Let the Good Times Roll!

All too often you fight for something so long and so hard that it becomes almost impossible to relish in the good news.  As you read, we've had some great appointments and received amazing finishes, only to get confronted by continuous hurdles.  We have been plagued with ups and downs throughout this process and are ready to move forward.  

Well.... right now lets bask in the good news! 

We have been waiting on a response regarding the location of our welled-exit (stairs coming out of the basement from double glass doors). Engineers and management (and us) have been discussing the option to have it exit out the side of the house.  This would allow us more space for a deck/patio and not interfere with the morning room.  If it came out of the normal location, it would walk out right near/under our beautiful morning room.   We actually got this idea from our neighbor (shout out to Stephanie!) who has this option and didn't have near the trouble that we are having.  We want this exit, just don't take up half of our yard and back of the house to do it! Turns out we have an easement for storm water management going alongside our property line that could interfere with this.  Note, we were not informed about his easement until we began asking about the exit.  This was frustrating and not a best practice).  Regardless, GREAT news...our lot is large enough that the easement doesn't really affect this step: APPROVED for the side welled-exit!

A few days ago our sales rep referenced changes for 2016 to their 'gourmet kitchen upgrade' and we may be able to participate in the new features (this was at our meeting to pick cabinets and exterior colors).  We were all hoping we could qualify because even though we signed in 2015, we're breaking ground in 2016.  We already have the Kitchen Cabinet upgrade 2, but the new changes incorporate dovetailed drawers (much more durable) and soft-close drawer slides (slam it shut and it still closes slowly- that will help the kiddos not lose a finger) After a few emails, headaches, and great work by our sales rep: APPROVED for the soft-close drawers!

At our flooring appointment, we were told that our selections do not include a tiled back-splash.  I'm sure we saw it somewhere buried within our selections, but we couldn’t find it nor talk with someone at the sales office to confirm.  We proceed at the design studio and opted not to tile the back-splash because we didn't like their selection for the extra cost.  Sure enough, my awesome wife found it once we got home and contacted the sales office: APPROVED for the tile back-splash credit!     -Luke