Progress this week was impressive! It's amazing what can be accomplished when we have more than one day in a row without rain/snow! The first floor structural framing is in place and the second floor structural members are moving in. I'm particularly excited about the huge amount of space that appears to be in the attic of the garage. Based on how it's framed right now, that space is considerably bigger than I expected. I guess I won't make my brother keep all of my Christmas decorations after all... Keeping my fingers crossed that they work through the weekend because the extended forecast shows about 5 more days of rain/snow on the horizon.
Our flooring adventure has come to a close! It took about 300 emails back and forth with our contractor to get things straightened out and get the pricing finalized but that's another big weight off our shoulders. All of the research and advice that I received was steering us towards spending money on upgraded hardwoods/tiles and sticking with standard carpet, but we still went the other direction anyway. The standard 3/4" hardwood is still a damn good product and the upgrade in carpet for the relaxation areas just felt like a bigger improvement over the standard selection. Plus, it allowed us to do a few extra flourishes in the bathrooms. Jen gets her fancy mosaic tile and I get my wood-look flooring. We let Chase determine whether his bath would have a mosaic tile and he opted to keep it plain white (and saved Daddy $140 in the process!).
I had a meeting with the electrician this week as well and so far they've been head and shoulders above the other contractors we've met with. They answered most of my questions in advance of the meeting clearly and concisely. They had solid recommendations when I was looking for a nudge in the right direction. And their pricing was easy to understand and reasonable. Want another recessed light? $150. Want another exterior outlet? $105. No more guessing as to what our ideas will cost! More to follow with electrical!
On a completely different topic, we've made the decision to do away with cable in the new home. We were Fios people in the last house and din't really have any complaints (other than cost). My dad's Comcast setup where we live right now is pretty impressive. The voice remote, the on-demand functions, the built in apps... I'm enjoying all of it. But then I looked into how much money I could save by cutting the cord. Wow. High speed Fios internet, a PlayStation Vue subscription, and a handful of Amazon FireTV sticks and we can have pretty much the same set of channels we had at the old house for less than $100/month. No brainer, right?
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