new new house
I have to say, I think I pushed the limits of my luck this time (although I'm not in the clear yet). So, here's what happened this past week or so:
Last Friday
- had the walkthrough, everything mostly seemed ok. Builder promised to work overtime on the weekend to get everything ready for our inspector
Saturday and Sunday
- no progress in sight
- noticed they forgot to wire the house for networking. I asked the builder about it and he asks me "what's a network port?" (I'm dead serious)
- measured the utility closet and informed the builder that they built it too small (28" of space for a 27" dryer? I don't think so)
Monday
- cancelled inspections because gas meter wasn't in
Tuesday
- still no gas meter
- builder essentially blames me for not noticing that the wiring wasn't in when I did an initial change request walkthrough (WTF?)
Wednesday
- originally scheduled for closing, but obviously not gonna happen
- realtor sends us an addendum for the contract to extend the contract (we were out of contract)
Thursday
- went by the original community we wanted to buy a house in, got an offer we couldn't refuse, and signed
Today
- faxed over a termination of contract to old builder
So basically, we signed a new contract the day after we were supposed to close for a new house that's bigger than the original house we wanted.
Oh, and I was miserably sick for two days too. Obviously I wasn't getting any sleep with all this chaos.
I...am...so...tired...(but happy to be getting a nicer home) =)
I'll post photos later.
Last Friday
- had the walkthrough, everything mostly seemed ok. Builder promised to work overtime on the weekend to get everything ready for our inspector
Saturday and Sunday
- no progress in sight
- noticed they forgot to wire the house for networking. I asked the builder about it and he asks me "what's a network port?" (I'm dead serious)
- measured the utility closet and informed the builder that they built it too small (28" of space for a 27" dryer? I don't think so)
Monday
- cancelled inspections because gas meter wasn't in
Tuesday
- still no gas meter
- builder essentially blames me for not noticing that the wiring wasn't in when I did an initial change request walkthrough (WTF?)
Wednesday
- originally scheduled for closing, but obviously not gonna happen
- realtor sends us an addendum for the contract to extend the contract (we were out of contract)
Thursday
- went by the original community we wanted to buy a house in, got an offer we couldn't refuse, and signed
Today
- faxed over a termination of contract to old builder
So basically, we signed a new contract the day after we were supposed to close for a new house that's bigger than the original house we wanted.
Oh, and I was miserably sick for two days too. Obviously I wasn't getting any sleep with all this chaos.
I...am...so...tired...(but happy to be getting a nicer home) =)
I'll post photos later.