Torborg house in Orlando - Construction August 19th thru August 21st
August 21, 2003
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Our driveway now has its pavers.
August 19, 2003
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We realized the 2 days later that the driveway is not complete since it doesn't stretch to the property line near the house as it was supposed to.
August 21, 2003
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Driveway looking out to the street. The pavers are not beige. They are multicolored. WRONG
August 21, 2003
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Here is how they handled the step up to the porch.
August 21, 2003
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The bottom of this wall needs to be fixed up a bit.
August 19, 2003
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Here is the driveway just about finished.
August 19, 2003
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Building the driveway.
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Pavers for driveway.
August 19, 2003
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Building the driveway.
August 21, 2003
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Our water heater is installed. 71 gallon.
August 21, 2003
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There is light under this door. The seal isn't making contact with the threshold.
August 19, 2003
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This is the door hardware we ordered. It has been installed on all of the doors.
August 19, 2003
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Washtub in laundry room.
August 19, 2003
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Washtub again.
August 19, 2003
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Downstairs bathroom cabinet before counter top was installed.
August 19, 2003
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Just above the sink is this large hole for a medicine cabinet. We told them we did not want any medicine cabinets. They'll fix this.
August 21, 2003
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Downstairs bathroom sink. Perfect.
August 19, 2003
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Downstairs bathroom toilet.
August 21, 2003
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Here is the downstairs bathroom window and towel rack. We asked the builder to move the towel rack to under the window (notice the tape).
August 21, 2003
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Downstairs bathroom window again. It has the wrong shape of corian sill. It also is leaning forward.
August 19, 2003
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Downstairs bathroom shower.
August 19, 2003
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From guest room looking to downstairs bathroom. They got the trim and door installed.
August 19, 2003
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Living room window. The sill is corian of the right color but it isn't the shape we ordered. In fact, none of the window sills are what we asked for.
August 21, 2003
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Pocket door between dining room and kitchen. Works well. Opening the door will not knock over somebody carrying dishes or food.
August 19, 2003
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Kitchen.
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Kitchen.
August 19, 2003
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Kitchen.
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Kitchen Sink.
August 19, 2003
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Kitchen sink again.
August 21, 2003
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Garbage disposal is installed under kitchen sink.
August 19, 2003
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Northeast end of the Kitchen. The backsplash was done very well.
August 19, 2003
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Storage closet in kitchen.
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Kitchen desk with full backsplash like the rest of the kitchen cabinets.
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Pantry.
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Back patio under deck.
August 19, 2003
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Banister is installed on the stairs!.
August 19, 2003
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The banister will have to be sanded and stained.
August 19, 2003
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Upstairs hall. The bathroom tile is to be bordered with a plate of some kind.
August 19, 2003
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Laura's bedroom (back left) now has it's closet door but the door isn't trimmed.
August 19, 2003
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Cabinets in upstairs hall bathroom before corian was installed.
August 19, 2003
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This is where the toilet paper dispenser was. We want this patched. We'll be installing our own dispensers.
August 21, 2003
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This is the vanity in the upstairs hall bathroom. Perfect.
August 21, 2003
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This is the cabinet door access to the air conditioners. The door knobs are not functional (they aren't supposed to be) but they are also not installed evenly.
August 21, 2003
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Laura's room. The trim is not installed on the closet door.
August 19, 2003
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French doors into the master bedroom.
August 21, 2003
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Wait. 2 days later the doors have glass. We weren't expecting this and we haven't seen it in any other Brighton or even in the model home. It doesn't look bad and with window dressing it could look really good. We'll have to do some research. What made them swap out the doors that were there 2 days ago?
August 19, 2003
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The slider on the deck behind the master bedroom is not installed.
August 19, 2003
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Master bathroom.
August 19, 2003
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The floor has not be grouted. This is before the vanity countertop and sinks were installed.
August 21, 2003
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Counter top has been installed. Again the corian is perfect.
August 19, 2003
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The shower stall is ok although the lower shampoo tray is lower than we wanted.
August 19, 2003
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The tub looks good.
August 21, 2003
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The towel bar over the tub needs to be removed. We'll use a towel bar that matches our hardware motif.
August 19, 2003
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The water closet has a toilet paper dispenser. We asked for these to not be installed. We have our own that go better with our hardware motif.
August 19, 2003
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View towards golf course from our driveway.
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So THIS is what a garbage truck looks like. We hadn't seen one yet.