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I shouted, “The Guys are here, hon.  Get dressed.” 

If you ever wander back through my little blog of diatribes, you might notice that I started this when we started our house building.  Well at least when we actually bought land not the 7 year odyssey that it took to get there.  We became proud owners in Dec ’05.  Not much has gone wrong with the house.  A few mechanical difficulties which were promptly fixed by “the Guys”.

“The Guys” would show up after a call and eat our food, drink coffee, and generally be loud fixer-uppers of stuff.  Nothing was too small or too big.  Fixed and off they would go.  I often wish my SO had their talents.  Sigh…  All he did was rip the spigot off the side of the house with the lawn mower.. 

Well its time for our 1 year walk-thru and due to the vagaries of scheduling they appeared this morning and are eating our food, drinking coffee, and are quietly banging around the house fixing nail pops, cracks, leaks, etc. Over the next few days, I’ll get to see all “the Guys” who we worked with to build our home.

People delighted in telling us how bad our experience would be and to tell the truth, it wasn’t so bad.  Sure we had our arguments, discussions.  But those mainly were me and the SO trying to find tile, colors, cabinets, and lights.  Early on we determined we would move no load-bearing walls, not re-arrange the kitchen for the umpteenth time, or change our minds half-way thru anything major like tile work.  Every horror story we heard seemed to come from those three with a healthy dose of (you guessed it) lack of communications. 
We would make a choice and for better-or-worse stick with it. The Builder knew his stuff and we have a very beautiful solidly built house.

Guess what I’m trying to say is “the Guys” can come over anytime and eat our food, drink coffee, and bang around the place.

Ciao