We Must Be Crazy

Hello! After looking at numerous Ryan Homes blogs and getting great information, we figured we would do our part in writing down the process of building a home!

Jessica, my fiancee, and I have been looking at homes for many months. Checking out houses on Zillow is something we would regularly do. During the process of looking at used homes, we thought about the idea of building. After doing some research of builders in the area, we thought that it would be too much money and not possible. So we went back to looking for used houses. We could not find a house that felt like home.

We then went back to the idea of building. This time we talked to a couple of builders in the area we liked. We set up an appointment to visit with the Ryan Homes representative. Two days later we are sticking the SOLD sticker on the lot marker! The price was something that we could not pass up! The incentives we received made a world of a difference.

The first floor includes the morning room which was an included incentive for the month of August. We loved the home office that comes off of the great room. We decided that we did not need to have a fireplace. The gourmet island was also something we bargained with along with the washer, dryer, and refrigerator. Jessica made it clear she wanted an island! We went with granite counter tops for the kitchen as well.

In the second floor we wanted to have 4 bedrooms. When first looking at the Palermo we thought the bonus room was great, but not necessary. After some discussion, we were able to get the bonus room thrown in at a much lower price. We were thrilled. Jessica will be sure to fill up the closet in the master bedroom. We upgraded to a walk in shower in the master bathroom. We also liked that the washer and dryer will be upstairs.

The basement will be unfinished. This saved us some money. We plan to finish it down the road. We did rough in a bathroom for future plans. Having an unfinished basement means I get to have a pretty large workshop. At least for now.

We chose Elevation C for our house. The image to the right shows the bonus room on top of the garage.

We plan on moving in by the end of March 2015!

We hope to send post plenty of updates!

-Nick