Lot Selection

So lot selection.

One of the things we hated about some of the lots were the giant utility boxes out in the front yards.  Some were big boxes, others were smaller gas line pipes.

The lot (#361) we first selected had a smaller pipe in the front corner.

We had until January 14th to make final selections on our lot, so we headed back to Ohio for a couple of days to finalize our options, the lot, and do our Guardian and Flooring America meetings.  

The first thing we did was drive around and make sure we were happy with the lot.  And sure enough, we made a change.

First, we realized that our driveway would be right next to our neighbors.  Not a big deal, but we liked the idea of grass-driveway-grass-driveway and not grass-driveway-driveway-grass.  If you notice on the picture, our Sales Rep went through and showed us which side of each lot the driveway had to be on.  FYI, we didn't get to choose - it was how the community was laid our.  Which also meant we didn't get a choice on whether our floor plan was to plan or reverse.

Secondly, as we were driving around, we realized that the back of the lot we had first selected had a good size dip into the drainage canal.  It significantly shortened our back yard and was the main reason we decided to change.  We ended up going with Lot #337 (top row, middle-ish).  It has a smaller utility set up in the front, but it backs up to another part of the community where the yards are bigger, so the distance to our neighbors in the back was more than what it would be with most other lots.