Yardwork!

Rocks moved, dirt moved, now ready to work on the pond and stream! Then plants.

Side cleared up  all the way to the back corner of the house.

House Party Shots

Discussions on the Deck

Great room

Front of the House

Side view of the Deck

Stairs

Final Details!

The Garage is full of our belongings!  We emptied the storage units and found stuff we forgot we even owned! :-)

Step 2 is to move these items into the appropriate room as we finish the trim and clean up.

Speaking of trim, here are two doors all trimmed out.  They turned out great!  The base trim still needs to go in.

Most importantly here is the City of Kirkland Inspection Record with all the Final Inspection completed and signed off!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   We can officially move in to the entire house.  Very happy to get that hurdle completed.  Many people hear nightmare stories about dealing with cities and jurisdictions over permitting and inspections and I personally have experienced many painful ones.  Not so with the City of Kirkland!  They have been very helpful and a pleasure to work with through the entire process. 

Now back to work to finish the last details:-)

Final Approvals!

The City of Kirkland has numerous signoffs required along the way to completing a project.  We are down to the last few FINAL Inspections.  We got the Electrical and Public Works Final Approvals Today.  That just leaves Planning and Building Dept. Final Approvals.  I plan on calling for those by the end of this week or the beginning of the next!  Things are looking good! :-)

Cork Flooring

Kitchen Cork Tile floor......Check......Oh yeah it needs a final seal coat and also the cabinet base trim now

Updates

Stairs and Railings......CHECK...Oh yeah, fix a couple of brackets, move light switch, paint bolt heads

Outside

Inside

Front Door .....CHECK.....Oh yeah, finish trim, plug screw holes and prepare and install door hardware

Kitchen.....CHECK.....Oh yeah, install cork flooring, install dishwasher, finish trimming light cables

Kitchen Bar Counter.....CHECK....Oh yeah, sand and stain brackets, trim out front panels, and get one more finish coat on the top.

Moral of this post.........Things are done but never quite done really :-)  There are a lot of little things to actually be 100% conmplete!

Internet at the House!!

Kitchen w/Chef and all the lighting in place!

Shot of lighting at the Island

Lighting in the Master Bathroom

We finally have internet at the house so hopefully more frequent updates will be forthcoming :-)