Since I just went through the design process this week I will try to answer some of your questions based on my experience.
1. You can stretch as much as your lot will allow. Stretch as much a you can.
2. We were told that landscaping is what is is. You have to take their landscaping package and redo it afterwards.
3. We are building a gardenia with pool and it will take 75-80 days. We signed our contract February 17 and got a closing date of may 9th.
6. We are putting in solar heat and it has to be done after they build. The solar heat is put in by someone other than the pool people. In our case it was T&D pools who will install pool. They will recommend a solar person for solar installation. They said it would cost about 4,000.
7. We decided not to have tub in guest room. A lot of people said it's bad for resale but we are never selling!!
9. We were in the Sanibel area all week and never smelled anything.
I think it depends on what designer you work with as to what they will let you do to your home. We had Melissa Stanford and we could do most anything to our house. All changes will cost you. We made a ton of changes
to our gardenia so thankfully she said yes to everything! I was talking to our neighbors who closed 2 months ago and they said they could hardly make any changes. I would advise you to ask for Melissa. She was a miracle worker! Not even sure you can request a designer. Good luck with your choices and be ready for some long days.
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