Along with family and friends, we frantically worked through the weekend completing the receptacle wiring and hanging lights. The granite was delivered Wednesday night before Thanksgiving and installers worked from 8 pm until 1:30 am installing. We had to have at least one working bathroom complete and all wiring working complete with arc fault protection to receive the certificate of occupancy (CO). We had all wiring in place and face plated. All fixtures accounted for and 3 working bathrooms.
- View from Great Room to the kitchen and breakfast area.
The inspector arrived Monday at 3:00. Hearts beating, we followed him around room to room. Some of the arc fault circuits didn’t respond as was required. The exhaust hood had not been installed over the oven (confusion between kitchen installers and me). The inspector insists that we need a smoke detector in the hangar to detect a house fire and that we must drywall Jack’s workshop because he has a small garage door on there to get out large airplane projects, deeming it a garage. However, there is a deck post in the middle of the door pathway; so it can’t possibly be a driveway and garage! Thus, we did not receive the CO. Instead we have a 21-item punch list. The good news is that we can move in furniture and (seemingly endless) boxes.
Tuesday, five men and two trucks arrived from Heritage Movers in Roanoke. With great care, the very nice movers unloaded box after box from 3 storage units. But by 8:00 pm, we followed them back to see what was left in the storage units. There was too much to load in the dark! And apparently they were unaware that there was a wooden crate with an airplane engine, a wooden create with a RV-10 wings and a wooden crate with an RV-10 tail section. Those have yet to be loaded and delivered. So today we begin again.
I have had several emails and calls asking for reservations. I am sorry if you have called and I sound breathless and frantic. One woman said, “may I get a reservation please?” I thought she said,”this is the innovation police.” I responded “What?” Apologies!!
We have a target date of December 17th as opening date. It is the 110 th birthday of the Wright Brother’s first flight at Kitty Hawk. So we are working hard to bring you “comfort better than you will find at home” at Bedford Landings. We just aren’t quite there yet!
PS. We will not be open December 24-27 in observance of the miracle of the Christ child and rest for the weary!