tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69155702917204313652024-02-21T09:31:48.000-08:00Dunkirk Dream - Our Journey Building with Ryan HomesMrsPacManhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01692037164092592209noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6915570291720431365.post-10930637905424595362019-08-26T12:01:00.000-07:002019-08-26T12:09:25.686-07:00Sheds, Exterior Lighting and Mudrooms!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
We decided earlier this year that we needed to get a shed, but we didn't want anything huge - because then we would just fill it up with tons of junk. So we opted to get a small shed to store bikes, pressure washer, etc. The things that get in the way in the garage.</div>
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We had talked to someone at the Home and Garden show a few years ago about exterior home lighting. We loved the idea of it, but hated the price tag attached to getting it done. This year, we decided to be brave and do it ourselves. We got the set (plus a few expansion packs) from Costco. The brand is Volt and it is sold online as well via their website and Amazon. It was fairly easy to install (burying the wires was by far the worst part) and I think the after looks pretty professional. The nice thing is that it plugs right into one of our exterior outlets.<br />
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Our mudroom was another one of those items that we said that we could do on our own after the house was built. It wasn't high on the list so it took us a few years to get around to. We wanted a built in look and went back and forth about how to do it. We considered Ikea furniture hacks and even hiring someone to do it for us. Ultimately, we ended up buying the main unit online. We gave it a built in feel by putting trim around it. The rack actually is from Ikea (as well as the mirror). It gives us the space we need without things feeling cluttered - or bags and shoes piling up everywhere in our house.<br />
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We did not have Ryan Homes finish our basement. We didn't like their options for finishing and wanted to design the space ourselves. We worked with a contractor that we had used in the past at our old house and he helped us come up with the perfect layout for all of our wishes: a play room, a theater room, a pool room and a bathroom - and we also needed storage options too. It took a while to get to a finished product, but we don't regret doing it this way.<br />
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Going from the kitchen, this is the stairwell down to the basement. We had carpet installed and the ceiling and walls painted. At the bottom of the stairs, we have an unfinished area behind the door with the hot water tank, electrical panel, HVAC system, solar stuff, utility sink and lots of shelves for storage purposes. We also had a large closet area put in at the bottom of the stairs that is in an L-shape around the corner. We turned part of it into a dry pantry of sorts and the rest is for totes filled of old clothes and toys.<br />
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This is the playroom (at least for now). We had a pretty chandelier put into this room for the girls and also have a half wall so that we can peek in on them and hear what's going on.<br />
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I guess I never took an after picture of the pocket doors, but they are going into the playroom. They are painted white and look much nicer than this picture shows.<br />
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This is the view of the doors from inside of the playroom. Again, they look so much nicer painted white!<br />
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This is the view from the other side of the hall that the playroom is off of.</div>
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This is probably easily my most favorite part of our house. I love the trim so much! And the epoxy flooring turned out great too. It complemented the look (and color scheme) that we were going for perfectly. Plus, there is virtually no maintenance with it and if we would ever get water in our basement (fingers crossed that we won't) - it would not be damaged at all.<br />
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This is our theater room (the screen hadn't been put up yet) with the most comfortable couch that was ever created!<br />
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This is the view looking from the movie room into the play room.<br />
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No movie room is complete without a screen. It took us a bit of time to get it put together properly and hung, but it's perfect for the space. We put up a 110" screen.<br />
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We also added a dartboard and decided on some wood paneling for behind it to hide when we missed.<br />
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Last but not least, we have a full bathroom down here. We had all of the pipes and hookups put in by Ryan Homes when we built, so we just had to actually get the sink, toilet and shower to install.<br />
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The first thing that we worked on after we moved in was a backyard area that worked for our family. We went back and forth about whether we wanted a deck or a patio. Ultimately we ended up going with a patio because it was easier and less expensive. It has served us very well!</div>
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As soon as we had the concrete pad poured, we added a set of stairs and finally removed the safety rail from the back door. This was so wonderful to finally be able to use this door as a door!</div>
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<span style="text-align: start;">As soon as the concrete pad was in, we had a fence put in around our backyard. We had been using a temporary fence from the basement walk out for our dogs so this was quite the luxury when it was finished. We had gotten so used to walking down into the unfinished basement and it was so nice to be able to just let them out from the kitchen.</span></div>
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As I said in my last post, it took a really long time for our grass to grow. After this picture was taken, most of the grass died and we had to put topsoil down over most of our lawn and then seed it again. We have also hired a lawn company and the grass really started to come together after getting it aerated and overseeded. We still have a few small patches that need help, but for the most part, the lawn is finally full and lush.</div>
