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"The clients must call the closing attorneys office and be verified before the wiring instructions will be given.
The funds should be wired at least 48 hours prior to the closing, 72 hours is best.  The funds are held by the closing attorney in their escrow account and dispersed at closing.  The closing attorney will give you the amount to wire which will included all closing costs."

That is the email from my realtor.  This is a cash deal.

We close 23 April.  The total is significant.

It's 50°F in Atlanta and 39°F here right now, which is pretty typical.  We're hoping to extend the number of weeks we can be outside easily with more sun and less cloud and gloomy skies.

We're right across the street from Piedmont Park, excited about that.

have you finished the kitchen design?

100% of appliances, toilets and plumbing fixtures in the house have been picked.  I'm having a guy make me a small concrete wall mounted sink for the small bathroom in the basement, that's really the only undeveloped design at this time.   We just finished the framing this week and now it is being 'dried in'. 

My wife had the design meeting with the guy who is making our kitchen cabinets.    We know what we want, they will have the designs this next week.  Our builder (who also has a millworking business) is doing the bedroom bath cabinets/vanities, etc.  

I can tell my wife and I are not on the same page on the fireplace.

The lumber prices have really gotten out of hand the past few years.  That's the one raw material cost I had to swallow hard.  Those bills aren't cool.

It's really impacting larger scale builders and making it much less attractive to build smaller starter homes.  Very hard for them to make any money as costs to build have really spiked lately.  Housing starts are pretty low in many markets in that 1500 to 2500 sq ft range.  It's not just the lumber.

Think Guy Fieri?  

Badger with frosted tips, flip flops and a tan line face from your sunglasses?

speaking of outdoor kitchens... I'm in the process of permitting (I WISH this on nobody... I should have paid someone to do it) for building a 32x28 workshop adjacent my house... across the back of it will be a 12' covering, and it's 32' long (the length)... the corner closer the house will have a proper bar with an outdoor television i picked up from a bar south of me who were renovating, for cheap ($3k+ television for $150, 47" works fine.. magnesium casing with it's own little air conditioner) and to the side of it I'm moving and expanding my outdoor kitchen... 

i'm planting this thing (in the pic) as the corner piece instead of a stone pizza oven.  it'll likely become my primary smoker/grill, if what i read about it is true.