[Happinow]

Welcome! We are also in Sanibel and our house is on Adrienne Way, just a bit behind you. Where do I begin for the tips on meeting with your design team...What model are you building? I would first suggest that you try to read as many of the threads on building a new home...there are plenty of them. Stretch all that you can, especially the garage and the lanai. Get pullout drawers on your kitchen cabinets, your pantry cabinet and your bathroom linen closet. Put in extra outlets in the floors, you can also add as many outlets as you want and put them pretty much anywhere on the wall you'd like, we put all of our fans on dimmers and switches so we may control the speed from the wall outlet, we eliminated the dining room light fixture and replaced it with a fan as we won't use it as a dining room. We put recessed lights in the guest room and master bedroom, we also put french doors in the master so it went out to the lanai. There is so much more but I'm sure others will tell you what they did too. If you have specific questions you can PM me. We just went through the process about a month ago. It's a lot of fun and a lot of work. Don't be afraid to ask for what you want! Bring a bottle of water with you....you get really thirsty!