Loose ends

Ever since move-in day, we've been unpacking and getting the place ready for my in-laws to visit for Christmas.  DH took almost a whole week off of work to help out.  If he hadn't, I would not have been even close to ready for any visitors.  Even my parents pitched in and took our baby away for one Sunday so we could unpack without interruptions.

The week after we moved in, the crew was back to tie up loose ends.  We also had the alarm company for a day to install alarm components to the new part of the house.  The heating/cooling guy had to come by and fix the zones - the zone in the den was controlling the zone for all the other bedrooms.  The shower door guy came back to fix the shower door situation.  A more specialized electrician came to do wiring for cable, ethernet, and TV wiring.  (This guy has yet to finish the job.)

The carpet guy came by to take a look at what to do about the huge gap between the doors and the floor - he suggested using a reducer.  Of course, since he was already paid in full, he told me that the contractor should do it, not him.  *sigh*

I ended up fixing our toilet in the master bathroom.  The buttons were not correctly aligned and the flush was really weak.  Since the workers had never dealt with Inax nor were their English great, I called the company to get help on the situation.  They sent me diagrams and instructions to fix both problems.  Thankfully, it was easy to re-align the buttons.  And that actually solved the weak flush problem too!  yay!

As you live the house, there are things that you discover that need to be tweaked or fixed.  Here's a list of what we've found:

• leak underneath the prep sink



• locking mechanism for the sliding door needed to be installed



• draft underneath the exterior door of the master bedroom



• manufacturing label still on one skylight needed to be removed



• cold/hot water in the powder room were reversed



• remove any remaining tree protection




• bring back our green ladder that they thought was theirs



• move down the door that separates front and back of the house so that the door aligns better with the floor (huge gap underneath otherwise which prevents the door from being an effective sound barrier)



• install clothing rods and shelving for master closet



• swap light switches for the master bathroom to be more intuitive to use



• fix the broken latch on one window of the dining room



• fix the crooked drain step on the left sink of the master bathroom



• fix the original light switch for the patio exterior lights



• washing machine not working properly - ask the crew to check the water connections

Our to do's:

• buy house numbers to replace those that the workers threw away



• re-key exterior doors so they all use the same key

Still pending:

• doorbell ringer - thrown away and not replaced



• put up the side gate



• have interior door locks inspected by a locksmith



• install remaining lights - not all have come in yet




• get glass mirrors for ours and kids' bathrooms