First Time Home-Buying: The Walkthrough

The walkthrough was a task made for me. The other day, we had our walkthrough for our new house where, because the house is under warranty for one year, we focused only on the cosmetics.

During the walkthrough, I had all the qualities I have on my resume at full-force: thorough, keen attention to detail, outstanding communication skills. Every little thing had to be inspected and boy did we do just that – for any chips, for any marks, for anything that needs caulking, repainting, realigning. We caught it all. This was my environment and I had every right to be picky. And no, I was not apologetic for pinpointing every little thing that I felt was wrong, or even, could be done better. Chef did a good job himself. He caught three windows without screens.

I must say, I felt a little bad for the two construction workers following us around to correct all that we were able to single out, however minute. I mean, at work, my attention to detail just brings me more work because I have to correct it myself. For the three hours that we were walking around the house, it felt good being the boss where everyone seemed to be ready and waiting for my command.

The walkthrough went well, except for 2 major errors: wrong appliances and wrong fireplace design. The appliances were easily replaced to the stainless steel that we ordered. The fireplace has to be reconstructed. I feel a little bad but really, we want what we ordered, and I was glad that Chef wasn’t his usual self of being the nice guy of just accommodating the mistake. Nope, of course not. He’s a designer. He is very strict with his design choices – do not give him traditional when he orders contemporary.

Just a couple more steps and we should be done with this process!