We met with the sales rep on a weekend. They don't prefer weekends because that's when all the looky-loos come in and demand attention. Luckily, we've still been able to have all our meetings with the sales rep on the weekends which helps avoid problems with our work schedules. I think this meeting is usually the last one, but because we weren't able to get the flooring appointment scheduled earlier, we went ahead with it anyway. Our sales rep says Ryan is eager to get started on our house, I think it's because we are the last Ryan home in our community and once we close they will be completely done with their part of that neighborhood. We like that they are motivated, because we are too!
Anyway, back to this meeting. The first thing we discussed was outlets, yes, outlets. We had to review the electrical plans and see if there were any additional outlets, lights, or switches that we needed to add. It wasn't as difficult as we expected it to be since the outlets were clearly marked on the plans and easy to locate. We also placed the fan pre-wires and informed the sales rep of a few structural things we wanted to change (square off the media room and use only one door, eliminate one closet door and make the owner's closet one big room, change in patio size, switch door to owner's bath to open into room due to collision issue with water closet). We also changed the basement lights to a recessed package (6 lights in Rec Room, can't remember how many in wet bar and media room). We did this because otherwise the lighting is ridiculous in the basement with 5 lights (pictured below) in the Rec Room, 2 in Bar, 3 in Media Room.
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| We didn't choose this because it's weird. |
Next, we wandered upstairs to pick our exterior colors, cabinet colors, and countertops. My pictures aren't great because I get excited and they all come out blurry, but I'll post them anyway because I'm still excited. Here are our choices:
Exterior
Trim: White
Shutters: Black
Door: Tricorn Black
Brick: Charlestown
(there is about 1 row of this brick on the bottom of the porch)
Siding: Evening Blue
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| Our Picture with the brick |
Kitchen
Cabinets: Tahoe Cherry Bordeaux
Counter: Santa Cecilia Granite
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| Stock Image of Cherry Bordeaux Cabinet |
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| My picture of the Cherry Bordeaux Cabinet and Santa Cecilia Granite |
Upstairs Bathrooms (Owner's & Hall)
Cabinets: Scottsdale Maple Espresso
Counter: Santa Cecilia Light Granite (this got changed later)
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| Stock Image of Maple Espresso Cabinets |
Wet Bar
Cabinets: Honey Oak
Countertop: Formica Jamocha Granite
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We also signed some change orders to keep our paperwork up to date with all the changes and provided some times for our pre-construction meeting with the project manager. Our sales rep said Ryan would probably start the build within the next two weeks with a projected closing in December 2013!
Next Step: RiteRug and Flooring Selections
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