Meeting with Our Builder
During the process of having our home built we met several times with our builder. These meetings served various purposes from paperwork to making decisions about different aspects of the home.
The initial meeting focused on giving our final approval to the floor plan and how the house would be situated on the lot (we had already discussed most of this via email). We also went over the timeline for building the house and the kinds of options that we would have within the floor plan we had selected. We could choose among various flooring options, counter tops, interior paint colors, and exterior finishes and colors. But we didn't really get to see these options during this meeting. The builder did take time to answer many of our questions. Here were a few of our questions.
Q: When you pour the concrete can we have you pour additional slabs for sheds, etc?
A: Yes, we would do that towards the end at a cost of $4 per square foot.
Q: Could the excavator dig out a place for us to put in a trampoline?
A: No, too much liability with the possibility of workers falling in.
Q: Would it be crazy to have you put in a twisty slide from the second floor down?
A: No, not crazy, if you figure out where you want it we can put it in?
While we decided against the slide (for now), because it would take up too much space out of one of our rooms, we did have them pour an additional concrete slab (much cheaper than having it done later) and decided that we could take care of the trampoline ourselves.
In our next meeting we met with the interior designer to go over options for the interior parts of the house and for the exterior colors. They brought flooring samples (carpet, liquid vinyl plank), tile (for the bathrooms), and countertop options. Some of them we made selections on right away, others we wanted to take more time on.
These were our two main meetings and most of the rest of the decisions were made over the phone or email. At the meetings our real estate agent was present (and very helpful) and the builder's agent was also there. Our agent made sure that we got answers to our questions and if the builder was hesitant to do something we wanted our agent pushed things along enough to make sure we got what we wanted.
In my next post I'll describe and show photos of the modifications that we had made in order to make our home unique and to fit in the storage that we would need.
Q: When you pour the concrete can we have you pour additional slabs for sheds, etc?
A: Yes, we would do that towards the end at a cost of $4 per square foot.
Q: Could the excavator dig out a place for us to put in a trampoline?
A: No, too much liability with the possibility of workers falling in.
Q: Would it be crazy to have you put in a twisty slide from the second floor down?
A: No, not crazy, if you figure out where you want it we can put it in?
While we decided against the slide (for now), because it would take up too much space out of one of our rooms, we did have them pour an additional concrete slab (much cheaper than having it done later) and decided that we could take care of the trampoline ourselves.
In our next meeting we met with the interior designer to go over options for the interior parts of the house and for the exterior colors. They brought flooring samples (carpet, liquid vinyl plank), tile (for the bathrooms), and countertop options. Some of them we made selections on right away, others we wanted to take more time on.
These were our two main meetings and most of the rest of the decisions were made over the phone or email. At the meetings our real estate agent was present (and very helpful) and the builder's agent was also there. Our agent made sure that we got answers to our questions and if the builder was hesitant to do something we wanted our agent pushed things along enough to make sure we got what we wanted.
In my next post I'll describe and show photos of the modifications that we had made in order to make our home unique and to fit in the storage that we would need.
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