NEW BUILD TIPS: SOME HARSH REALITIES OF YOUR NEW HOUSE | I Wasn't Expecting Some of These! 

Congrats on your new build! I hear you, I've about had it after this awful waiting experience but to be completely honest... I'd do it again! I'm so happy to hear that it's been a better than expected experience for you, I hope you get in soon ❤

@@nicolenieves We're a ways out 🙂We bought the property a year ago March & thought we'd be making holes in the ground by the fall. (Just like you in fact.) Took us until the end of August to get the design completed. October before we had all the product selections so the builder could price it. December for contract and the lot was finally laid out in Jan when they got a freak snowstorm with 15" of snow (usually get 5" over the whole winter). Permits, engineering work, etc and then finally(!) ground breaking was March almost to the day of when we bought the lot. Site work, foundation (eye wateringly expensive since we're building on the side of a mountain), and now they're framing. They've finished the lower level and are working on the main level now. We're hoping to be closed in next month and then the long interior work begins. But, I put a couple of wireless (ATT/TMobile/Verizon network capable) security cameras up on trees and even though I'm 900 miles away I can look to see what they're doing whenever I'm curious. For anyone building a new house a distance away from where they are, the cameras are so useful for maintaining the excitement vs waiting for our monthly onsite visits.

@@jimhatch5873 such a long wait, I hope it feels like it's moving faster now! On the side of a mountain sounds GORGEOUS wow I can't wait for you to have the finished product. So many obstacles, fingers crossed those are in the past and it'll be a smooth stretch to the finish line. We had joked about putting up a few cameras but that's great to be able to check in from so far away!

Seeing pictures of your house is what's giving me those regrets 😅 EVERYTHING is so gorgeous! I can't wait to see it once it's all finally done, I'm so happy for you two. We definitely have empty space that hurts when I walk by but I also know that it'll be worth it in the end. We just had Zach's family spend the night and there are mattresses but they're on the floor, the bedding is all there but no other furniture yet. A little sad looking for now but it will be worth it!

TWO DAYS!!! That's so exciting, early congratulations! I know it's been such a trying time waiting but it's going to be so worth it here shortly! These septic pump saga was definitely stressful, thank goodness that's solved

Those huge crickets that look like spiders?? We had those before and they are the stuff of nightmares! I'm happy to hear they're gone now.

@@nicolenieves omg , yes, my hubby kept saying i was exxageratting but those things jump like really high, so yeah you can imagine my screams that first month in the house hahaha,

We had them all over the basement growing up and our cat would bring them upstairs to play with 😅 no thank you! You're right, they jump so incredibly high, so so creepy

Thank you! August is coming up fast, so happy that you're almost there!

We did two phases, I took Sydney (cat) over first thing in the morning to get her introduced to the house while it was empty, then got her set up in a bathroom while the movers were here. Mia stayed at the apartment with my husband while the movers were there, and he brought her over once everything was actually in the house. We didn't do a lot of "prep" for her initially, but that may have helped her get used to things faster! Say hi to Bella for me 😊

I definitely need to be better with adding those timestamps! It's on the list of things to do, going back through all videos and being sure to add them moving forward