Category: House stuff

It’s down to the final stretch. All the major work is done on the house, and we went through the house with our realtor for the walkthrough today. Neither of us was terribly impressed with the painting that was done. The colours came out nice enough, but there are a lot of little touch up things that need to be done. Far more than what I would have expected. If the painters were all finished, then they were very sloppy on finishing the details.

Hopefully fixing all the things on our list won’t take too long, and we’ll be able to finally close on this this house and move in by mid-April.

Appraiser gets to go do his thing on Friday. One last conversation with the insurance guy to get things finished with that and it looks like we’ll be able to close by the end of the month! Woo hoo!

Rick asks:

However, you have not told us where the vomitorium is going to be. You know, the room that you can roll your drunk friends into, where the pizza and vomit stains on the floor are considered part of the ambiance.

Traditionally, the ‘Vomitorium’ is usually in the basement, which in most houses is usually unfinished or at least has one unfinished area (read: easily hosed down) that can easily serve the required function.

However, seeing as how Charleston is in the Lowcountry, and houses here typically have no basements (it’s not called the Lowcountry for nothing you know) it’s not really practical for the new house to have an indoor Vomitorium.

Fortunately, Charleston is sufficiently warm year-round (by Canadian Hooligan standards) that I think the screened-in porch out back could serve quite adequately as an outdoor Vomitorium. It has the benefit of being open with good air flow (so beer flatulence doesn’t build up), is easily hosed down and dries quickly and has ample space for a large group of slumbering Hooligans. Easy access to the outdoors also means no stumbling around searching for the bathroom in an unfamiliar place.

He also asked:

And what about the whore closet? You have to ask pTom and Leanne about that room! although I do believe that pJoe was responsible for naming that one.

Although I’m not familiar with this ‘whore closet’, there are a few places that could serve what I imagine the required function to be. Up in the FROG there are a couple of gnome-sized doors on either side to access a small amount of storage area. There is room in here for maybe 3 or 4 people (2 or 3 large ones) on each side. It is open to the outside though, so these people might have to share the space with the occasional squirrel, bat or other critter.

The driveway, walkway to the front door and back patio have been laid down, cabinets in the kitchen and bathrooms installed and painter guys have started working. Doesn’t look like it’ll be too much longer now, and everything seems to be moving along nicely. Now if only I could get someone to let me know when they expect the house to be finished so I can give the 60 days notice on my apartment and let the appraiser guy know when to check out the place!

So now that we’re buying a house, the TV seems to be permanently stuck on HGTV. Even Food Network has been forced to take a back seat to the home improvement and decorating/redecorating shows like Design Remix, Decorating Cents and Weekend Warriors. I’m relegated to sneaking peeks on most of the other shows I like to watch now.

Watching these shows is interesting though. Home improvement doesn’t seem that difficult. I think even I could do some of this stuff. Lots of work, and having the right tools seems to help. Of course it also helps to know what you’re doing too. But then again, that’s what shows like these are for, right?

Ok, when does Lowe’s open…