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On the inside, we added some lovely lights into the kitchen. This particular light came from Costco.</div>
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It took a few years, but we finally have MOST of the first floor painted. I'd love to say that we painted it ourself, but we hired a painter to get most of it done.</div>
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We also gave our fireplace a much needed upgrade. We love the stone fireplace look, but were unimpressed by the options that we had from Ryan Homes. We knew we would be able to do it exactly how we wanted it for less money eventually. Our eventually finally came. We found this amazing old hand-hewn wooden beam off of Facebook Marketplace. We stained it and had someone come in and put it up along with the stone. It turned out even better than we had expected, especially after we were able to finish painting the living room when it was all done.</div>
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The dining room was a project that we took on ourselves. We installed the crown moulding as well as the chair rail and wainscoting. This is also one of the few rooms that we opted to paint on our own. It was a labor of love, but we love the finished product. We knew that this was something that we wanted to do when we built the house, so we had the builders put in the outlets on their sides along the trim so we wouldn't have to mess with those when it came time to install the picture frame moulding.</div>
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(The moulding under the stairs was the absolute most difficult part of this project!)</div>
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In an attempt to be more "green", we had solar panels installed on our house. </div>
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Here we are, 5 years later almost, and I'm just getting around to posting the images of our house when we actually got around to closing.</div>
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The pillars on the front porch were finally put in.</div>
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As well as our landscaping package (though it would be well over a year until we actually had decent grass growing)</div>
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All of the ground was leveled out and the retaining walls were installed.</div>
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Since we finished building, there has not been a ton of issues. Mostly everything that we had problems with, Ryan Homes eventually came out to fix. Some items took multiple phone calls, but ultimately they have handled everything that has come up.<br />
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The one issue that we had right away was a leak in our master bathroom. At first, they didn't believe that there was an issue, but after a few calls, they sent someone out and we pretty much had to have our entire master shower taken out, re-tiled and re-grouted. That fixed the issue and we haven't seen anything else since.<br />
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We also had a small leak in our attic which after 1 call was resolved. They sent someone out immediately and got it fixed up. This fixed the issue.<br />
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One other thing that we had to have them come out for was to fix the radon pipe that was running through the house. Where they had placed it did not leave enough vertical pipe to install the radon fan in our house. This happened after our warranty was up but they still sent people out to move the pipe and get it so be "proper" for the fan to be placed. We were very thankful and happy that they were willing to help us out years after we had closed.<br />
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The one issue that we still have (and have had since right after moving in) is that water always seems to get onto our front porch when it rains. It runs along the siding channels and down into the front porch corner. They have come out many times now but can't seem to fix it. We are just hoping that it doesn't cause issues later one.<br />
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All in all, we are very happy with how our home building experience went. We love the house and so far it seems to be a pretty quality build. The one piece of advice that I would offer to others going through the home-build process is to be diligent and go to the home site frequently to make sure you don't see anything "wrong" with what it going on. And also take LOTS of pictures of everything. Especially the framing. We have referenced those photos so many times over the years to see where pipes or wires or duct work are running - also to see about where we might expect to find a stud in the walls when we are hanging things.MrsPacManhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01692037164092592209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6915570291720431365.post-45118401656174888072014-11-13T07:53:00.001-08:002014-11-13T20:16:26.012-08:00We close in less than a week!!!<p dir="ltr">So we close in SIX days! I can't believe we are almost done with this process!! I'm also so excited to get into the new house finally!! Everything is coming together and the end is in sight.</p>
<p dir="ltr">We went to the house last night and most of the interior finishes are just about done. It looks like a livable space with flooring and lights and carpeting and painted walls abd a hot water tank!! </p>
<p dir="ltr">The pictures don't even do justice to how beautiful it all is. Of course there are some minor things that we noticed such as bad patch jobs and some sub par finishing work, but our project manager has been amazing and I know he will take care of the last few things we have noticed... Maybe even before we bring them up at the pre settlement meeting on Monday.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Here are some photos of where things are... The cleaning people were in the house when we stopped by.</p>
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So much progress!<p dir="ltr">The last month has been hectic to say the least. Not with building our new house, but with selling the old one. House was listed on a Thursday, we didn't accept any showing appts until Saturday, had three days of non stop showings, then subsequently received three different offers. We went through the multiple offer situation, negotiated one through then had to start the home inspection process. That ended last week and we agreed on the final terms early this week. Just finished the last of the demands and can focus our attention on the new house again finally!</p>
