The Gowder Dream Home

Thanks!

powwows — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 01:32:00 +0000

We want to thank everyone for their support during the building process. We are very excited to start this chapter in our new home.

Thanks to God for his many blessings. During this whole process we have felt very blessed.

Thanks to Curtis at Keller’s Pond for telling us on a rainy winter day to go see his wife at Woodside Farms.

Thanks to Dana for being “FABULOUS” during the entire process. You always greet us with excitement and a smile!

Thanks to Shawn at Bank of America for being patient in answering my millions of questions about the loan.

Thanks to Bruce our building supervisor. We felt assured that our home was being built with care knowing you were in charge.

We especially want to thank our parents. Without their love and support we wouldn’t be where we are now.

Thanks Mimi for endless nights of babysitting when we wanted to drive by the house or go look for a new car.

Thanks to Jiji for always giving sound advice and loving enthusiasm.

Thanks to Nene and Pop. You two are always there with whatever we need whether it be a handyman job, packing, cleaning, advice, and more.

Our parents have given us a great foundation, and we will be forever grateful. Our hope is that we’ll be able to build the same for Brooke in this home.

Thanks everyone!

Construction Slideshow

powwows — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:42:40 +0000

Take a look at the last 7 months!

Construction Slideshow

We’ve started decorating!

powwows — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:12:06 +0000

We couldn’t resist! We had to take over a few things and put them in the house last night.

Makes it all worth it!

powwows — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:07:18 +0000

One of the main things we wanted in a new house was to have a yard where Brooke could play.

So we visited the house after closing with Brooke. She ran crazy in the back yard and the front yard! She loves having all the space to play!

Signed, sealed, delivered! It’s ours!

powwows — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:37:06 +0000

It’s official!

We’ve singed the papers!

It is now our home!

Finish line!

powwows — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:43:18 +0000

Just finished the last walk through. Still a few small problems but nothing major!

On our way to closing!

Walk Through and Orientation

powwows — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 00:00:07 +0000

Yesterday was our pre-closing walk through and orientation meeting. Bruce, the building supervisor, went over how to work all the appliances, gas logs, etc in the house. We also did a careful inspection of the paint, counters, flooring, landscaping and more.

There were just a few small problems! Essex has done a great job.

We have 1 more walk through right before we close on Thursday!

Just a few more days!!

Final Approval

powwows — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:07:17 +0000

Bank of American gave us Final Approval today!

Home Inspection

powwows — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:06:34 +0000

Yesterday we had our Home Inspection.

The inspection took about 2 1/2 hours. In the end the inspection paid for itself by finding a problem! The inspector found a small leak in the downstairs toilet. This would have gone unnoticed for at least a year resulting in replacing flooring, tiling, etc.

Thanks to Carolina Inspection Services for finding that problem!

And Essex is being great as always! They are already working on the problem. I would bet they have everything from the inspection fixed by the time we do our walk through later today.

Another step forward!

powwows — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:36:32 +0000

Here are the pictures from our most recent walk through. Several more things have been finished!

Deck
Appliances
Hardwood Floors
Tile
Closets