The first thing that we went over was the contact information for him and what we felt was the preferred method of contact for us. Both my wife and I are usually pretty busy during the day, so we told him that email was probably the best way as it gives us a chance to go over it when we have a free moment as well as giving us something to look back at later if we have any questions. Then we went over the basic layout of the house, the lot and our elevation selection. When we first started out we had selected Elevation A, and ended up changing that along the way to Elevation B so as to not match the house on the adjacent lot. One of the things that we wanted with the new Elevation was a covered front porch which we found out after the fact was something that they weren't doing any longer. We were very pleased to hear from our PM that he is going to make sure we can have that as we were originally told. This is a big relief to us as we really prefer both the look and the convenience of the porch and are happy to hear that we will be able to have it.
Once we went over that he showed us our plot map that shows the setbacks and lot size and he explained the Resource Protection Area (RPA) that backs up to our property. Everything was pretty straightforward there, we knew in advanced about the RPA and our only real concern was if that would affect the location of the property fence we intended to put up after closing and we were told that he would work with us to make sure it was all done properly to take advantage of all the space that we can use. We also plan to add a deck after closing as well, so we figure we can have a contractor come in and take care of that all at once.
From there we went over the Master Selection Sheet that basically outlines everything that is going into the house. A lot of it was information that really only applies to the builder, but it also covers our optional selections and upgrades, windows, etc. We had a few questions about certain options and selections and even decided to take out an optional window that we had originally asked for but later decided didn't really add anything to the space. We were pleased to see that just about everything that we had requested was included in his paperwork, minus a few last minutes changes that we had made regarding our appliance package and a few little things that he went ahead and wrote in notations to make sure it was addressed. We still have a few "non-standard" requests that we would like to have or at least get a little more information on, and we went over that with Ryan and he told us he'd get an email out to our SR so that we could get the few remaining loose ends tied up.
They are:
-Full sized window in finished exercise room
-Service door from garage
-Utility sink in garage
-Tankless water heater location (currently in garage, would like moved or to switch back to tank)
-Extra exhaust fan in master bathroom
-Extra insulation around laundry room
Those are most of them anyway, I'm sure I'm forgetting a few little things, but to be honest nothing on that list or that we spoke to him about that I can't remember are anywhere close to a "deal breaker" they are simply extras that we enjoy having if they aren't impossible to do or expensive to do. Once we went through all that, we talked about the lighting locations, and the outlet locations, where we wanted our fan rough-ins and so on. All pretty typical and painless stuff lol.
When we had finished going over everything Ryan took us out and walked us down to our lot to show us the general placement of the house and the property lines and go over the timetable that would take place from here on out.
In total the meeting took about an hour and 45 minutes and that was with my wife and I going over our very detailed list and asking him a million questions. Ryan was very helpful and patient in going over everything and really helped to put us at ease that he was going to do his part to make sure that we were happy with our home and that all of our questions and concerns were addressed. We continue to be extremely happy with this whole process and with all of the different people that we've felt with so far. We are very anxious to see our home come together and very happy to have such wonderful people to assist us along the way.
Construction should start in the next few days. Stay tuned for a million pictures as our home goes up!!
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