It's Official

We've officially been approved as finished with the Vance construction! Pictured here is our Certificate of Occupancy from the City of Chattanooga.

This is issued after the building inspector signs off on all of the final inspections for the different permits that have been pulled throughout the entire process. I can't tell you how thrilled, excited, relieved we are to have hit this milestone!

Now Andrew can move in - to keep the place occupied instead of vacant - and a buyer can come along and move in!! There are quite a few cosmetic tasks on the list to keep him busy while he's here: priming the trim, caulking the trim, painting the trim and doors, tiling the fireplace hearths, installing and painting the mantles, trimming out the chimneys, installing the doorknobs, touch-up paint on the walls, and adding beadboard to the kitchen bar. The kids and I will be running back and forth between the two houses so we can still spend time with him in the evenings.

I'll admit it is exhausting, but we'll do what we have to do until one or both of our houses sell! If you know of anyone looking for a beautiful home in Chattanooga, send them our way!! ;)

Cleaning Tip

Earlier this weekend, the floor refinishers applied the last round of sanding and top coat of polyurethane. Now that all the sheetrock is done, floors refinished, and brick scrubbed clean all the really dusty, dirty work is done. We noticed a film of light brown dust all over everything including the walls after the floors were sanded the first time.

Obviously we'd have to take care of that because there's more painting to be done, and it's just plain gross to li - plus it distorts the way the paint color looks. Cleaning all the walls, light fixtures, cabinets, and trim in a 2400 sq. ft. house seems like a daunting task. So I'm thrilled that we thought of this idea to help move along the process much quicker!

You know those old Swiffer wands we all got when they first time they came out? I'm pretty sure I haven't used mine at all in the house we've lived in the last 5 years, but I reached to the very back of the closet and got that little guy out. It's PERFECT for wiping the walls down all the way from the top (9'-10'+) to the baseboards without breaking my back or moving a stool or ladder from room to room!