style="color: #1e1c1c; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><br style="color: #1e1c1c; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1c1c; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Throughout all of that, one thing always stayed the same. This was always home. </span><br style="color: #1e1c1c; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><br style="color: #1e1c1c; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1c1c; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Tomorrow, that all changes. This is the last night that we will spend here in this house. I don't think the reality of that has truly sunk in yet, but truthfully, I can't even write this without tears in my eyes. it will be strange not coming home to this house anymore. As excited as we are about our new home, it's bittersweet knowing that we are leaving this place behind. This house has served us well, and it has grown up with us as much as we have grown up with it. I hope that the new owners will love it as much as we have. </span><br style="color: #1e1c1c; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><br style="color: #1e1c1c; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1c1c; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Our new house is beautiful, it's everything that we've wanted and more, but this little townhouse will always be home. </span>DKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06407840961303912455noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6141292715927264322.post-31874742806655894392015-06-09T19:17:00.000-07:002015-06-10T19:17:29.738-07:006/9/15 - Appraisal Update and Some Good News From Ryan HomesToday were were contacted by Josh at Ryan Homes to discuss our appraisal situation that I had written about previously. I had exchanged a few emails with our SR and had expressed how unhappy we were with what had happened and what had been offered to resolve it. For my wife and I, it was a deal breaker, and to be completely honest, we had already begun looking at new houses in preparation for having to walk away from this one.<div>
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I am pleased to say however that we were able to bring about a mutual compromise and resolve this in a way that my wife and I are happy with. We agreed to come out of pocket some, they agreed to come down on the price some, and in the end we get the house that we wanted, the way that we picked it out, and we don't have to start all over again. </div>
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I may or may not write a longer post outlining the whole thing in more detail, but for now I wanted to let those of you following this know, that my wife and I feel like Ryan Homes did right by us. They compromised in a way that we feel is fair and they were gracious and apologetic for the issue even occurring in the first place.</div>
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Hopefully it's all smooth sailing from here!</div>
DKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06407840961303912455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6141292715927264322.post-83311639479500883522015-06-08T19:56:00.001-07:002015-07-23T19:29:33.915-07:006/8/15 - From Townhouse to Nightmare?I have refrained from posting anything on here for the last few days in an attempt to give the situation a little time to settle down and see what comes of it, but so far that hasn't accomplished anything, so in my quest to be completely truthful about this experience it's time to let everyone know where we stand today.<br />
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We had our pre-drywall meeting Friday the 5th. When I showed up to meet Ryan and our new PM Mark, I'm greeted with being asked if I'd heard about our appraisal. Pretty ominous words right? Now to give you a little backstory, I learned very early on that the appraisal on the house beside ours came back low and have constantly asked if this was something that we should be concerned about. Every time I've been told no. Apparently I was correct in my fears.<br />
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I immediately fired off emails to everyone that we'd dealt with throughout building this house trying to get some information about what was going on. It would be well into the next day before I would be gifted with a reply. We're finally told that the appraisal was over $20,000 low.<br />
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So I ask what that means to us at this point. Now keep in mind that our house is supposed to be finished in 50ish days. We've already paid all our money. We've already sold our current house. We've already been through all of the mortgage approval steps, and we are as of Thursday living in a borrowed apartment until our new house is supposedly going to be done.</div>
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We're told we can either come out of pocket $20,000 on top of all the money we've already paid for our down payment, or we can strip the house of all the options that we selected to put into it.</div>
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Their justification is that the house would've met the appraisal if we hadn't added anything to it. Can you tell me how ridiculous that is. Never mind the fact that the entire new home buying process consisted of multiple meetings to pick out all our choices, apparently none of them are actually able to be done without coming out of pocket for all of it.</div>
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My advice to all of you is to be very carful when dealing with Ryan Homes. I'd read all the bad reviews and such about dealing with them, but gave everyone the benefit of the doubt. My wife and I were extremely upfront with everyone that we've dealt with through the entire process and now not only do we no longer have our old home of 11 years, but we get to tell our friends, family and our 7 year old son that he no longer gets the new house that's he's been looking forward to for the last 4 months. </div>
