[sowilts]

Originally Posted by villagetinker

Delay your move by a week, stay at a local hotel, and get the stuff you absolutely need for your house. NOTE: VERY IMPORTANT!! Make sure your new house shows up on Google Maps, etc., or you may have a lot of trouble getting your stuff delivered. Make sure your cell phone number is on all delivery instructions and be prepared to provide directions to lost delivery drivers, been there done that. Next will be getting your furniture in your house and arranged. If you are not staying there, you can stop when you are tired, and go to the hotel, rest, and get back into it the next morning. We did an initial move (U-Haul) with enough furniture to 'live' in the house for a few days as we beat the furniture delivery. The washer and dryer were ordered up North, and they literally could not find the NEW zip code for delivery, even the associated store in the villages could not find the new zip code.
As noted above, get in the house, RELAX, then and only then start to look into modifications. While lots of people love solar tube lights, these do not work well on cloudy days or at night, unless you get the ones with auxiliary lights installed ($$$). We found it much more cost effective to just have an additional light installed in place of a solar tube light.
The only item we did before moving in and after closing was to coat the garage floor. It is a real pain to do this after the garage is filled (storage is very limited in these houses).
Hope this helps, and welcome to TV.

Excellent advice as always. We have two 1991 house numbers, ours and one the next street over. We had 7 large boxes of furniture delivered to the wrong 1991. They covered the entire front of the house. Had to move them with the help of my Grandson.

[Deden]

Not unless you sign off on the inspection before close, and ask the builder if permittable. Good luck.

[PaulUnderwood]

I hope you selected eggshell wall paint not the non washable flat paint that comes standard.

[Murphy1408]

Some of those things can be set up before you close. We had the garage floor done the day after close, ordered custom windows to enclose our lanai. You have a good lead time to get yourselves on the list for February installation. Part of your home will have to be built before they can measure to give you an estimate.
Good luck

[AKKlein]

Only unexpected thing we ran in to was dryer was only set up for gas connection and we brought electric dryer with us. Had to hire an electrician to have functioning dryer.

[pikeselectric]

Hello Dr. Mack - To our knowledge, not much can be done by trades until closing is official. We would love to offer you FREE estimates on any electrical work you are interested in prior to your closing. We try to remotely quote as much as we can at Pike's Electric, then we coordinate installation as close
to after the closing as possible. We would love to be who you call on for electrical needs/upgrades Talk of The Villages members get 5% OFF all of our services.
- Casandra with Pike's Electric 352-748-6251

[pikeselectric]

Originally Posted by AKKlein

Only unexpected thing we ran in to was dryer was only set up for gas connection and we brought electric dryer with us. Had to hire an electrician to have functioning dryer.

Very common for realtors/The Villages not to disclose, but yes, Most all new construction homes come with gas prep for appliances. Electric lines for dryers are considered an after-market upgrade. We offer FREE remote estimates for dryer lines if anyone needs!

[CoachKandSportsguy]

Originally Posted by PaulUnderwood

I hope you selected eggshell wall paint not the non washable flat paint that comes standard.

Now that is the first post i have seen about the interior paint,
and the standard paint job, whatever that is, sucks beyond all paint jobs i have ever seen.

ugh, had i known i would have paid extra for anything but what we have as low end builder's grade sh!$

[Bwanajim]

The one thing that is probably the most important to do is lineup someone to epoxy your garage floor. And have it scheduled as soon as possible after closing before you move all your junk in.

[SusanStCatherine]

We had a whole house surge protector installed by Pikes Electric. The lightning around here is wicked. You can rent one from utility company, but we bought ours outright. You will still want surge protectors inside your house on important items.