Day 129: Our Dream Home

At last, after 125 days, we closed on our dream home and began moving in on Day 126. Needless, to say, it was dramatic until the end. First, Monday evening we inspected the home and prepared a our preliminary punch list of items to correct or complete. I even e-mailed our builder and threatened to not close if certain major items of work were not completed. It is amazing what they can accomplish in one day. Tuesday, we did a final walk through and reviewed the two page punch list that we had compiled on Monday. Wednesday, we closed on the home first thing in the morning and began our preparations to move into the home on Thursday. Wednesday evening we came by to inspect and the contractor and our water treatment contractor were still working on the home. We decided to come back later and walk through the home and glad that we did so. I was video the home as I walked through it and as I went down the stairs into the family room a peculiar sound of water dripping caught my attention. Upon examination, I found that we were dripping water from the family room soffit onto the new carpet. Some quick action, and we located a bucket and towel to absorb up what water had dripped and to catch the remaining dripping water and finally after a bit of trial and error shut off the main water line to the house. We just couldn't wake up from our dream without a bit more of a thriller. Thursday, the first storage pod arrived and amidst our water treatment subcontractor and the general contractor forces we began to move our belongings into our new home. Evidently, when we had revamped the soffit around the fireplace a carpenter or mechanical sub had severed the water treatment system line to the kitchen sink and hence once the system was pressurized began leaking water. Luckily, we discovered the problem within an hour of pressurizing the system minimizing the damage to only two holes in the finish soffit and some drying time. Friday, our electrical contractor came in and re-hung our pendent lighting to our specifications. Drywall contractor was present to not only repair our basement soffit but other locations in the home and now we only lack a bit of texture and paint. We unloaded our second storage pod at 9:00 pm and our belongings were now all in the new home. Saturday, was the beginning of the sequel to our Dream Home, it was now the overwhelming challenge of unpacking and finding one's belongings. Cheryl and I are extremely grateful for our wonderful family who came to our rescue more than once in some way to assist us with this dream. Taylor is our hero, he single handed organized and bore the burden of packing and unpacking the storage pods. Philip, Jenny, Adyson, and Lexi all contributed with strength and assistance when need to help our dream home become a reality. We miss John, Rachel and Gabe and know that they would have been here by our sides if they could have been. This is as much a dream for our children as it is for us.
This is now what we call HOME! Welcome Home, Jclyde Family!