Monday, May 26, 2014

House Update - The Final Timeline

I cannot believe that we are finally at this point, that all of a sudden, everything has worked out just the way it should. There were some minor, minor hiccups, but those resolved themselves mostly.

So, Saturday is the big day of the move, and we have a tight schedule till the very end:

Tuesday: Some workers come for final touch-up work; the mortgage agent will stop by to take some final pictures for the bank. More moving of boxes.

Wednesday: Painter will come by to finish up his work (kitchen, entrance way and utility room need to be painted, some touch-up work done); Richard will rent an industrial-grade vacuum and deep-clean the entire house again to remove the last of the fine dust left there (for now). More moving boxes and packing once we receive the additional moving boxes from our wonderful friends.

Thursday (German Father's Day): My dad will come to help Richard putting up all the light fixtures, or as many as they can manage. More moving and cleaning on my part.

Friday: A friend will help us pack and move more boxes. I'll wait for the freezer/fridge and the dish washer to be delivered to the house, move all the perishable food, defrost the fridge in the apartment and deep-clean the kitchen before it's being moved. Disassemble the beds and other large furniture items.

Saturday: Two of our lovely neighbors volunteered to move our kitchen. So they will work there while I will get the transporter and pick up the new kitchen surfaces to be installed. A few of our friends will help us move the bigger furniture items while I'll be driving the transporter, provide food and drinks, organize last-minute items from the hardware store, etc. Re-assemble the furniture at the new place.

Sunday: Have a first breakfast at the new house. Remove the plastic covering from the staircase and enjoy the look of it for the first time. Unpack.

The following weeks will be full of finish moving little stuff, cleaning and painting our old apartment, and getting settled into the new place. Not having neighbors will be weird at first. We'll miss the meadow and hate the construction all around us. But this will pass, and before we know it, we'll not only have a house but a home!

Have a great new week, everyone!!

6 comments:

  1. Yay such a busy week but it is going to all be worth it! :)

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    1. We're so exhausted right now, but managed to accomplish everything as planned so far. I so wished it was a week from now already :-)

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  2. Finally getting a moment to catch up today after the long weekend and so excited for you. Was thinking about you before and wanted to see how you were. Hoping you are doing well and seriously hope the next few days now go smoothly and quickly too so you can enjoy your new home finally :)

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    1. I can't believe how well everything went so far. Tomorrow we'll pack up the rest of our stuff and move some things to the house. Also plan on disassembling a few pieces of furniture (beds, wardrobes) and take a trip to IKEA to return and exchange some stuff we bought last week. Hope that everything works out well on Saturday. We could have our first family breakfast in the new house on Sunday :-)

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  3. This is exciting! What a busy week - but sure to be worth it!

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    1. We're sure it will. So excited to finally move in, but so dreading the next few days. Feeling so sorry for the girls as they'll have to tag along for all that, but we plan on making it up to them :-)

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