Pre-Drywall Meeting

Pre-drywall meeting is complete! I'd like to say that it was super exciting, but we've been to look at the house so many times now, that there really wasn't anything new to look at.  The meeting was fine and our PM explained a lot of things in the house.  We were okay with everything while we were there, but after talking about a few things later between the two of us, there were a few things we weren't thrilled with. They're just minor issues and nothing that was done incorrectly, just not what we were expecting. 

One of that things is the return air for the two bedrooms.  The master bedroom has it's own return air vent, but the two other bedrooms will have transfer grilles above the doors. At first I wasn't thinking anything of it, just that, yeah, I guess that makes sense to vent the rooms, but my husband brought up the point later that you'll also get noise coming in and going out of the vent. This must be something that has changed since we signed our contract because I'm pretty sure the model home doesn't have these. After talking with a few people, we don't think too much noise will come through.  I guess it's better than undercutting the doors, which I think was what they did in our RH townhouse.

The other thing we're not entirely thrilled about is the way some of the piping was installed in the basement. Since we're not having RH finish the basement, they didn't take the time/effort to place some of the pipes/wires so that it would be easy to finish the basement.  When we go to do it, now, we'll definitely have to re-run some wires and either move some piping or make a larger bulkhead.  Also, the main water line coming into the house was put in a position that we'll have to build a wall out around it instead of it being tucked in under the stairs. Again, these are just minor issues, but it's a little bit disappointing that they're doing things differently just because they're not the ones finishing the basement.

I realize it's not a custom home and we can't have everything our way, but we're still paying a lot of money and it would be nice to know that they have our best interest in mind during construction. Oh well. On a happier note... drywall starts this week and the brick will also be delivered!  I'm excited to see what the brick will look like on the house, especially once the siding goes on.