I feel that it’s been
while since we last had an update on the house, but we projected not hearing
anything until the beginning of February. Plus we’ve had a lot going on that
steered our excitement and anticipation in other directions. We had several
doctor visits (baby and sick), holiday celebrations, a birthday, and just
returned from DISNEY- what a joy to take some time away and enjoy 'the happiest
place on earth'. During the middle of our trip, Feb 1, we received an
email for our pre-construction meeting. So without fail, we scheduled it
for the day after we returned as to not delay anything within our control.
We met out sales rep,
who is due to have her first child in 2 weeks, and were introduced to our
project managers, Maggie and James. First and lasting impressions are
professional, organized, and enthusiastic. Why are there two? Who
knows and who cares… we had good feelings about both and two people filtering
our questions and concerns, the better.
The meeting started
with typical introductions, expectations, and who to contact at this stage of
the process. It almost felt like a transfer of responsibilities from our
sales rep to project managers. We combed through all our sections and
options that come with our model. We chose locations for everything and
presented modifications/ adjustments to some areas of concern:
Utility door
location in basement: Is
it able to move closer to the exterior wall to make the space more usable? Due
to the panelized construction, it will come in its typical location but will be
moved to our specifications shortly after the wall is set.
Wet Bar: We were able to put
the hook-ups wherever we wanted, the location of utility door effected our
choice, hence the question above.
Lighting in the
basement: bedroom
side has a light in the center of the ceiling and the main side has standard 4
recessed lights (we also added a ceiling fan in the center)
Closet under the
stairs: Not
typically standard, however they have been coming already installed lately.
Location/ configuration
of the bathrooms: unable
to change the layout or positioning
We didn’t have any
surprises with this meeting as our thoughts and changes came earlier in the
process. It was reassuring that everything was correct and communication
between all parties has already been happening. They are getting the
final permits tomorrow and plan on breaking ground next week, yup NEXT WEEK!
We look forward to
updating everyone as progress happens in the weeks to come!
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