The Lot has been staked. Here are photos from the street view as well as from the back of the lot.
Wednesday, September 30, 2015
Tuesday, September 29, 2015
The Beginning
I have looked at several blogs online about the experience of building a home. It has been very helpful to my wife and I to understand and be prepared for the process. We decided we would like to pay it forward and create a blog of our own that may help shed some light on what to expect.
We are actually right at a month into the process since we first signed our contract to build. We have since chosen our lot, elevation, floor plan, colors, flooring, surfaces etc.... Today we recieved our "green light" which means we have been approved by NVR mortgage, the plans have been submitted, our hand money is in, and we are on the start schedule.
The first two weeks were very busy. We met with our SR to pick several of the features inside the house as well as the exterior colors and materials. (I will post our selections separately) We also met with Guardian and RiteRug to make our low voltage wiring and flooring selections. After getting all of the selections in, not much happens for a few weeks while the mortgage is underwritten for approval.
I will say the process has been very exciting so far and our SR has been fantastic. The only regret we have is rushing through our selections. We scheduled our appointments very tight and didn't take the time to consider everything. Once you sign off on your selections, the plans are submitted and it is difficult to make ANY changes. Doing so could cost extra fees, so take your time and ask a lot of questions... You will be glad you did.
Our timeline has been established and we are looking forward to seeing progress. We stopped out to the lot to take a look one more time before everything starts and we were amazed at how fast the other homes are going up. Our home was staked out and set onto the lot. We could tell where the garage would be, the porch, morning room, kitchen etc... We are starting to be able to visualize our new home. We have our pre-construction meeting on October 7th and digging should begin on October 13th. This is almost a month ahead of when we thought we would start so we were pleasantly surprised.
We will have updates as they happen. I will post the floor plan we chose as well as a list of the features to help follow along.
Thank you for joining us on our Journey, we hope our experience helps yours!
We are actually right at a month into the process since we first signed our contract to build. We have since chosen our lot, elevation, floor plan, colors, flooring, surfaces etc.... Today we recieved our "green light" which means we have been approved by NVR mortgage, the plans have been submitted, our hand money is in, and we are on the start schedule.
The first two weeks were very busy. We met with our SR to pick several of the features inside the house as well as the exterior colors and materials. (I will post our selections separately) We also met with Guardian and RiteRug to make our low voltage wiring and flooring selections. After getting all of the selections in, not much happens for a few weeks while the mortgage is underwritten for approval.
I will say the process has been very exciting so far and our SR has been fantastic. The only regret we have is rushing through our selections. We scheduled our appointments very tight and didn't take the time to consider everything. Once you sign off on your selections, the plans are submitted and it is difficult to make ANY changes. Doing so could cost extra fees, so take your time and ask a lot of questions... You will be glad you did.
Our timeline has been established and we are looking forward to seeing progress. We stopped out to the lot to take a look one more time before everything starts and we were amazed at how fast the other homes are going up. Our home was staked out and set onto the lot. We could tell where the garage would be, the porch, morning room, kitchen etc... We are starting to be able to visualize our new home. We have our pre-construction meeting on October 7th and digging should begin on October 13th. This is almost a month ahead of when we thought we would start so we were pleasantly surprised.
We will have updates as they happen. I will post the floor plan we chose as well as a list of the features to help follow along.
Thank you for joining us on our Journey, we hope our experience helps yours!
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