We close this month!

Just finished up our 10th week of building.  They've got the first coat of paint on everything and they got the hardwood floors and vinyl installed.  They were working on gutters when we were there today.  Our Project Manager said the trim guy should be out Monday.  He also mentioned that they would be getting more topsoil soon for our yard.  Apparently since we close after April 15, they have to have our sod and seed in before we close.  So that's a plus!

Looking good!

Vinyl in upstairs laundry room and both boys bathroom and master bathroom.

Morning room (aka dining room) with covered hardwood

My non-potty trained 2 year old telling me he's going to pee here :) 
Hardwood is covered but you can see some peeking out for an idea of just how dark it is!

The garage is full of stuff for Ryan to do next week!

Cabinets were delivered!

A pile of doors to be hung and our beautiful "baby gate" to block our backdoor until we build a deck.

Double vanities for both bathrooms.

Menards was having their 11% rebate so we got the ceiling fans bought for the master bedroom and bonus room.  (That makes 5 total to be installed so far. :))  I'm still not ready to bite the bullet on the great room ceiling fan.  Also found out Home Depot will install all of our blinds (26 windows including garage and basement) for $118.  Andrew says that's worth it!  So I am planning to have them come measure towards the end of next week.  We ordered our kitchen island cabinets from 84 Lumber(almost $2000 cheaper than Home Depot).  I'm now looking for a granite distributor.  Its time to get stuff done...we close this month!!!

Bonus room & Master bedroom fans - basic and simple

I'm hoping to get the front door and garage door paint this weekend as well as I am starting to look at kitchen backsplashes.  I think I'm going to ask our Project Manager to not put the "lip" on our granite so we can do the backsplash right away.

Benjamin Moore Aura Grand Entrance Satin in Caliente

My initial plan for a backsplash.  Clean and simple look.

This is what I am going for with the black garage entry door.

Selections complete!

Update from last week, we signed our production document basically stating no big structural changes can be made.  We also got the price ($600) for putting a utility sink in the laundry room instead of a closet.  Decided to go forward with that.

So today we met with our Sales Rep. and finished up all of our selections.

A bit of confusion on basement windows. We thought 2 were included and we added an egress.  Apparently only 1 is included when you get the morning room.  So we moved that so it won't be under the deck or patio when we decide to do that down the road.  Positioned the egress at the end where we forsee a future bedroom.

Main sticking point came from the driveway. Up until this point everything says 16' wide driveway, but because we have a side entry driveway the driveway is only 12' wide.  Andrew was quite concerned about this.  After talking it through he decided we would live with it.

Driveway Drawing 

All exterior colors were decided. Of course the color we originally wanted was already chosen across the street.  But we came through with a second choice.  I can't believe I forgot to take a picture! 

We placed all 4 light rough ins and 2 ceiling fan rough ins as well.

We also found the local lumber company that sells Timberlake cabinets.  We plan to buy the 2 cabinets and build the gourmet island before we even move in.  I'm confident this will be my favorite part of the house!

Another good point, all the lots on our street have been sold.  So we won't be dealing with too much construction traffic once we move in!

Next meeting will be our preconstruction meeting with the Project Manager.  Trying to decide if I should bake him cookies...anyone who has built before knows you want this guy on your side! :)  Anticipating late January/early February for this meeting.