[graciegirl]

We bought a designer home two years ago when the developer wasn't building houses "to suit". You couldn't pick a lot and build a house, you could buy a house already built, and nothing, NOTHING, was a choice.

We are planning on moving here full time and plan to build a house, selling our two others.

So this question is for you who have gone through the process; what are the choices? What colors can be chosen for the walls and what color appliances? Can you get a bright colored washer and dryer? Is there a choice of blinds? Are great big floor tiles more expensive than just big floor tiles and what colors do they come in? What kind of choices for the exterior of your home? Are those Cape Cod shingles more than plain siding?? What colors do block and stucco come in?? Does it have to coordinate with the interior? What other choices do we have?

How long do they give you to make these choices and is there a design center where you can look at the tile and at the siding etc??

If there is such a place, can you enter this inner sanctum before you are really doing the buying part??