Ryan Homes

It has been awhile since I last posted anything about our house. We are still busy decorating, but it has slowed down a bit. Our next big goal is to get curtains in the dining room before Thanksgiving.  I have picked out the curtains  now need to price out the hardware.  Adrian has been working hard on the garage and basement.   I’ll do a post on both later this week.

Two weeks ago we had our 10 month inspection.  I can’t believe we have lived in our house for 10 months already!  Here is the list of stuff we had fixed:

* Caulking in all bathrooms and windows.
* Wood filler on crown molding and baseboards fixed.
* Window sills and fireplace mantel sanded and repainted.  The paint they used sucked in the first place.  Anytime you put anything on the windows or mantel, when you remove it a large hunk of paint comes with it.  Our PM’s boss said, “No one else has ever complained about this.”.  Somehow I doubt this, the Julian’s have the same problem.
* Glass pane on garage door finally replaced. We tried to replace it ourselves but it was a disaster. Let’s just say it involved me standing on a ladder, holding a piece of glass, and drilling. Dear husband said several times “Drill the bottom in first.” but I didn’t listen and started from the top. Uhhh, the glass fell and shattered into a million pieces.
* Square in basement bathroom laminate replaced.  It had a huge piece missing when we moved in that we somehow missed.
* Depression in our lawn corrected. The contractors, Deninson Lawns, placed a drain pipe through the middle of our backyard.  Also, they re-seeded the front and back  yard in various spots.

The contractors will come back in November to fixed nail pops and plaster tape that is coming up in many places.  Thankfully we don’t have a lot of nail pops in the rooms we painted and those we do aren’t serious. Most of the pops are in the stairways and ceilings, so we will have them fixed. My biggest complaint about the walls is that the paint they used is CHEAP. It shows every little scratch and ding. I seriously need to wash the walls, but really when will I have time to do this?

Overall we are still very happy with our home purchase. The entire process was simple and we love our home. We have only had one major plumbing issue with our hot water tank over the course of this year, and a contractor was sent out very promptly. The little things that are not top quality can be replaced gradually. I’m looking forward to continuing to decorate and add-on to the house to make it ours.

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