Certificate of Occupancy!

Finally received our certifiate of occupancy Friday morning.

KnArrow Haus's long-awaited Certificate of Occupancy

We also passed our final/finish electrical inspection this week, on the first try.

It was a bit of an ordeal to finally pass inspection. I scheduled both inspections, the electrical and the county's building inspection on Tuesday.  Only the county showed up on Tuesday. L&U showed up Wednesday, but thankfully passed us without anyone there. 

The county inspector asked me to resolve 4 items, and said if I would email pictures of the corrections, he would go ahead an issue the certificate:

1.  The ends of the downstairs railings needed to terminate in to the wall.
   
   
   
2. I was missing one switch plate cover.
   
   
3. I needed to install the inside ventilation covers in the toilet rooms, showers, and utility room.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
4. And we're required to have 4" high house numbers visible from the street. (These are definitely temporary -- I'll do something more stylistically in keeping in the spring.)
   
   

I drove up and made all the above corrections and took pictures on Wednesday evening.  Then, even after providing the pictures, there was still some back-and-forth with the inspector, requiring another trip up on Thursday evening, during which we delivered another matching, sleeper sofa to the basement.

On Monday evening, we also completed the bunk bathroom light fixture:

Later Monday evening, while wiping down the shower I threw-out my lower back. Got to the chiropractor on Wednesday, and then promptly threw it out *again* Thursday evening. A fitting end to a week of passed inspections.  I'm convalescing my back this weekend as snow pours down in the passes.

Even though we've passed the legally required inspections, we still have a fair amount of work to do. 

• Hook-up the range and dishwasher
• Hook-up bathroom sink drains, which will require turning some cabinet drawers into cabinet doors.
• Install floating shelves in the kitchen and kitchenette
• Backsplashes for the range and bathroom sinks
• Caulk the baseboards on all three floors
• Touch-up paint on all the walls
• Hang the barn doors for the top floor bathrooms
• Bathroom mirrors and shelves
• Install a few more door handles
• Paint front and back doors.
• Fireplace mantel