Nutter Green Home Certificate of Occupancy!

Well, sort of . . .

Today we received our "conditional" certificate of occupancy. We passed all of our interior inspections, but we haven't finished our final grade, sod/grass, and driveway. This concerns the county because of WMSC - water management and sediment control. So, once all of that is finished - in about 2-3 weeks depending on weather - we will have our FINAL certificate of occupancy. But in the mean time, we are allowed to move in and live there, while the outside work is being finished up. We started moving things in today and hopefully will be completely in by the weekend. So glad I'm on vacation this week!

We'll be getting our phone/internet via a temporary line in a week or so, so my postings may be sporadic between now and then. I'll try to post pictures as soon as I can! Wish us luck . . .

Carpet

The carpet contractors finished up today -see below!

The Perfect Babysitter . . .

Today we witnessed something completely amazing. Our kids sat still in chairs watching the concrete guys work for nearly an hour and a half. Meanwhile, Kenny and I were downstairs working in the basement on some final plumbing adjustments. The picture below is priceless.

Ready for Inspections

Well, the floor is dirty, but other than that, we are ready to go. The final plumbing inspection is supposed to be Thursday, and if all goes well, the other final inspections will be Friday. Our fingers are crossed to begin moving "stuff" in over the weekend!

The "Money Shot" will look even better with furniture . . .

Exterior "Money Shot" - could use some landscaping!

More exterior shots . . .

Views of and from the loft . . .

Upstairs . . .

Downstairs . . .

Money Shots . . .

Some of the best shots of the downstairs public areas - kitchen, dining, and great room . . .

Getting Close . . .

Porch is done (except for paint) . . .

Hard hat area . . .

Kitchen appliances and cabinet pulls . . .

Door Days

After working with our door supplier all week to get the jambs and hinges replaced, the new jambs and hinges arrived yesterday. So today Kenny and his Dad switched out all of the jambs and hinges while Kenny's Step Dad, Myron hung the doors in place. Below is Kenny and his Dad working on one of the jambs.

Our new steps built last week by Myron . . .

Interior door . . .

Interior Doors . . .

Doors

Exterior Details

Front porch roof framing . . . (metal roofing will be installed tomorrow)

Driveway framed up for concrete . . .

More Finishing Details

The solar how water heater is now completely installed . . .

The corrugated metal toe kick on the back of the island was finished off today (one more check mark on the list. We are hoping for inspections and our Certificate of Occupancy early next week!

Finishing up the Rainwater Catchment System

Below you can see Kenny getting ready to hook up the pump and lower it down into the tank.

Kenny lowering the pump into the tank and the lines from the downspouts to the tank in the background.

The supply line that runs from the tank to the house, and the electric line that runs from the house to the tank to power the pump.

We found out today that the pump isn't working correctly, so they are sending us a new one. Augh. . .

Visiting Neighbors

Well, one of our neighbors stopped by late last week for some dinner. She didn't mention whether she liked the house or not, but she seemed at home.

Interior Details

Sliding door to Master Bath

No more holes in the floor - registers are in !!!!!!

More pics of our neigbbor and Master Bath

She's a little shy . . .

Below are some photos of our master bath with vessel sink, waterfall faucet, shower, and Karsten Dual Flush toilet from Sterling

Finished Concrete Floor Pictures

Here is a pic of the dining and great room concrete floor - stained and sealed. Only 2 coats of wax to go!

Inside Out

Here's a nice pic of the kitchen area . . .

The sidewalk was poured today (color was charcoal gray and integrated right into the concrete) and I put a special "secret" texture on it! Our concrete guy thought I was crazy, but he loved the result!

The Nutter Green Home logo embedded into the concrete.

Concrete Floor Stained and Sealed

Kitchen floor . . .

Powder Room Floor . . .

Dining Room Floor . . .

More Dining Room floor . . .

Pouring the Sidewalk

Putting in the expansion joints . . .

Finishing the expansion joints (after my "secret" texture and logo)

A view from the driveway

See the texture?

Finishing Touches to the Grade

Here you can see the trenches that we've dug for the downspout inlet to the cistern, as well as the outlet from the sump pump in the basement. In the background are the kids playing and Kenny and his brother, CJ, are working on drilling the hole through the foundation for the supply water line from the cistern to the house.

More Drilling

Kenny and CJ drilling through the foundation for the rainwater supply line.

We're through!

An unusual method for drilling the counter top - but it worked out fine!

Sidewalk!

Daniel Heckman from Big D Construction came today and formed up our sidewalk and front porch. He is going to pour the concrete on Tuesday. The walk will gently slope up to the front door so that the front entrance will be wheelchair accessible!

Recycling out Metal Scraps

We had hoped to show you some photos of our trailer full of metal roofing and siding scraps and us unloading them at the metal recycling place, but for some reason, when I took the picture below, one of the workers quickly informed us that we were not allowed to take any pictures while on their premises. (What's that all about?)

So even though I have no other proof, you'll have to take my word for it that we had about 400 pounds of metal that we recycled that day. They paid us around $20 for it - not much, but at least we didn't have to PAY $35 to take it to the landfill.