Shingles...the good kind of course :)

We now have shingles on the roof!! A little concerned as to why the house next to us that actually started after us is already completely framed, wrapped and has the windows in!! They also had the a/c people there.  I am assuming they have a larger crew than us and they move quick.  I know ours has moved pretty fast but I am not a fan of them being ahead of us. LOL.  Plus their wrap was done a level at a time and ours looks like one big process.  I have an email out to the PM.  

We have an appointment set up tomorrow at 2:30 to actually go inside!!! Hopefully we will arrive and be at the same point as our neighbors. 

I am soooooo happy we locked with an outside lender!!! The rates are climbing and if we stuck with NVR we would have a much higher rate!!! Not good!

Pictures to come after our meeting tomorrow...

Look what happened today! Day 30

So today around 11:30 this is what we drove up too.....

I love the little side window.  That is Miss Allexah's room :)

Photo from a distance :)

Literally on the 3rd day of building and they have it framed! I emailed our PM and asked when they thought they would do the weather wrap and all the other good stuff and he said this evening!  He also said the house will be completely framed as of tomorrow and shingles for the roof are set to be delivered tomorrow as well!! Woohoo I am waiting to hear back on setting up a time to walk through the home before the drywall is placed.  We leave for vacation soon so I hope we can by Friday.

My husband and I went back by this evening and took a photo of the backside of the home.

They are a little dark but you can see the morning room.  They are putting the framing up for the roof :)

Other exciting news...

We went to Ashley furniture this evening and got the sectional I have been eye balling for about 3 weeks now! My husband was able to get them to honor their previous discount as well.  I am so excited to start decorating.  I love this type of stuff!! Thanks to my mom she gave us a ton of new curtains so we are set in that department! Gotta love that! 

Until next time.....

Happy Hump Day!

2nd floor started..Day 29

We now have a 2nd level.  Well part of it!!! Hoping by tomorrow it will be framed completely.  My mom can be to thank for my first photos of the day at about 1:30.  Then my husband went out around 4:30. 

About 1:30 (thanks mom) they have framed the garage and were laying the second level flooring.

About 1:30 today

4:30 today, walls are going up

Our PM emailed me today and said our brick is set to be delivered the middle of next week! We will be on vacation so hopefully we can get a family member to take some photos for us :)

NVR update:

After speaking with our LO last week he informed me that at this time they cannot match the outside lenders GFE interest rate.  Especially since they locked us so early.  His only hopes are that the rates go down before close.  He did say that there is no harm in having two lenders run our numbers.  That if in the end they can't match at least someone else has us at what we want and need.  I asked about the NVR credit and he said that if they cannot match we are due our credit and he has seen it given in the past for this instance.  That was a major relief for us!!! I will keep you posted :)

Happy Tuesday!

Framing has begun!!! Day 27

Here we are close to Memorial Day and the crews work diligently to complete the next step in our home.  I feel like its moving so quickly now that we are out of the basement time zone.  We arrived to our lot yesterday around 2 PM after our PM Adam emailed and said they started framing today.  It is about an hour drive from where we are staying so we hopped in the car and drove out.  When we arrived they were starting to place the floors.  The kids and I took a walk over to peek into the clubhouse.  They are having a grand opening next week with a dj food and drinks!! We are so excited to possibly meet our neighbors.  Everyone we passed while there went out of their way to say hello and were really friendly.  Which is wonderful.  

After creeping the site the kids wanted to go in the model and chat with our SR's.  They always have treats :). I love going in and getting ideas for decorating.  I wish you could hire their interior decorator.  Sherrie informed us there is a model of the Florence in Liberty Ohio.  Which wasn't far from the outlet mall.  We decided we would check it out then go shopping! We have actually never seen a model of our floor plan!! We have however seen our neighbors almost finished one at our pre-construction meeting.  Yet, they didn't have a finished basement or some of the upgrades we got.  We hopped in the car and made the trip there.  I absolutely loved it! It's a perfect size home.  Not too small or too big!

In this picture the truck has sheeting on it.  They are flipping the sheeting onto the house and another guy is securing them down.

Flooring support is placed.  A lot going on as you can see.

Taking a walk to the clubhouse 

This is a view at the clubhouse but also from our bedroom window :)

The pool is almost finished!

After going to the Florence model and spending time at the outlet malls we decided to swing back by the house on the way home.  Which was about 5 hrs later.  So around 7:30.  This is what we seen.....

The first level practically framed!

There are actually 4 guys still in there working away!

Kind of Dark but this is the side of the garage that hasn't exactly been framed yet.  

It was so cool to see the morning room area and window cut outs.  Hopefully next time I can get closer photos.  It was super muddy today and my kids would have loved the adventure but this momma was not dealing with dirt in her freshly cleaned car!!!

Happy Memorial Day!!!

Lumber Jack =] Day 24

Whew what a long day it has been!  I have been driving all over Ohio it seems like today.  After work I took a drive by the lot to check progress.  They had delivered another pile of lumber!! And some weird rusted tub shaped things.  Not sure what they are.

I emailed Adam our PM today asking what the next step was. I got an email back this evening saying that they are finishing up a house across from us and we are next!!! It could be as early as Friday they start building! Wooohooooooo. (Doing a happy dance) 

I took a few more pictures this evening as well.

2nd load to the left 

Weird tub rusty things.  Not sure what those are...help anyone?

Since they Sod the front and sides we get grass seed netting in the back.  I creeped and took a picture of the neighbors :)

This is the house they are on now across from us.  They literally built that much in 1 day! Craziness.

Closer view if the clubhouse which will have a park, pool and fitness center.  Which is why we have HOA fees. :/ merp but still excited about the clubhouse!

NVR Update!!!!

We finally got the Approval letter for our loan.  I mean we have only already started building the house!!!  I was freaking out.  Well they took out the "origination fee" to help compare to my outside lender GFE.  But they still have not met the rate I have been locked at which was 3.375!! Nvr's best right now is 3.75!!! Which is a big difference in payment.  So our loan processor said he will check with his market people and see if they can match the rate.  Getting closer!!  At least they are trying to work with it! So anyone out there still in this process don't settle for what they show!! Do some homework on outside lenders.

I hope you all are having a fabulous week!! 

Day 23----yippppeee

Wooohooooo!!!! We officially have lumber!

They also brought our windows and doors.... Extra bonus

Close up of sliding door And non-painted front door 

The garage floors have been poured! Fresh I believe..

Basement Floors....just poured

View of the Lot sign :)

Our neighbors are moving along as well....I didn't realize how close we will be until today LOL

Look how close we are to the clubhouse!! You can't see it but in the back they have the pool complete and the fence up.  So exciting!

Waiting to get word on when they will start building our house.  From what we have seen once they get the lumber the home is up in as little as 3 days! Craziness how fast it is.  It's so cool that it is already pre-constructed in the lumber house.  So it's basically a puzzle.

*Side Note* A little sad that they are already developing the land behind us.  I was hoping for a view of fields from my morning room for awhile.  I cannot wait to see everything start to come together.  I can finally show our kids something that resembles a house very soon!

I am hoping we don't get any of the severe storms from the Oklahoma tragedy.  Bless all of those families.  I hope everyone is safe. 

Until next time.......hopefully I will have an NVR update!

LUMBER DAY!!!!

Well today is the day! Lumber is supposed to arrive.  I can't wait for 5 o'clock to roll around so I can take a drive out to the site :)

Also, can't wait to take a look at the clubhouse.  It is supposed to be opening this week along with the grand opening of the pool for memorial day weekend!!! Stay tuned for pictures this evening!