It's Official!

We are in receipt of the final 

Certificate of Occupancy 

and we can live in the house:)
So...Happy Dance for us!

Final Electrical!!!

We had the final electrical inspection today.
Really, electricity is a little overrated...if the house isn't quite finished...who wants to see what isn't done?
Tom was a little concerned since our original inspector who has been over throughout the process had died.
He wasn't sure how the new inspector worked off other inspectors jobs;
I certainly was hoping he wasn't going to make us go back and count all the electric outlets and switches again to make sure we didn't add any!

Well, we passed with flying colors! 

We can finally apply for a permanent C of O, 

since the one we've been living on is a 6 month temporary!

Guess what?????

So much for the optimism.......Guess that wasn't the solution.

This is what we came home to.......

Heat Loss.......

Snow Melt.......

Large Icicles......

Repeat............. 

 

Tom had to hire a crew to go up and remove the snow and ice (again!)

I don't think anyone is coming thru the front door anytime soon.....

So we're taking bets on when the snow pile will be gone....any takers?

And then.........

Our entertainment center is delivered (YEAH!!!) in a snow storm, so we had the delivery guys set the boxes in the foyer so they didn't track the crap in thru the house.

 

Tom and I carry the boxes into the family room and find that the very last box has a dent in it, it was placed to face the wall so it wasn't noticeable.

Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!

 double click on the pic to see the damage

Looking at the box, it doesn't look too bad.....
Unfortunately we've got cabinet damage, Tom calls right away...no problem they'll order  rush order a replacement, we'll have it in 2 weeks.
Right now the only saving grace is that Mandy is still working on her Mom's kitchen 
(which is looking awesome) and wasn't able to start just yet. 
With a little luck (and we haven't seen much of that) Grama Colleen's kitchen will be done by the time our replacement cabinet comes in!