Well we got back from St Louis fine and headed over to see the house. As we are driving down the road Christos says “they’ve made a mistake – they put the wrong roof on”. Can you believe it? Part of the roof over the front porch was meant to be metal but they put shingles on. Anyway, after speaking with the builder who said the roofers made a mistake (well yes) they are going to change it.
We also met with the HVAC (Heating, Ventilation & Air Conditioning) man this week. he explained to us all about heat pumps, air conditioners and gas furnaces. So we are paying more to upgrade the system that was spec’ed out. We had to do some upgrading anyway as the standards have been changed – we just didn’t expect to do so much – plus the addition cost was a shock.
On a positive note the “Great Room” or rather “Lounge Room” as we would say in Australia, now has a sliding door. They put the wrong size one in originally and we had to pay extra to get a larger one. Oh well at least it looks nice.
We also finalised the kitchen (again well over budget). It should be great though – we have chosen white Shaker style cabinets with a pebble grey countertop. We are now busy chosing faucets (ie taps). These things are soooo expensive. I am not a detail person but Christos is and has been pouring over webpages and magazines to choose just the right ones. He has also done the same thing with the toilet.
So, we think the next stage is the electrics as the plumber was out there this week too putting in various pipes etc. We are going to be having well water and we wanted to make sure the water pressure would be good. Seems that it will not be as good as the town water system but he will do his best for us.
We are hoping the front deck will be finished next week. It will be a white vinyl rail system that is low maintenance. Then they just have to fix the roof and the front deck should be done.
Well that is all for now.
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