We have been in our new house for 30 days and we still have tons of boxes all over the place. Our life is settling in and we have slowed down unpacking as 90% the mission critical things have unpacked and blinds hung on the important windows. Our new house is becoming a home.
Old House - Our old house is still on the market but nothing seems to be happening because of the weather and time of the year. The old house is still getting tons of online traffic and the number of saves on Zillow has gone from 62 to 88 in the first month of having the new agent. I had the furnace replaced and the fusebox is scheduled for replacing this week. I was sure a new furnace would help sell the house but the recent feedback is it's too small. I don't think the house is meant to be a mansion but a great starter home. It needs some work which makes it affordable, cheapest house in the nicest neighborhood, and close to everything. Please keep us in your prayer that someone loves it as much as I did and starts a life there.
NVR - They totally sold our loan and have not heard back from them since.
The Landon - I send out PM an email for some things we noticed need addressed. Nothing is major which is nice.
1) Guardian never finished their install. The panel in the basement had an outlet installed and Guardian install a network switch but didn't look like they plugged it in. They also never installed the outside speakers. We also cant use our speakers from an MP3 player like in the models which was a specific question we asked.
2) We have 1 door sticking really bad. This isn't a big issue as the door just needs planed. I am sure its from the shifting of the house. I expect more.
3) Our morning room door doesn't shut easy. It doesn't catch and hold. Literally we have had windy days open the door if its not locked.
4) The painters didn't finish painting some trim over the garage. They painted 70% of the trim and left the right side white. I saw this when I was up on a ladder hanging lights. I guess since no one can see it they didn't finish it.
5) We have tons of spots where the drywall wasn't sanded smooth before painting. I can see waves and seams which is common when rushing drywall. It's an easy fix we are going to wait on for our drywall fix at 10 months.
6) We have a circuit breaker that must pop out when it trips. It doesn't stay mounted in the box.
7) We have a basement light that wont shut off. It was supposed to have a pull cord but it doesn't.
About a week ago, our husky decided to pull up some carpet when we were not home. We keep our dogs locked in the office when we are not home. Our dog shredded a corner of the carpet, pulled it back, and ripped up the pad under it. We had it repaired today by a repair man who noted that the installers didn't install the carpet correctly. I suspect they didn't stretch the carpet and get it on the tacks really tight. The carpet is super easy to lift off the carpet tacks. Our repair man said the carpet was installed poorly as properly installed carpet is hard for a dog to pull off the tacks.
