Five men, Two trucks and 21-item Punch List
Posted on December 4, 2013 by
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.
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.
The front of the house showing unloaded boxes to the left and new carriage lights by the doors. Also note new boardwalk to the house
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!
How beautiful the house looks! I am so glad everything is finally coming together. I know your future guests (me included)are really going to love spending time there. Good luck with the punch list - you are on the "home stretch."
You are almost there - what a great adventure you are about to finish and what a great adventure you are about to begin. Congratulations.
You are so very close, and yes, very weary. May you be strengthened as you strive for the prizes (completion, holidays, great service to others). Your friends in Raleigh are "pulling" for you! Thank you for keeping us posted on progress -- monumental progress.
You two are amazing. We would love to come see it in person but that is unlikely, given our present circumstances,
You two are amazing! I KNOW you'll reach your goal one way or another! Anyone who stays with you will have the time of their lives!!!!!! :) Blessings!
As I told my youngest daughter toward the end of each semester in college, finish strong. Seems like a lot of her buddies would work hard all term and then bail out or fizzle out the last two weeks or so. Geed wishes to you . . . jack