framewalk day!

My mom notified me that she told her coworkers about this little blog of mine,

but that they couldn't comment - I have changed the comment settings, so feel free to leave a note!

Finally! The call came and it was time to do our framewalk :D

*Note to self; must change the primary contact number to my cell instead of Ryan's.

Luckily, I didn't have Friday lectures to attend and neither did Wayne, so he was able to watch Aiden while Ryan I headed to the site. It would have been super difficult having A around, not to mention kinda scary. There's definitely so much action on our street now since the closing dates are just around the corner.

*As of March 12, 2010

Still quite a few things missing on the front of the house:

• Lights surrounding the garage
• Drywall in the garage
• The garage door (lol)
• The trim and finishings of the bay window
• Our windows are supposed to have shutters
• The sidings of the house
• The exterior trim

Of course, this is just a list compiled by a 1st time home purchaser. Missing in terms of what's obvious in my eyes, hehehe. Maybe there's a ton more that I don't even know!

Taken right out of the Mattamy University Reference Guide ...

Your Framewalk is an opportunity for you to:

• Meet your Builder (Andrew)

• View the features of your home prior to the completion of the walls

• Review the Design Options you chose at the Design Centre

• Ask a Building Professional any questions you may have

& basically, that's what it was. It's hard doing all this for the first time, cause we don't know what's to be asked and what to look out for. I guess we just have much trust in the builders. But everything seemed to be ok. Andrew was great. He explained everything and the little amount of question we had quite well. He also let us know that if we ever wanted to go back into the house (to measure windows, show it off to family and friends during the construction process) to just let him know 24 hours in advance & he'll make sure that our place is clean, swept and presentable. Thought that was nice. Especially because some people on our street are complaining on the forum how the security guard on site is giving them a hard time when they go to visit their homes. Thankfully, we haven't had any of these encounters!

Okay, onto the photo update :)

Not so much has changed in our bay window room, except for the drywall smack in the middle of it. But this is still my favourite room, so I have to photograph it every time I go.

Here's Ryan checking out our space for the "living room", he's letting me know of the decorating ideas that are floating around in his head ... c'mon now, we all know I have the final say :P

Ryan & his walk-in pantry! (Probably his most favourite room in the house, lol). The reason why we opted out for an island in the kitchen. Decent size, no?

Our unfinished basement looked a lot cleaner this time around. It's still not poured, but the space is an awesome size. Can't wait to make use of all the space a few years from now when we finish it up!

There were even "secret-like" spaces in the basement. See underneath the stairs, behind the stairs and even behind the "wall" ... love all the nooks that can we can use. The black piping like material on the right is where our 3-piece bathroom rough-in.

I didn't take too many photo of the upstairs area. It's still hard to imagine the space because we can still see through the walls. I'll wait until the drywall is in to post those.

Lastly, woohoo! Carissa & Alex have cutouts, hehehe. They've started the process on their house. She was so excited when I sent over this photo to her :)

One month & 3 weeks until closing.