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I wish I'd never set foot in this house.</div>
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DKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06407840961303912455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6141292715927264322.post-83092850320592797122015-05-26T20:01:00.002-07:002015-05-26T20:07:06.662-07:005/26/15 - Structured Wiring WalkthroughEarlier today I got a call from Steve over at Structured Cable of VA asking if I would be able to meet him out at the house this evening to do a walkthrough and go over all of our choices and locations before the guys go in to do all the wiring. The framing is all done and the roof is on, so I guess now we get into the fun stuff. As I said many posts ago, this part of the build is my baby so to speak. My wife gave me free reign to do what I see fit here more or less, so to finally get to walk around and lay it out is awesome!<br />
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I posted in a previous <a href="http://ourryanmisthaven.blogspot.com/2015/04/4215-structured-cable-of-va.html">post</a> about what all we had decided to add at this stage. We plan to use the main part of our basement as a theater room, so we opted to prewire the ceiling for a projector as well as setting it up for in ceiling surround sound. There is a utility room in the basement that houses the furnace and water heater, so I am having all the cabling run into there, where with the help of an IR repeater I can have a fairly stealthy installation without a ton of equipment littering the room.<br />
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Another thing I addressed with Steve during the walk-through was our desire to have POE video cameras at the front and back of the house overlooking the main entry points. For those that aren't familiar with a POE Camera, it's basically a hard wired camera setup that uses a typical ethernet connection for power and signal. By using a good quality camera with a nice field of view we will have pretty good coverage of the rear of our property as well as the front door/driveway and the street out front as well. To some this may seem overkill, but it's a small price to pay for a little piece of mind. <br />
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We hadn't discussed the cameras during our initial meeting, but we had originally planned to have cable and data run into all 4 bedrooms, and as our plans for the house have evolved, we realized that it wasn't really needed so we were able to swap out two of those connections for data wiring to the front and rear doors.<br />
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Other than that change, it was all pretty smooth. We got to walk all three floors and point out and mark where we wanted everything to go, from the alarm panel and volume controls for the in-ceiling audio in the kitchen and the prewire for deck speakers, to the surround sound locations and cable/data jacks. As always Steve was extremely helpful and courteous and took time to go over it all with us as well as give his input/advice where needed. After all, he has far more experience in these matters than we do, so an educated opinion is always welcome.<br />
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Next up is our pre-drywall meeting. We noticed today while we were there that a lot of the HVAC stuff was already installed and our bathroom fixtures were sitting in the garage with lots of piping and stuff for the plumbing, so that will probably be the next thing up. <br />
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And since everyone loves pictures, here is a shot of one of my cars in front of it's soon to be new home!<br />
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<br />DKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06407840961303912455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6141292715927264322.post-31035587104347310242015-05-24T14:34:00.001-07:002015-05-24T14:48:54.174-07:005/23/15 - Another Walkaround and More ProgressWe made a quick stop off at the house on our way up to Richmond today to go visit the Pottery Barn to look at some decorating stuff for the kids room and when we got there, much to our surprise contractors were inside working. So we decided to stop back by on the way home so we could walk around and be nosy without disturbing them.<br />
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When we came back we were able to take a look inside and see what's changed since last week. They had a lot more of the framing done as well as the rough-in for the fireplace and much to our delight, they had the staircase in to the second floor so we were able to go up there and poke around. It's strange to walk though our house after going through the two model homes we've looked at since our house is arranged backwards inside, so it took a little bit to get our bearings. Everything looked great as far as we could tell. There were a few notes here and there from the PM pointing out some things that needed to be addressed, and we could already tell that some of them and been corrected. It's nice to have a PM that seems to be staying on top of things. They had started the HVAC install already and we could see the shingles for the roof had already been delivered, so hopefully there will be some good progress in the coming week. </div>
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Our packing progress is coming right along too. We are just about down to the necessities at this point. So Hopefully move out day will good smoothly. </div>
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Now on to the part everyone wants to see, THE PICTURES!!</div>
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