Orientation

We're essentially done with the construction stage. Today we had our official walk-through / orientation. We spent three hours at the house with a Pringle Warranty Coordinator and our Builder.

The program consisted of review of the customer responsibilities (e.g. normal homeowner maintenance, caulking, filter replacement), discussion of the Pringle warranties, and a detailed review of the home for open items.

There was some good news on the warranties. For LoMD homes, there is an additional one year major systems / structural warranty, beyond the the initial full one year warranty. Also, for LoMD owner occupied (vs. empty for-sale, rented, or away for the season) homes, the landscaping warranty is extended from two weeks to two months post closing.

Our builder was busy getting issues fixed during the morning, so they would not be on the written punch list. There were still some caulking / patching / paint touch-up and alignment opportunities. Judi turned out to be very good at finding small tile corner chips and grout defects, most of which were fixed on the spot with a tile / grout repair kit. Our builder and some of his co-workers did alignment of a few of the bi-fold doors. The landscaper replaced a dying plant. Awesome Home Theatre toned out and labeled the wires in the structured wiring box.

We ended up with two open punch list items (wrong color quickport connectors for the structured wiring and one replacement cabinet door), two "homeowner accommodation" (provide a towel bar ilo a missing towel ring, provide splash blocks for the downspouts for the gutters between the lanai and cage), and one "note in the file" item about the concrete flatwork color / finish.

This is, in my opinion, a great finish. I had 60+ items on my punch list developed over the weekend. Now we are down to a handful, with only the concrete color / finish item projected to be open at actual closing. The last house I built (in Michigan - not w/ Pringle) had over 200 items open at closing.

Now we've got five days to wait until closing, and then all the post-construction fun begins.