Saturday, February 12, 2011

Checklists and appointments, and meetings, oh my!

Hi friends,


Upon completion of the house, the builder and I had  "walk-through" checklist to make sure everything was A-OK. Steve and I are to complete the same checklist for defects 60 days after the purchase of our house, and at 11 months after purchase of our house.  The 60 day checklist was due to the builder back in January, and since then, its been a flurry of phone calls to set up the appointments so that the subcontractors can come back and correct /address the defect.  Most of the things we found for this 60 day checklist were relatively benign... a couple of doors don't latch, the water in the fridge doesn't work, an outdoor floodlight needed to be replaced (the lens fell off the bulb, so weird), etc.  The most major defect would be that the soil around the septic tank has been sinking in, in my opinion.  

HRH Bubastis, looking down on her minions.
The strangest thing we had addressed would have to be the "top" to the oven cabinetry  we had put on.  Most of you are aware of the fiasco we experienced back in early January with our feline. A little back-story for the rest of you: She likes to perch herself on the top of the kitchen cabinetry and look down on us while we're in the kitchen.  I suspect she does this because it feeds her attitude of being an all-knowing goddess. Well, one day I get a phone call from Steve while I was at work, to tell me the cat had fallen down behind the oven cabinetry. He had already spent quite a bit of time trying to get the cat out.  Not such an easy task, considering the cabinetry for the double ovens basically extends from the floor to the top of the upper cabinets. Steve had already tried all the ideas I was coming up with, but I eventually did think of something new to try. Well, that didn't work either.
Double ovens + cabinetry = floor to (almost) ceiling.


Let me just say, for the record, I believe this was an accident. I think lost her balance. I have hard time believing she intentionally jumped down in to the dark small space that is behind the ovens.


We eventually got her out, but not before several hours of trying different ideas to get her out: things for her to climb out on, baskets with treats in it to pull her up in, etc. 
No more kitty shenanigans!


For the interim, we found a big piece of plywood to put up there so it wouldn't happen again. The cabinet people were nice enough to construct us something fitted, and they came by earlier this week to install it. So this is now taken care of, thank goodness. 


Bryan from Herbert Homes came by yesterday to check on the status of our checklist. He took care of a few things himself, and had some contacts for a few of the other things that need addressing. So, there are a few appointments that are still in works, but all in all, this checklist is getting checked off.

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