First Time Inside the House!

We met with the Project Manager today, who by the way I think I love (more on that later), to look at a finished master bathroom in a Florence model. After reading so many blogs about the new home owner not liking the single sink/one cabinet master bath, we were worried. After looking at the finished bathroom, we feel better about our choice. We can live with it for now.

After meeting with the PM, we went over to our house, and for the first time, we were able to walk through! The electricians were there finishing up. The plumbing will be completed tomorrow and the insulation will be installed on Monday. We will have our pre-drywall meeting next week. The only thing we weren't happy with was the small window in the "girls' room". This is a result of elevation A.

Pictures:

(1)The small window in the "girls' room". Dislike. Oh well, this room has three windows so I probably shouldn't complain too much.

(3) Upstairs. Standing at the top of the stairs looking into the master bedroom.

(2) Hall bathroom.

(4) The recessed lighting over the fireplace that the sales rep said we couldn't do...hmmm...looks to me like we could do it!

(5) Standing in the kitchen looking into the family room.

(6) Standing in the kitchen looking into the morning room.

(7) Kitchen. The doorway is the mudroom.

(Blogger is frustrating me and I can't figure out how to put the captions next to the picture, so I think it's time for bed)

Oh and the reason I think I might love our PM: One, he is the first person throughout this whole process that hasn't made me walk away feeling like a cheap date. He seems sincere in wanting to make us happy. Two, he seems good at his job. I like people who do their job well. Three, he's young and kind of cute (I've already discussed this with Scott). :-)

The Weidners are building a home

Ok...Scott has been reading blogs about Ryan Homes for a month now. He wouldn't start a blog; so I am!

Hopefully I'll remember to keep up with this. Right now I have all the time in the world, but I know when I start classes the blog will most likely get pushed to the side. Hopefully, Scott will take over at that point.

So for those who don't know: We are building a house! It is called the Venice. You can check out the floor plan at http://www.ryanhomes.com/Venice_16555.html. Once you get to the site you can look at the floorplan and take a virtual tour. We are doing Elevation A with partial brick on the front. In the kitchen we will have the morning room and gourmet island. Instead of a dining room we, I should say I, will have an office with french doors (nice!). Upstairs we upgraded the master bathroom to the garden tub and stand up shower.

Location, location, location!!!
Our new address will be 113 Princess Street (hence the blog title). Can you believe that! Aida thinks we are building her a castle. The subdivision is called Preserve at Royal Oaks and butts up to a preserve. Right now there are about 10 other homes in the neighborhood but most of the lots are vacant. We have one of the biggest lots in the neighborhood: .4o acres! The house is being built so close to the road that we will have a HUGE backyard.

We are moving east of Columbus, which means our commutes will be increased by about 15 minutes. Even though we will have a little extra driving, it suits us. We learned we are not city dwellers. We like a country setting, rather than the worries and closeness of city living. We will be in Pataskala which is located in western Licking County. Jackson will attend Southwest Licking County schools next fall.

Breaking Ground:

Scott met with the Project Manager yesterday. Today they break ground. The house is scheduled to be complete March 17th.

Overall Feelings:

We have a whirlwind of emotions: We are excited, anxious, nervous, scared, and annoyed. Of course we are excited to build a brand new home, but nervous about taking on such a large responsibility. We are scared only because we don't know what the future holds (no one does...right?). And we are annoyed because we haven't had the best experience with our realtor and her husband the builder (that's right folks, our realtor is sleeping with the Ryan Homes builidng rep). That is a long story and I will save it for another post. But besides that, when the home is built, I'm sure we will be so excited to have a new home and castle for Aida and the rest of us (I list Aida only because if you know Aida, you know we are all apart of HER world).

Here are some pictures of our lot.

Stay tuned!