Week 13 - Ahhhhhhhhhhhh! I'm so excited!!!!

We received our last update from our project manager on Saturday.  I say last because he likes to save all of his thunder for the pre-settlement walkthrough, which will be happening next Monday!!!!

So the work that was done last week and over the weekend was small, but significant.

• Trim carpenter came and did his punch outs and corrections
• Mechanical contractors installed all the finish items (toilets, lights, etc.)
• Drywall touch ups
• Carpet installation
• Stone work.... YESSSS!!!
• Siding completed over the weekend
• Shutters, trims and gutters

The Loft 

The Stone

And then this....

  

Next week, we go do our pre-settlement walkthrough on Monday and then we close on Wednesday.  We are "this" close!!!

Week 10 - Brick and Lots of Activity

So the brick work started this week and looks like it has wrapped up as of tonight (Thursday, 21 April).

Other than that, we know that the cabinets and countertops have been delivered and there has been a lot of activity at the house.  I'll update more if our PM sends an update tomorrow (he's saving his thunder for when we do the pre-settlement walkthrough).

Exterior Selections

Surprisingly, the exterior selection meeting was the easiest for my husband and I.  And then it became the hardest one.  So for Elevation L, we got to select stone for the front, two colors for a dominant and less dominant siding color, shutters and doors, and a coordinating brick color for the back and sides.

Here's what Elevation L looks like:

We easily selected the following:

Bucks County Stone

Raisin for the door

...but the brick.  

Well, we found out that our neighbor had picked the one we felt matched best.  And none of the other brick colors felt right.  So we jumped in the car and drove around the neighborhood looking at houses and decided we liked this color combination:

Stone:  Dakota Ledgestone

Siding:  Monterey Taupe and Cobblestone

Door and Shutters:  Black

Trim:  White

We love our selections, even though we had to make a change.  I can't wait to see it for real!!

 

Options Selected in the Milan

Our philosophy in selecting our options in the Milan was to focus on things that would be difficult to upgrade or change in the future.  Additionally, we tried thinking about options that we would like if we either stayed in the house forever or if we decided to sell it in 10 years.

The things that were "thrown in" by Ryan Homes were:

• Finished basement ($13,995)
• Morning room ($15,995)
• 200 Amp Service ($695)
• Upgrade to the 50 gallon Water Heater ($200)

So here are the options we selected:

• Elevation L with the partial stone (like this)

• Window Egress in the Basement
• Garage Service Door
• Side windows in the Morning Room
• Gourmet Island 
• Kitchen Cabinet Upgrade 1
• Powder Room Window
• Study
• Owner's Bathroom Soaking Tub and Shower
• Paint Package Three Tone (We didn't want the white or cream.  We opted for the Agreeable Gray throughout.)
• Metal Balusters on the Stairs

• 7 overhead lights (Morning room, family room, study, all three bedrooms and the loft.)
• Water Softener Rough-In
• Gas Oven Hook-Up
• Gas Dryer Hook-Up
• Gas Water Heater