<p dir="ltr">We had our pre drywall meeting on September 29 and found out the pre settlement meeting would be November 17!! Found out this morning that our closing date will be November 19!! I am so excited to get in the new house!!</p>
<p dir="ltr">Over the last few weeks we have watched the electrical, plumbing and HVAC go in. Then over the last week they put in the insulation and began dry walling. I don't know why I am still so amazed by how fast it all gets done, but I am.</p>
<p dir="ltr">When we stopped at the house yesterday, they had started getting siding up and we have a garage door. I love the gray color that we went with. It looks so good with the white trim!</p>
<p dir="ltr">Our PM told us the drywalling process would take about two weeks, so I'm guessing it will be done by the end of next week. Then the trim starts to go in. So much progress! It is really looking like a house now!!</p>
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We normally stop out at the house 2 to 3 times a week and we just went yesterday, but it's all happening so fast that we couldn't resist stopping again today.<br />
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Yesterday the whole second floor was framed and most of the roof up. Today we have almost all of our windows!!!! Our garage concrete floor also got poured today. It is incredible!! I love watching our house come together!!!<br />
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MrsPacManhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01692037164092592209noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6915570291720431365.post-9343815942107963012014-09-02T17:07:00.001-07:002014-09-02T17:38:09.093-07:00First floor framing is done!!<div dir="ltr">
We weren't sure if we should drive by the house today since we were just there on Saturday and yesterday was a holiday, but figured we would see if they started any framing... well!! The whole first floor is framed!! It is finally looking like a house and we are finally able to get a feel for how big the rooms will be in our own home!!</div>
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Our PM said last week that it might be totally framed out by the end of the week and I seriously had my doubts that was possible. Not anymore!! We might be under roof by Friday if this progress keeps up.</div>
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One negative though -- in one of my previous posts I talked about how one of our basement windows was put in the wrong place and needed to be moved to where we had selected -- this was handled immediately, so it was no big deal. When we stopped out on Saturday and the floor was laid down, our fireplace was overlapping the window. It was supposed to be between the fireplace and garage. We took a pic and emailed the PM and he said they saw that last week and the fix was already scheduled. So even though it's another 'wrong' thing (albeit a small one), it is already being taken care of. </div>
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So far, so good!!! Hopefully the next time I post, the entire house is framed!!! :-)</div>
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MrsPacManhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01692037164092592209noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6915570291720431365.post-56238721002673173982014-08-31T06:04:00.001-07:002014-08-31T06:05:07.231-07:00Basement poured, plumbing checked, framing begins!<p dir="ltr">Just a quick update...</p>
<p dir="ltr">In the last couple weeks, our basement has been poured. When we went to check this out, we noticed one of our basement windows was in the wrong location. We emailed our PM and be had the issue corrected by the end of the week. Thank goodness that wasn't a big hassle!</p>
<p dir="ltr">The plumbing was put in and it passed inspection.</p>
<p dir="ltr">All of our wood and windows have been delivered.</p>
<p dir="ltr">The basement floor was poured early this past week and some early framing has begun. Framing should be most of the way done this week according to our PM. </p>
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So we had our pre-construction meeting on August 7. We finally got to meet our project manager. He seems like a great guy and we have multiple shared acquaintances, which is cool.</div>
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We went over all of our selections, confirmed locations of items and went over our non standards. Then we drove to the home site and went over the location of the house and how the ground was going to be changing. I had no idea how unlevel the lot originally was and how much dirt they would be adding to it. Crazy!!</div>
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We also discussed removing all of the trees that are behind the house (on our property) so we can get maximum yard space. Our PM had no problems with any of this.</div>
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Jump to this past week...</div>
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The trees were removed - YAY!! Our footer was poured and the concrete forms are mostly in place for the basement walls to get poured early next week. It's so cool to see the actual footprint of the house finally!! It seems so small still on the big lot that we have.</div>
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So excited to see more things get done!!!</div>
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When we went to visit the site yesterday to check things out, we also got to meet our neighbors. They seem really great, thank goodness!! We have the same model, but theirs is an older version, a daughter (older than ours) and a dog (we have 2). </div>
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We asked them if they were happy with everything and they said they were. Said it was a great house that was built for them and no real problems so far. That's incredible to hear!! They said their only problem has been with Ryan. After they built their house (first in the neighborhood) Ryan started offering lots of incentives for our neighborhood. They want a price adjustment since they feel they got shafted. I would feel the same way, I'm sure. I hope they eventually win their battle. They said they paid like $30,000 more than everyone else on the block. That's so much money...<br />
