Day 3!

Once again, the amount of progress in such a short time caught us off guard...It is always fun to turn the last corner and see our lot, and today when we turned that last corner our mouth's dropped...attention e-community/ryan homes family.. we have a house!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Woot Woot!!!! We have a house!!!!!!!! We stayed around today and enjoyed watching the men work, we even went out and got them Gatorades. It is amazing how fast they move, and how precise they are... also how dangerous they are!! As a nurse, I cant help but cringe when they throw electric saws up to the next level.. plugged in electric saws..all I see is missing limbs lol. But they manage, and they just keep working. We were hoping to catch them as they were leaving so we could get into the house and walk around.. but even after we left for dinner and came back they were still there (7:30) So no luck, but maybe this weekend we will be able to get in and get some cool pictures :)

An Idea of our yard, back of house to woods (and about 15 feet into the trees )

My Husband and I

 

Day 2!

NOT our house.. but this is what it will look like shortly!!! We drove around another Ryan Homes neighborhood today and found it :)

Day 1 of framing!

me in the Kitchen

Eating in the dining room lol

My husband and I stopped by around 4pm, just as the plumber was leaving. I cannot tell you how exciting it is to drive by the house every week.. it's like Christmas morning..EVERY time :) Here are a couple of pics, unfortunately my camera battery died, and so these are off my phone, but I am an idiot and had my finger over half of them.. cuz it was bright and I couldnt see.. but oh well, you can get the idea!

Lumber has arrived!

Got an email from our PM today, after we emailed him for updates. (might I add that I am a little annoyed, he has not contacted us this entire time, unless we contact him first... but hopefully it will get better as time goes on. He is at least a nice guy.)Anyways, he said that lumber arrived today and that they will begin framing on Wednesday  finishing by Monday! So excited!!!!!!!!!! I can't write much now, getting ready for work, but thought I would add a little update.. We will stop by lot on Wed and take pictures to post!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Do the "worker bees" work the weekends?

Everyday I wake up ( at 2-3pm b/c I work night shift in the ER) and all I want to do is drive to see the progress... especially this early in the game because I do not want to miss anything! My question is if they even build on the weekends or not?? It is about a 15-20 min drive one way from where we are living now, to our new home.. and I guess it would be worth knowing if there is any point in going today. I have not gone out there since my last post... so I will go today just for fun heheh :)

We have a basement!!

SURPRISE!!! We had no idea it would be this far along in 2 days!!

We cannot wait!!!!!!!!!!

Ace and Addie, our dogs, enjoying their new home :)

Our neighbors on one side is actually an equestrian farm, so pretty!

We stopped by the house today, just for fun to look at the dirt, etc... and what do we find?? A basement!! So crazy how fast they work!! It is no longer just our imagination hehe, now we can visualize everything! 

Selections!

So today was the big dig day, now everything is off and running!! Can't wait to watch the progress!! I would like to begin this post with an update on the fence dilemma from previous post. The surveyor came out and remeasured, no change there.. I secretly was hoping he made a mistake. Our PM said he would write a letter with the surveyors drawings and mail it to the neighbors.. hopefully things are resolved without much conflict...
Anyways, I thought since I really do not have much of an update on the house, as they just broke ground, I will write a post on the selections we chose the last 4 months.
When choosing our model, we walked through 3 different models. First was the Florence, then the Venice, and finally the Sienna. Our favorite was the Venice, but it was too much space for the two of us, and also we would not be able to do many upgrades. One of the selling points for my husband and I was laundry on the same level as the bedrooms, which the Florence did not have, and so we decided to go with the Sienna as it did have the laundry room on the top floor and we would be able to do all the upgrades we wanted! It also has room to grow, but we are not planning on starting a family for a few years, so it is a  perfect fit for the two of us :) And so to the selections!!!

• Model: Sienna, Elevation B with partial stone front (Aspen stone I think), grey exterior color with white trim, black door, and dark grey shutters.
• Kitchen: Scottsdale Maple Cognac cabinets, Uba Tuba granite,tiled backspash stainless steel appliances. Crown Molding around cabinets, recessed lighting, upgraded 8in sink with pull out faucet and we added the island. 
• Flooring: Carpet in the living room, foyer, basement, and upstairs. Vinyl tiles in mud room and bathrooms, Wood in kitchen, dining room, and morning room. 
• Additional Upgrades
• Finished basement, no additional powder room, simply a storage closet
• Morning room with both optional windows, ceiling fan fix in.
• White cabinetry in bathrooms, standard counters.
• Fireplace with Uba Tuba granite
• Garage with additional side entry and garage door opener with outdoor keypad.
• Fan fix ins for all 3 bedrooms as well as the dining room and morning room

I am probably forgetting something, so if you have any questions just ask!! Also, if anyone has the granite/cabinet that we selected and would like to share pictures.. I would love to see :)