We went in on Sunday to vacuum the floors in the house before the put the flooring down. Why you ask? Well, we were told by several people that when the installers put the flooring in, they'll quickly clean the floor, but it will often still be really dusty, especially around the edges of the room under the baseboards, in closets, etc. With my dust allergies, the thought of having all that garbage trapped under the carpet and hardwood, slowly seeping up through the cracks, was worrying. So Ashley and I went to the house on Sunday with a "Shop Vac" and got to work cleaning. There was a painter there doing some sanding on our railing, and there was equipment everywhere!



That made it a little difficult to clean, but we focused mostly on the corners and picked up the big chunks of garbage. I spent quite a while cleaning out the garbage under our jacuzzi, because I was told that most of the time they just seal it up without cleaning out the garbage and dust. "Out of sight, out of mind" seems to be the motto for a lot of what goes on in this industry.



That's Ashley above, hard at work cleaning the main floor.



One of the great things that Bay West did was take down the wood mantle we mentioned earlier and replace it with a wall out-cropping. It will look excellent when painted the wall colour, and it will fit in with the look of our interior much better. You'll notice the NO SMOKING signs we added...



The photo above is taken from our bonus room above the garage, and it gives you an idea of just how "under construction" our area is. The house to the left of us (not shown) is being built quickly, but the builder has no buyer for it yet (I believe it's a CARDEL home). On the right of us, there's just a chunk of land - no digging has begun yet. Know what that means?

That means that at some point after we've moved in, there will be large construction vehicles digging into the ground, framers hammering together the wooden frame, and a lot of noise in general - all happening outside my basement window where I'll be trying to work from home. I went through the same thing when I first moved into my condo - hammers and drills going at 7 AM on a Saturday morning, dust and dirt flying into my windows, etc. I know it's unavoidable, but I was secretly hoping that the lot would at least be dug by the time we took possession. Looks like it wasn't meant to be!