Moving In

We closed on the winter home Thursday and we worked late that night and tonight moving in. Robson wasted no time attending to the minor blemishes we found during our walkthrough, workers were on site before our walkthrough was finished touching up paint; a kitchen backsplash tile that was blemished was replaced by the time closing was finished and was grouted early this morning. We were very pleased with the craftsmanship that is evident in the home and we know we will enjoy our time here.

We worked late last night unloading the rental truck but didn’t quite finish the job so we were back at it this morning and had everything we could move off before the shutters and blind arrived along with the person to install the water softener. Those guys got right to work and were easy to deal with, then the Direct TV guy showed up and immediately had several reasons why he couldn’t do anything, John walked away and vented to Sandy and she was able to reschedule their work for Saturday afternoon (after our TVs are delivered and we have dug a hole for the pole mount of our satellite dish).

 

These are some “before the shutters” photos of the house, this is the patio door and dining room window.

 

The great room window.

 

The master bedroom.

 

The shutter frame before being mounted around the window.

 

The frames are nailed in place before the shutters are hung.

 

The master bedroom after the job was finished, the shutters are split so the top and bottom can be opened independently.

 

This is the den shutter, John apparently was testing to see if the electricity is turned on for the fan, no sparks means it’s off!.

 

The shutters in the great room.

 

The dining room shutters and the patio door blind in place.

 

 

By early afternoon the shutters were up along with the blind for the patio door; the water softener was also working for us. John drove the truck to the golf car store and they unloaded the golf car that we had bought. Golf Car!, didn’t we mention the Golf Car?, guess we didn’t. We were thinking about buying one to use as a 2nd vehicle here in the community and we found a nice one in Reedsville so we purchased it; yes it is evident that John is working on officially being certified as an “old fart” but he still needs white shoes and white hair.

We have been staying in a house about two blocks from ours, Robson uses these homes as a sales tool so we were able to rent one for three days while we prepare our house. Tomorrow our furniture will be delivered along with the TVs so if all goes well we could spend our first night there or come back to the rental, stay tuned!