You can't resist it, it's electric!

Whoops, where have I been for 2 weeks? Not updating, obviously!

We did our walk through of the electric plan on Thursday and it was SO EXCITING. I feel like a broken record, but really everything moving forward with the house is very exciting at this point. The water lines and most electric has been run, and they have boxes where all the electric and cable outlets are going to go. We were able to add a few boxes where we plan on putting night stands and maybe hanging a TV, so I'm glad we were able to be there. Plus, they'be framed out the island, so it's feeling more and more like an actual house.

Per code, there are plenty of outlets in each room, but we still shifted some things around and added a few extra. For example, there were 0 outlets originally in the his and hers walk in closet, and we thought that was kinda strange. 

We also caught a few changes. They forgot to frame in a second hall closet upstairs (they're already working on correcting this one), the attic acces is now in the hall rather than the closet, and we now have a mini wall between the shower and tub in the master bath. Originally they abutted each other, but I think that plan included a humongous tub, so our builder changed it to a 5-footer (still plenty of space I think) and there is a wall that will have some exposed shelves in between. I like the shelves so we were ok with the change, but it would have been nice to get a phone call before they went forward with it. 

After speaking with a few friends that are building/have built (thanks, sister!), we also have scheduled a pre-drywall inspection. We originally planned to do this before closing, but we realized that this was our only shot of getting the 'guts' of our house looked at, and we could always schedule another one later. For first time home owners, we want to make sure we have good bones. The next week most of the tradesmen will finish up their work, so the house will be inspected wither late next week or early the week after. We payed extra to have the inspector check out the crawl space, because no lie, crawl spaces are CREEPY and I doubt I will ever be brave enough to go in there. 

The BEST news is that the house is on track for a November 1st close! Once the walls are up this will become even more secure, but we were thrilled to get this news. 

A month and a half to go.