Week Ending 12/08/07

Finally, after about 9 weeks of waiting for the 4-week-committed interior doors, they arrived. That's the good news. The other news is that they delivered the wrong doors. That's just one example of the job queue this week. Most of the week was spent driving issues to senior levels to gain momentum. In two cases (doors and windows) that includes escalating to senior levels at the manufacturer. Primary outstanding issues for completion and the Certificate of Occupancy include:
- Delivery and installation of interior doors;
- Repair and adjustement to windows;
- Shrinking the footprint of the house about 12 square feet to meet zoning requirements (it was not built to plans, which resulted in zoning violation);
- Replumbing boy's bathroom sinks to specifications (they are 4" off center);
- Delivery of kitchen island counter (and resulting installation of cooktop).

There is much more that needs to be done for the house to be complete, but these are the major hold-ups to everything else. In the mean time, this week:
- Master countertop installed;
- continued installing intioror trim work;
- continued interior painting;
- worked to repair basement stairwell sheetrock;
- continued cleanup;
- unpacked and settled in.