The Edwards Build a House

We met with Kai at the house this afternoon for a walk-through to check on some final details and talk timing.  There is a bit of a decent punch list of items to close out, like re-touching walls, and finalizing a few installations.  There was some issue with the city's water pressure for the irrigation system, so we had a huge hole dug on the side of our lot for about 2-3 days.  : )  But it's these details and the quality of this work that I think will set Kai's homes apart from some of these others.  He is thoughtful about his building designs (even if his aesthetic design is different than mine) so that the engineering aspect is a solid, beautiful home.
Now, his communication and organization could maybe use some improvement, but we've gotten what we needed.  In a funny text conversation with him one night when I happened to be drinking (which is how I often communicate with him due to my schedule --- uh, texting that is, not drinking), he tells me that our "client folder" he has of our requests/communications/changes, etc is one of the largest he has, and he texts me more than many of his other clients.  He really does have a good sense of humour. 

And THEN, because we knew we were going to be at a big empty house for an hour or so with the kids, who can't NOT run around and act like wild animals whenever we are there, we brought our portable DVD player with us and a few snacks - they camped out on the carpet in the basement (their favourite), and they stayed quiet for the most part.  But as soon as we moved our discussion outside - as we are prepping to leave and chatting with Kai, I might add -- and all of a sudden we are standing in the driveway with Kai and we hear a big crash.  You've got to be kidding me.  The kids had thrown a huge dirt clump into the window well of one of the basement windows and broke the window.  Right after they'd replaced the window in the living room from being broken a couple of months ago.  So disappointed in our kids, because we have told them many times before not to do this.  Nice.
No TV for a week for them (side note: this may wind up being more painful for us than them . . . !) among other conversations. 

Anyway, what I'm really trying to get at is - they are almost done with the house and we may get to start moving in NEXT WEEK!  Whoo hoo!  It's been such a long journey all year, it's hard to believe we might actually get to live in it soon! 

: )