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MrsPacManhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01692037164092592209noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6915570291720431365.post-23721517506621695232014-08-04T18:11:00.001-07:002014-08-17T09:11:38.868-07:00Our home site is finally staked!!<div dir="ltr">
We drove by the site this weekend and it's finally staked!! Maybe we will have a hole by our pre-construction meeting Thursday morning!! The ground breaking is supposed to be Wednesday!! How exciting!!! :-)</div>
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MrsPacManhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01692037164092592209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6915570291720431365.post-50749412788464019512014-08-04T12:55:00.001-07:002014-08-17T09:11:21.691-07:00Exterior house color examples<div dir="ltr">
Our SR found a few houses who had also selected our exterior color scheme, UED. I'm still happy with our selection after seeing them, thank goodness!! Sadly, neither are our model, and both painted the red door black after they closed but I like them regardless!! Gray, not beige, should be more prominent on our house based on the design. </div>
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MrsPacManhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01692037164092592209noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6915570291720431365.post-73515657108630634022014-07-04T21:06:00.001-07:002014-08-17T09:10:53.199-07:00Final Selections Meeting<div dir="ltr">
So we have finally finalized all of our house selections! Thank goodness!!</div>
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I was worried about picking house colors, but that turned out to be much easier than either of us expected. We were down to 2 stone options, Bucks County ledgestone and Dakota ledgestone. The Dakota looked more gray to us, so we went with that one. We knew that we wanted black shutters and hoped to get gray siding. When we told our SR that, we only had one color scheme to choose from. So here are our color selections!!</div>
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Stone: Dakota Ledgestone</div>
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Primary siding: Graphite gray</div>
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Accent siding: Silver mist (looks creamy to me)</div>
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Door: Roycroft copper red</div>
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Shutters: Black</div>
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Let's hope that we love it all together when it's on the house!!</div>
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We also went over the electrical and lighting options. I thought we would be adding a lot of outlets, but we only are adding 4:</div>
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2 to the storage area in the garage</div>
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1 to the other side of the kitchen island</div>
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1 to the wall in the great room behind where the tv will be mounted</div>
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We also added a switched outlet to the cabinet above the microwave where the vent is so that I can plug lights in for above the kitchen cabinets and will then have a switch to control them.</div>
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Other lighting and electrical options:</div>
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Under cabinet lighting</div>
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4 ceiling fans (1 in each bedroom)</div>
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10 recessed lights (2 above fireplace, 4 in the great room, 4 in the morning room)</div>
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2 ceiling fan rough ins (great room and morning room)</div>
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Floodlights outside of the master bedroom windows</div>
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3 way switch for the lights outside of the garage (1 switch in garage, 1 in foyer)</div>
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1 light prewire above gourmet kitchen island</div>
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Speaking of the kitchen island, that's the most exciting news of all!! We were really struggling with whether or not to get the regular island or gourmet island. We liked the gourmet island better, but it was much more expensive for less storage. Our SR had sent us pics of the old gourmet island that was offered (shaped like a hockey stick) and I fell in love with it. I asked if there was any way we could get that so the non standard request was put in. We waited almost two weeks to get told no. We pushed back and got a yes within a day. So then we had to wait for the price... again, we waited about a week. When they FINALLY got back to us, it was the same price as the gourmet island that is currently offered. I was beyond thrilled about this because it is more than twice the storage of the current gourmet island. Best. News. Ever. I cannot wait to have this island!!</div>
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We also added the counter depth cabinet above the fridge. This was another non standard request that was a fair price to me. </div>
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I am so happy to be done making all of these decisions!!</div>
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We had our Rite Rug appointment on June 14, 2014. First off, let me say that Nicole was phenomenal! She didn't push us into anything and was very helpful when we were having a hard time making decisions. We didn't feel any any pressure at any point in time. I know some people have had experiences where their Rite Rug employee was hard to get a hold of after the appointment, but Nicole has always responded very quickly to us. This is service that we appreciate very much! She was really great!</div>
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We were really excited going into this appointment since we knew we would get to pick out all of our finishes for the house. We went in with a pretty clear idea of most of the things we wanted so I think that helped to make things go pretty quickly. </div>
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We had picked out the kitchen finishes ahead of time and we agreed on the vinyl for the floor very quickly. We also decided to get vinyl flooring in the dining room (instead of carpet) for a small upgrade because we are going to eventually get hardwood installed everywhere there is vinyl so we want the flooring to be as level as possible where we will be putting the hardwood.</div>
