Day 65 : Walk Thru #1

Today we went out and met with our representative from Warranty Pro. I believe his name was Ken. Warranty Pro is a 3rd party company, hired by our builder. Ken gave us a Home Orientation and did a home inspection.

Together, we did Walk Thru #1 and compiled our Pre-Close List- the official "fix list." The list will be submitted to the builder, who will fix whatever we've pointed out. Then -without the warranty guy- I'll go back for Walk Thru #2, also known as the Acknowledgment of Completion inspection.

We also went around with little circle stickers and marked things- blue for paint touch-ups, orange for drywall repairs. The baby went around behind us, peeling them off...

There might be some items on our Pre-Close List that won't be taken care of. They'll explain those things to us then.

Walk Thru #2 is set for Thursday at 4, which gives them just one day to complete everything, or give us written statements that the remainder will be taken care of. I've transcribed our "fix list," and added a description beneath it.

This is what our Pre-Close List looks like:

Home Orientation List, Attchment "A"

1. Bath (2nd/hall) - cabinet- repair/adjust (cut off nails of the toilet paper holder)
   
2. Bath (2nd/hall) - floor-vinyl- loose at tub
   
3. Bath (2nd/hall) - tub-repair (slow drain)
   
4. Bedroom (2nd/middle left) - outlets- mount (secure/1)
   
5. Hall (2nd) - attic pull down - repair, too long
   
6. Bath (hall) - cabinet- reapir/adjust (shelf not installed left of oven, needs clips)
   
7. Bath (hall) - light (toilet) center over sink, aprox. 1" off
   
8. Bath (master) - cabinet trim (toilet paper holder screws)
   
9. *Bedroom (master) - rod closet repair (buyer wants shelves removed, rod extended Buyer Issue
   
10. Hall (foyer) - door (hall) adjust (strike plate/latch does not engage)
    
11. Hall (foyer) - DW/texture- over cut at door>1/2" on both sides of the door on the closet side
    
12. Hall - door (closet/exterior/linen) hardware ALL 1st floor strike plates have been painted
    
13. Hall - Thermostat repair (not cooling/ very little air flow)
    
14. +House - blinds- install [complete only if in contract]
    
15. Kitchen - appliance- dishwasher- repair EL (door will not latch)
    
16. Kitchen - appliance- oven- install anti-tip
    
17. +Kitchen - appliance- refrigerator- missing [complete only if in contract]
    
18. Kitchen -door (exterior) adjust strike plate/ >18" of excessive daylight is visible upper right)
    
19. Kitchen - door (exterior) clean (threshold tape residue)
    
20. Kitchen - door (exterior) weather weather stripping improperly installed in jamb, not in the groove
    
21. Stairs - first riser>1" wide gap, right side of riser and the wall
22. AC Cond. - Repair, out of level >1"
    
23. *Door (entry) - inspect- wrong color, so is column [Buyer Issue]
    
24. Flashing (right) - missing (cornice return, left and right side of home)
    
25. Flat Work (walkway) - edge damaged (rear 2nd panel from home, corner repair is detaching)
    
26. *Landscaping (front) - buyer wants red ant nest killed [Buyer Issue]
    
27. Address -incorrect
    

+indicate an item that is contractual and WarrantyPro has no information or opinion
*indicate an item which WarrantyPro does not see as an issus but the home buyer does

Explanation of our list:

(1,2,3,8) The screws that hold the toilet paper holder to the cabinet poke into the cabinet- they're sharp! It's the same in all the bathrooms. In the girls' bathroom the flooring near the tub is curling up and the tub has a slow drain.

(4) There's an outlet in the girls' bedroom that is not tight enough- it wiggles.

(5) The ladder on the attic's drop down door is too long and makes climbing up awkward and probably dangerous seeing as it's at the top of our regular staircase.

(6) It's actually one of the cabinets in the kitchen. There's some sort of pipe coming out of the wall in the cabinet, so the shelf is just laying inside. They'll attach it high inside so that I still have storage.

(7) The light over the powder room sink is off-center.

(9) After we made an issue about having the shelves installed in our master closet, we decided we don't want them. They had to take out most of the closet rod to get them in there. So now there's not really mush closet space. My husband said that because it was my idea in the first place, I had to tell the builder to take them out...Instead, we'll have shelves put in the playroom closet. There's a nook in there, perfectly suited for shelves- not costing us any closet rod space.

(10, 11) The door to the under stairs storage closet does not close all the way. Also, they had to rip out the wholr door frame to reverse the door from when it was hitting the archway. It looks fine on the outside, but it is a large walk in closet- from the inside it's a mess. There's a huge gap in the drywall all the way around the door.

(12) Not a big deal to us- My husband HATES that the door knobs and locks are all silver, but the hinges and banister supports are gold. Apparently that's standard in our subdivision. We asked to have the gold hardware painted. The WarrentyPro guy said they're technically not supposed to do that so he had to add it to the list. The paint on the door latches is already scratching off- but that's on the inside of the door frame- not something you typically look at.

(13) MAJOR ISSUE. The AC doesn't work. It was faintly blowing air- but the house registered at 90 degrees during our walk thru. It was set at 72. The baby was all sweaty and moody. blah!

(14, 17) The blinds haven't arrived yet. I don't have written confirmation about them yet. We've been told by the saleslady we'll have faux wood blinds. I also do not yet have written confirmation about the black fridge with ice-maker.

(15, 16) The dishwasher doesn't close all the way. When you open the oven, the whole stove tips over.

(18, 19, 20) The back door has a few issues. Light pours in around it when it's closed. There's gunk on the floor by the door, and the weather stripping is not on the right way.

(21) At the very bottom of the stair case, to the right of the first stair, there's a gap between the stair and the wall.

(22) Outside, in the backyard, the air conditioning unit tilts to one side.

(23, 27) They painted our front door and post, but they painted them the wrong color. Presently, they are what I'd call a burnt sienna color. They are supposed to be forest green- and when they took down our house numbers to paint the post, they put them back up in the wrong order.

(24) I don't know what flashing is, but he pointed to the place where it's supposed to be and there's a big yellow blob of hardened liquid insulation type stuff there. Looks yucky. It's between the two stories of the house. Apparently the flashing will cover it.

(25) The back sidewalk that leads from the driveway to the back porch was broken at some point. The repaired section is now pulling away.

(26) Those giant ants are still there. They've ripped all the leaves off the shrub in the front yard. I don't know if they bite, but they are at least as long as one of the letter keys on a computer keyboard. They are huge!