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Sorry, had a lot going on the last few months and totally forgot to update here. We moved in at the end of January and got our old house sold by the end of February. The new house is mostly great, however there is still a fairly large punch list of items to fix. I highly recommend not moving...

One thing I totally forgot to mention here. I got t-boned in the M5 about a month ago. :cry: It's still getting repaired so I'm in a rental right now. I really miss it right now, I haven't even seen it in over a month.

Haven't posted in a while but the house is just about done. We're closing on Friday and should be moved in a few days later. Our old house is still not sold but we should have a contract this week (doing the back and forth negotiations right now with a buyer). Ended up having to borrow a good...

Well some major progress has been made. First the builder finally got the sink in the laundry room at no cost to me, which I am very glad they did. The whole first floor flooring is done and it looks awesome IMO! Exterior paint is also done and while it's not exactly what my wife was hoping...

It seems to be a universal constant. I mean I'm extremely grateful that we're able to use a custom builder, the quality of work is miles above the track homes around here. But the process is so freaking painful. Having to do almost a dozen separate meetings to pick all the options was time...

Thanks for the heads up, that's definitely not something I would have thought of. Honestly though the only thing that will likely get used for is the kids baths for a little while longer. Neither the wife nor I are into soaking in the tub so it won't get much use after the kids are big enough...

Thanks! If you ever change your mind about moving down here hit me up. I'd be happy to help in any way I can. I work in IT as well but I don't touch Linux much (mainly focused on virtualization and backup infrastructure). Red Hat is huge here though obviously. So one of the biggest issues...

Few more pictures.

So a bit has happened since the last post. We've had some issues with the builder, mostly incorrect options or things that were overlooked. Pretty typical, I don't think anyone has had a house built with no issues in the history of man. :D Things are moving along well though at this point...

Since I had my surgery on 10/22 I hadn't been to the house in almost a month. Lots of progress since then. Just stopped by today and drywall is 90% done. The garage feels pretty massive now that it's got drywall. Hard to tell in the pictures but it has to be close to 12ft tall, it's...

Thank you sir. :) :beer:

Thank you very much, I really appreciate it! I'll have enough family around that I should be good, but I will let you know if I need any help. Fortunately my employer is flexible so I'll be able to work from home for a while, that will allow me to go back to work much quicker. I've only been...

Things are moving along well; shingles, siding and hvac are all but done. Should be doing a walk through with the builder soon to go over Ethernet placement, electrical outlets and things like that. House made it through Florence and Michael without any issues thankfully. I'll have some better...

So the house came through Florence without any real issues thankfully. We didn't end up getting hit very hard here. They just started working on plumbing so that's exciting. Still need to finalize the granite and plumbing fixtures. I think we've finished almost everything else. Builder says...

We were originally but now that it's moving further south we're just getting the outer bands... hopefully. Yeah, thankfully it shifted yesterday. I'm not sure if the windows being open is going to be a problem or not. I might run by there today and see if they boarded them up or anything...

Well I'm hoping this isn't the last pic of the house standing. This is where they're at as of yesterday morning. But with Florence on the way I have no idea what's going to happen. Really hope my new house doesn't end up as a casualty....

Framing is almost done! Getting very excited, hopefully next week I'll be doing a walk through for electrical.

Well it's starting to finally look like a house! Also you can now see that the garage is sunk down a bit more than I initially though, which is awesome. That means the ceiling in the garage is going to be over 11ft tall! Plenty of room for a lift. This also keeps the driveway as flat as...

Good point, I honestly hadn't thought about that at all. I had planned on running some basic home automation stuff over z-wave. I did a little at my current house but never ended up spending enough time with it to get it working well. I'd like to do that a bit more effectively with this house.

Garage floor is poured and subfloor is in. I talked to the builder and the subfloor is glued and screwed to give the best chance of not developing squeaks later on. I hate floor squeaks. Once the framing is up (should be in the next 2 weeks) I'll go around with the builder and specify all the...