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The items that took us longer to pick out was the tile for the bathrooms and also the carpet upgrades we should do. In the end, we upgraded both the carpet and the pad in the great room and kept the upstairs carpeting as the standard. Our thinking is that we aren't going to be upstairs all that often compared to downstairs so that carpet won't get as much wear as downstairs will. </div>
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The item we were most worried about was the bathroom tile - we weren't sure they would have sometime to match our taste. We just re-did all of the bathrooms in our house and were hoping to mimic that as closely as possible. We didn't think it would be possible, but they actually did have options that were reasonably close to what we installed in our current home. We had a small non-standard request that was granted for our tile - we wanted 6 rows of the listello instead of the standard 4. This was granted for a nominal fee. Another non-standard we added was a resin shelf for in the master bath shower. </div>
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We left this appointment feeling very satisfied with our selections and we didn't have any buyer's remorse.</div>
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Vinyl floor: Initiator 66178<br />
Cabinet: Scottsdale Maple Espresso<br />
Countertop: Hi Def laminate 3460-46 Calacatta Marble</td></tr>
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Wall tile: PK98 9"x12"<br />
Listello: SF415<br />
Floor tile: PK98 12"x12"<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These are our choices for the 2nd floor hall bathroom. Same cabinets as the kitchen, white standard cultured marble countertop, and the floor tile is SW92 12"x12". Grout will be the winter gray.</td></tr>
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Our Guardian appointment was the first unpleasant experience we have had. When we first called to set up the appointment, it was easy, no problems. But then about a week before it was scheduled, he called and asked if he could move it around because he had a golf outing that came up. Ok, no problem, we can be flexible. We proposed multiple days and times, including all but 1 hour on a work day and nothing was good for him - his son plays baseball and it's apparently not ok that he miss a game to do his job. Whatever... My husband kept telling me to keep calm because the guy was always super nice on the phone.</div>
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We finally agreed upon a time. We get there and everything is going great. No pressure, just telling us all the options. When we say no to things, he's fine with it. UNTIL we get to the security pitch...</div>
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He just would not let it go. We said that we didn't want it, so we were surprised when he showed us the pricing sheets and it was still on there. We told him again that we did not want it and he just kept telling us pretty much that we needed it. Finally, I asked if we could remove it if we went home and thought about it and decided against it. He said we could, but it "would just be more work for him to do, but he would do it since it's his job". So I just told him to keep it on and we would talk about it more at home. I was sick of telling him one thing and him doing the opposite. Plus at that point, we had been there for 3 hours and needed to get home to our daughter.</div>
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We emailed him the next day asking him to remove it and he still hasn't gotten back to us with our revised pricing. I am getting concerned that he is going to stick us with getting stuff that we told him from the start that we did NOT want.</div>
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Anyways, we ended up getting the 6 pack of additional connections and also the 2 room set up for lyriq - the speaker system. We are going to put speakers between the great room/kitchen/morning room and also outdoor speakers where the back porch is going to be. We are excited with our picks but just wish the security portion wouldn't be so difficult to deal with/get rid of.</div>
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I understand that's their main business, but they have to listen to the customer when they say no. I hope it gets removed sooner than later.</div>
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<span style="color: red;">UPDATE 6-24-14</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">We heard back from the Guardian guy on Friday and he said that he would remove the items that we wanted taken off and send us the updated paperwork. As of right now, we still haven't received the updated paperwork, but at least he acknowledged the changes that we wanted to make.</span></div>
MrsPacManhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01692037164092592209noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6915570291720431365.post-90542882585747085252014-06-15T10:39:00.001-07:002014-08-17T09:05:18.251-07:00Dunkirk Model Home<div dir="ltr">
Welcome to our building with Ryan Homes blog! We started the process about a month ago, so I have some catching up to do to get everything down.</div>
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We had been thinking about building for about 6 months, but hadn't found the right place or opportunity. My husband mentioned a new Ryan community that he had become aware of so we decided to stop by one day after a run. We toured the model and checked out the neighborhood and liked what we saw.</div>
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We went back about a week later to talk numbers and shockingly this neighborhood was offering a ton of incentives - morning room, finished basement, brick front, side entry garage, carriage style garage doors, just to name a few. Additionally, one of the best lots (on the cul-de-sac) was still available. They had been using it as a top soil lot and they decided that they wouldn't charge us the premium for it. The icing on the cake was that the two lots on the one side of the site weren't large enough to build any of the approved models on it, so it's likely those will remain empty.</div>
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We said we would think about it, but we left feeling really good about everything we saw and heard. I started to get really disappointed thinking about us not getting the lot in this community, so we decided to do it! ...so begins our home building journey!!</div>
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