[CraigAC]

It sounds like your frustration is with your sales rep. They are the ones that should be preparing you for your design meeting.

We picked out our lot in December 2011 and scheduled our design meeting for last week. In the 5 months leading up to our design meeting our sales rep provided us pricing for at least 9 different combinations of options for the model we picked out.

We started with a base unit, and kept adding and subtracting options until we came up with the combination of options and final price we were comfortable with.

Our rep was very clear with us – he couldn’t supply us with a price list of the different options, but he could supply us with a total price for the home with the options we were considering – and he never turned down my request to provide a price for a new combination of options.

By the time we arrived last week we were ready to approve our final decisions with our designer. All she had to do was take us around to the various models so we could see the options we picked out in an actual home. We also spent about 90 minutes at the granite yard to pick out the 4 slabs they’ll be using in our home.

We started at 1pm on Thursday and were completely finished with the paperwork by 5pm on Friday.

I suggest you ask your sales rep to price out your model with a couple of different option combinations. You’ll be able to work the numbers to see what each of the major options are going to cost you.

The more you prepare prior to the designer meeting, the smoother it will go.
Good Luck to you…