Crazy week ahead - a winter storm and a house closing!

Hope everyone had a happy new year!  Can you believe it?  2014!  We have such an exciting year ahead and we are starting it off by closing on the house this week!  Hopefully :) 

We stopped out at the house this weekend and things are looking good!  They were wrapping up some odds & ends and also had cleaners in.  We had a few concerns as we walked around the house (carpet looked loose or wrinkled in some places, siding just looks sloppy in a few places).  Since there were still contractors working, I'm hoping these things were addressed after we pointed them out.  Final inspections are scheduled for tomorrow - fingers crossed that this winter storm does not delay inspections!  Our pre-settlement walk-through is scheduled for Tuesday and close on Wednesday!  I'm interested to see how the pre-settlement walk-through goes.  Rob has done a lot of maintenance walk-throughs at work so I'm sure he'll be able to point out anything he is concerned with.  We've also read a lot of other blogs on building a house with Ryan Homes so will take some tips from previous buyers.  Any tips would be appreciated!  I want to make sure our house is in the right state before we close and have heard that some people have trouble getting things fixed after they close.  We've been pretty involved, stopping by the house a lot and calling our PM quite frequently so I'm hoping for no surprises Tuesday!  We will see what happens..

Here are some photos from the house:

The front door still needed stained:

(not sure why it wasn't done before it was installed?)

They put in a temporary stoop & steps:

The granite just went in on Friday and I LOVE it:  

They still needed to put up the microwave but all other appliance are in:

The master bath:

Bath & shower look great, tile turned out awesome:

Also excited about these light fixtures:

That's it for now, the rest of the house was kind of messy and full of people so we'll be sure to make more photos this week.  

I can't wait to get into the house!  It is a little difficult for Rob and I to get off of work this week, but after we close, we are scheduled to get all of our furniture and things from storage delivered on Thursday!  Then we will be going to work on putting things together this weekend (and for the months to come I'm sure). 

We will have updates as we move along the process this week!  In the meantime, stay safe & stay warm out there!