Today we met our Project Manager who will be building our house, John. He began by going over all our selections, going thru the house room by room discussing layout and options.
He marked where we want our pre- wires (study, morning room and guest bedroom).
We learned that whole house oil rubbed bronze does NOT include shower rods...interesting huh?
So I think that might look " off" but we can deal with that later, not a major deal, just surprised me.
We learned our driveway, sidewalks, exterior trim painting and sod/landscape will all be completed in spring, so we go thru winter with packed gravel for our driveway.
Pros and cons, he did say a fresh concrete driveway can't withstand the weight of a moving truck, so we won't have to worry about our POD as it will sit on gravel:)
Should be a joy watching Zoey endlessly search for a perfect spot to do her business when there will be no grass anywhere!
Our trim work package was outlined for us, it will be in the foyer, tray ceiling and study. Just crown molding and trimming on non doorways.
Confirmed garage bump, total footage should be 21' roughly.
Talked about ceilings, they only come stomped, but looked nice, so we are good with that.
Asked him to omit installation of wire shelf in laundry room, he admitted there would be a 50/50 chance his guys would be able to follow that change, but he will make it right should they forget...they work like robotic machines and don't deviate:)
We flipped the option on the light fixtures at foyer and entrance to house, placing the more ornate fixture up in the tray ceiling.
Found a place for the 110 outlet in basement.
House will have 150 amp electric service.
Water heater is electric, they say for the efficiency, but we would have preferred gas.
Learned our cabinets ARE indeed 42" (very happy), this is now standard for Ryan Homes.
The timeline we were told at this point is:
October 29/30... Breaking Ground! He will call us to let us know but joked not to come out at 6am to watch (he has people do that)!
He estimated drywall would go up approximately 30 days after ground breaking.
He estimated a potential closing date of late January...we told him to take his time, we are committed to our apt lease until end of March.
But there are a few things we want to do before moving in and winter in Ohio...well you just never know!
We are excited and look forward to working with John and seeing our house be built!
