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Originally Posted by PatandBob
We have an appointment with the design center in a few weeks. We are building a Begonia.
For those who have done this before ... any advice, tips, or suggestions to help make the process smoother would be much appreciated. How long did it take to pick everything out? Any thing you'd do differently now that you've been through it?
Thanks!
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Pat & Bob,
Congratulations! You will love it.
We closed on our Begonia 2 weeks ago and love it. The Design Center will take about 3 hours +/-. When you make your choices they put it all in writing and you come back 2 days later to review it then sign. No more changes allowed.
Here is what we did and are very glad of it. Stucco exterior. Stretched the garage 4 feet to the
side this is probably the most important thing we did. Also brought the driveway straight out from the golf cart garage to the street. This way if you have a car or 2 on your diveway you can back straight out. Roman shower (love it) and no posts in the dining/living area. Felt they took up way too much space and limit how you can place you furniture. All tile except carpet only in bedrooms. Lanai doors open all the way back into the wall. One thing I wish we could of done but the lot size did not allow it was to stretch the lanai out 2 feet. It is very narrow 8' 8" and our square table with 4 chairs makes it very tight to get around it. Also guest bath and bedroom are very small but my husband said, "we don't want the company getting too comfortable". So we make do. Kids are here now and have no complaints about it.
One funny mistake we did was hang a very large mirror on the entry wall on the guest room sides. Husband put the drywall anchors in and all was well the mirror looks very nice. Two days later we tried to close the pocket door......he screwed one anchor into the pocket door.....duh! Door would not close/move. We laughed and will now have a great story to tell about moving in. The pocket door is free now but with a hole in it and the mirror is still on the wall. Husband worked it all out.
Have a fun time an please enjoy the journey.
Cecelia