We have new tentative range of dates...

According to our SM we should be breaking ground the week of  August 15th.  This is still a soft date because they still dont have the permits from the county.  The permits are ready but there was a mistake made on the address and the county wont release them until it is corrected.  We also have a new completion range which is the end of October to early November.  Ultimatly it all works out.

The wait continues...

Here is a quick update but not really :o(  Yesterday I heard from our SM basically bringing me up to speed on the progress of our permit processing.  The county is still processing them and he expects that they won’t be complete for another 2 weeks.  Of course this means that we won’t be settling in September.  This process only started in April and we still can’t break ground.  Our new target date is late October but I think I will just tell myself it will be November and anything earlier will be a treat.  In the meantime I will continue living vicariously through you all LOL!

Update on the status of our permits

Okay so it's been awhile since you have heard from me and that is mainly because I have been waiting on an update on the status of our permits being approved by the county.  I emailed my Sales Manager on Tuesday and this is the response I got yesterday...

"I checked Tues on status.  With the new “permit renewal’ program the County just changed to, the applications needed to go back to our engineer to verify/ be certified that they meet some new updated landscaping requirements.  That has happened and now they are back into the County. Being a new program, we have no frame of reference as to how long they will take to reprocess.  We assume no sooner than a week, but have no clue what the outside turn-a-round may be until we receive them". 

DAMN...Damn...damn!
This was not exactly the news I was looking for.  I am so anxious to get started on the construction of our home.  Expecially after watching everyones progress as I have been doing.  Unfortunatly it looks like we are in for another wait.  We are 60 day out from the date we were scheduled to close and dont have permits to build.  I am praying we will be able to stick with the original plan since the loan company is requesting the required documents to submit to the broker to finalize and prepare for closing...that has to be a good sign right?  Lets hope so...

No news isnt always good news

Hello all,

I just wanted give you all a quick update on what is going on with our home.  The last time I checked in we were waiting on our permits that we were told would take about a week to come back from the county since they had already been issued to a previous builder.  Well I believe we are going into the 3rd or 4th week now.  I sent an inquiry to our Sales Manager and he called me back to let me know that the County has a new process which doesnt allow them to grandfather people over on previously issued permits.  He advised that it would probably be another 2-4 weeks before they are issued.  Although I am finding that this process is turning into one waiting game after another I couldnt fight my face muscles from falling into a serious Dorothy Zbornak like blank state of existance. 

This is likely to have an effect on our delivery date for sure.  I know there is a silver lining to this wait so I will wait patiently until God reveals it to me and when the time comes we will move to the next phase which is breaking ground.  In the meantime I will find out from our Loan Officer if she can give us an updated good faith estimate to give us a better idea of what we need to bring to closing since we added so many upgrades.  To end this post on a lighter note, I had a wonderful fourth of July and ate like a pig at a few cookouts.  I hope everyone enjoyed their holiday and ate as much as I did!

Pictures of the model

Hello everyone,

Still no permits but alas I am finally ready to upload some pictures of the Courtland Model as promised.

Our Lot

This is not the elevation we chose but this is the color

Mud Room/Laundry

Family Room with 4 foot bump out (we did not get the bump out)

Morning Room

Kitchen with Gourmet Island

Close up of the cabenetry

Fridge

Dining Room

Living Room



Powder Room off Foyer



Office/Study

Foyer

Birds eye view of Foyer

Hall Bath





Bedroom

Bedroom

Hall facing additonal brms

Hall facing Master

1 of 2 Master walk in

Master BR

Sitting room off Master BR

2 of 2 Walk in Closet (Master BR)

Upgraded Master Bath

Master Bath additional view

Bedroom

Stairs to Basement

View into bathroom in basement

Full Bath in basement

Heaven, err umm Bar area in the basement

Finished area under morning room



Design Center but would be Media room including the 4ft bump out

So guys there you have it!  I will try to check back in and see what you all think.



Okay so...

I decided to type up a quick update on what is going on with our home.  Pretty much we are just waiting for the freaking permits to come in.  At first we were told we would be breaking ground on the 27th but that has not happened.  I got a call from our sales rep yesterday saying that the permits are still not in from the county but we are still scheduled for a mid to late September delivery.  I wanted to add on a spa shower but was told it was to late to add custom changes.  I was kind of bummed to hear this since I ask earlier in the process but was given a flat out NO as an answer.  It’s not a huge deal because that would be a luxury and not a necessity.  Overall we are still happy but all of the planning sure takes away from the fun.  Here is a quick rundown of some of the options and items we ended up selecting.

We have a Courtland elevation B with the darkest brick, red door, black shutters, and white siding.
Finished basement with unfinished media room.
Morning room and Gourmet Kitchen
We selected a Dark Brown hard wood in the foyer, powder room, kitchen, and morning room.
Upgraded stairs with runner
Carpet with highest upgrade on padding on each level
We have full bar in the basement
basement full bath
owners suite with sitting room
upgraded owners bathroom
added a few extra windows to the family room as well as the dining room but did not go with the bay window
St. Cecelia Granite counters and Cherry Bordeaux cabinets, cognac in all of the bathrooms and vinyl in the mud room.
We also added a few wall sconces in the dining area and various electrical outlets in different places in the house.
Added French doors at the basement walk out and off of the morning room, molding and wall trim and a dedicated outlet for the deep freezer in the garage.

I will be uploading pictures from the Courtland model very soon so stay tuned guys!

Weekend Update

So, we decided to go to the model one last time today to scope out everything. Also to take a few pictures. Tomorrow we meet with out sales representve to finally sign our final contract.. And of course write out another check to them :( ! Not sure what the next step is but I really hope it's a pre - contraction meeting and hopefully we are able to break ground sooner rather than later. Let's see, we also did another drive by through the neighborhood this weekend. We discovered that there are actually people living in the community!!! Usually when we are there we don't see anyone , but not this time!! Kids were playing outside, people were walking their dogs...and people were jogging!!!! Yess!!! That's all I have to report..hopefully we'll have a chance to put sothe pictures up this week of our lot, and a few of the model before we head up to Martha's Vinyard for Memorial Day.