So Frustrating!

So the contractor for the stucco repair has completely screwed us. He is a nice enough guy but always promises and never follows through. He asked for the remainder of the money before the job was finished. Now I know that is a big no no to pay someone before the work is finished, but he said he would be finished that day. Before the work was done he packed up and left. I told him to come back and we went over the areas that were missed or I wasn't satisfied with. He agreed they didn't look good and said he'd be back the next day. It's now been two more weeks. Wow! He promises and then never comes. His friggen ladder is still in my yard too. I'm filing in conciliation court this Friday if it's not finished. What a HEADACHE! NEVER use Andy Holloway!

On a lighter note- check out our completed fence!







I l0ve the stainless steel post caps. Now we just need to find the right shad of taupe for the house. The garage color is not what we were looking for.

The garden is looking great! I'm so happy I had somebody design the landscaping for me!

Fence is Almost Finished!

Last weekend we got quite a bit done. We pressure washed the garage, did some more finishing touches on the fence. We still need to cut down the posts and put some stainless steel caps on. It's going to look sharp. Then we're going to stain it a really dark ebony color.


Oh yeah, our stucco was finally repaired too. He just has a few more touch ups that weren't up to our standards and then we can paint!

On Sunday I decided to go to Home Depot and find a new color for the house. There is an inspiration house that I love in the Kenwood neighborhood so I tried to match the color as close to that house as possible. On Sunday I picked up 2 gallons of paint and painted the garage. The trim has yet to be painted white but it should give you an idea of what our house will look like when we are all done.

It's been awhile...

Sorry for my lack of posts. The summer is seeming to fly by way too fast. We got the entire house pressure washed, the fence and gate up, just a few more finishing touches and it should be complete. We got a great price on the stucco repair on the house and put our deposit down 2 weeks ago and still no work has been done. He seems to be a bit unprofessional but does good work so I gave him a deadline to have everything complete by Monday or we'll go with someone else. Ahh... contractors.

Other than that we just got back from AZ. We had an amazing vacation that involved laying by the pool and doing absolutely nothing for 4 days. It was refreshing. This weekend I will be powerwashing the garage driveway and sidewalk. Our goal is to have the house painted by the middle of August since I am going back to school on the 24th. I just planted the last of the plants in the landscaping for the season. It looks so good. It's hard to believe how far we've come. It doesn't even look anywhere close to the house we bought. Our appraisal came in $40,000 ahead of what we paid and we aren't even finished yet!