Here is an update from this Wednesday’s meeting.

Inside the house, plastering continues. It is expected to be finished on Friday. Here is the master bedroom, which has been plastered.

And here is the living room, which is still in progress (and has not been cleaned up yet).

Inside the house they have also turned on the water. This is important since we need the exterior facets to work so we can water the new plants we are installing.

Outside the house, I have three things to report. First the gutters are now all installed, although they are still working on some of the downspouts. Here is the front corner near the pantry. The downspout will eventually go into that white pipe which funnels water to a dry well in the southeast corner (past the porch).

It is not clear in that picture, but there is also a screen over the gutters to keep leaves and pine needles from clogging up the pipes. You can see a little of the screen hanging over the edge of the gutter in this close up.

Also today the A/V team was installing the exterior doorbells and cameras. Here is the doorbell near the pantry door.

We inspected and approved the view from the doorbell and from the camera that watches the backyard for wildlife.

Here is the view from this doorbell camera. There are two pictures, one shows the view of a person at the doorbell and one is the view of packages left on the ground by the door.

For the backyard camera we had two choices of views, based on the angle that the camera was mounted. We decided on the first view, which gives us a better view close to the house, but I included the other view for comparison.

We also inspected the awning. Here is the awning when it is retracted. The power cord will be shortened and colored black (and plugged in just under the awning).

Here is the awning when deployed. We adjusted the angle from the last video that was posted. The team on the cherry picker in the background are adjusting the backyard camera.

You may notice that the awning cassette is brown, which is “chocolate” color. We had wanted “espresso”, which is a near black color, but somehow in the ordering process the color got switched and no one noticed. The brown goes better with the deck color, but black will go better with the trim. We have not decided whether to fix this or not.

Things remain on the new schedule for now, but past behavior is no guarantee of future performance.

Current estimated occupancy date: July 31, 2026 (no change).

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