Wednesday, August 7, 2013

Approved!

Just a quick post to note that we were approved for our mortgage by NVR yesterday. So glad that it is one less thing that we need to worry about. Now to wait for the permits and the pre-construction meeting! I'm guessing that the pre-construction meeting won't be until the end of September based on what I'm seeing from others in my neighborhood. The next 8 weeks or so are going to be tough!

Tuesday, August 6, 2013

Floor Plan

After jumping back and forth between various floor plans, we decided on the Milan.
The plan below includes all of our selected floor plan options.

Starting with the first floor we decided to convert the living room into a study as we were not fond of the positioning of the coat closet without the wall between the two rooms. We also decided to add the optional window in the study. The side load garage is a standard in our community. We knew that we wanted a fireplace and chose to place it on the side wall so that it would not interfere with our deck (a 10x12 was included as an incentive). The morning room was also included as an incentive and we close to the gourmet island in the kitchen. 

The second floor for our model does not have very many structural options. We selected the alternate upgraded owner's bath with the seat in the shower and added the additional sink as well. We added the tray ceiling in the owner's bedroom as that was something we had really appreciated about our prior home. We decided to keep the loft instead of turning it into a fourth bedroom.