[poromo]

Batman, We are having our design meeting at the end of January and are considering either a Lantana or Zinnia. We'd also like to stretch the house as much as our lot will allow. One person told me they were able to stretch their Zinnia from 2020 sq/ft under air-conditioned to 2950 sq/ft. Is this possible? Were you able to determine the cost of your stretches?

[janmcn]

Originally Posted by jimbo2012

yes 211 is open, there over 420 spec homes ready for sale.

Met a contractor working at Brownwood he was offered a contract to build a group of stores, but they gave him a dead line of 5 months to complete, I said can you build it that quick?
He said it's going to be hard but he needs the work so he signed the deal.

He was also told that after Jan it's really going to get busy building homes at a high rate, he thinks the build out will be two years.

Did the contractor say what stores he is building? Did he mention a new Publix or other grocery store?

[jimbo2012]

No just a group of building for retail space.

[kittygilchrist]

the publix at Colony is only 3 miles from my lot on Amherst! Brownwood is also 3 miles. My dream of golf carting to groceries is coming true.

[A-4 Skyhawk]

Originally Posted by CalcTeacher

That sounds awesome! I'm sure The Mayor has your cell # or a way to contact you (and he has mine I think)...we'll get something coordinated! Once we arrive we won't have internet and neither one of has a phone fancy enough to be a hotspot for our PCs so it will be "old-fashioned" texting for us!

Drive safe!

Calc -
I have one phone number for you and Ed on the spread sheet. Make sure it's your cell and we should be able to reach you when we land.

[A-4 Skyhawk]

Originally Posted by Yankee Quilter

A second for the congratulations! So exciting!drive safely and good luck for good weather?

We got our design complete pack in the mail yesterday ...want to be there!

Merry merry all!i

My sales rep said that I would find out on the 9th who my design person would be. I think they know who it is, but my reputation of "wanting to know" and "planner of the century" probably has me locked out until design day. I've learned SOOOOOO much from all of you who have designed and bought that my wish list is 3 pages long. I hope our designer has a sense of humor. I may even pull a Junction and roll on the floor for them
By the way, what is a " design complete pack" ??

[Twinspin60]

Originally Posted by CalcTeacher

We finally closed on our home yesterday! A little anti-climatic unforunately...wish we could have been there in person. Somehow standing at a UPS counter in a strip mall in Virginia having what seemed like 932 pages notarized just doesn't seem as exciting as actually being handed the keys.

We are packing a truck on Christmas Eve and then leaving the day after Christmas to drive down (arriving on the 27th) for Stage One of our move (Stage Two will be over my Spring Break and then Stage Three [final] will be in June). Maybe a Gilchrist caravan to Brownwood for Happy Hour will be in order!

Merry Christmas to all!

Congrats on your close and may all your dreams come true when you see it in December. Will you still be there in January when we come for our close on the 3rd? We also plan to do our move in stages but as I look at all the snow falling I'm ready to pack up and move right now--screw finding jobs!!
Marry Christams and safe travels.

[CalcTeacher]

Originally Posted by Twinspin60

Congrats on your close and may all your dreams come true when you see it in December. Will you still be there in January when we come for our close on the 3rd? We also plan to do our move in stages but as I look at all the snow falling I'm ready to pack up and move right now--screw finding jobs!!
Marry Christams and safe travels.

No...we'll be gone by the 3rd. School resumes on 1-2-13 in the country where I teach. I'm guessing we'll leave on 12-30-12. But as of right now we are planning on coming back down MLK weekend for the weekend.

[chiefrose]

When did you have your design meeting. We had ours on 12/18 & 19 and our close is 3/5.

[batman911]

Originally Posted by Lpierleo

Batman, are you sure that is a one family home! It sounds wonderful. Be sure to share pictures as it goes up. Congratulations!

Originally Posted by poromo

Batman, We are having our design meeting at the end of January and are considering either a Lantana or Zinnia. We'd also like to stretch the house as much as our lot will allow. One person told me they were able to stretch their Zinnia from 2020 sq/ft under air-conditioned to 2950 sq/ft. Is this possible? Were you able to determine the cost of your stretches?

I believe you can bump out and expand as much as your lot will allow. I sent a list of all our requested changes to our sales agent a few weeks prior to our design meetings and she was able to get them all pre-approved and gave us an estimate of cost for each change. A 2FT stretch through the MBR, LR, Nook was $4K. A 6 FT stretch through the area behind the MBR bath, dining room/foyer and garage was $12.5K. A 4 FT stretch through the nook, kitchen and pantry (former laundry room) was $10K (this allows island in kitchen and two extra kitchen cabinets). Keep in mind that the costs of stretches are determined by what needs to be moved or supported in the area being stretched. Hope this info helps. Send a PM if anyone needs specific details.

[shcisamax]

When you are considering those stretches, those numbers apply, I believe, to the change in the joists, etc. but then you need to also add in the additional material for flooring etc.

[junction29]

Originally Posted by CalcTeacher

We finally closed on our home yesterday! A little anti-climatic unforunately...wish we could have been there in person. Somehow standing at a UPS counter in a strip mall in Virginia having what seemed like 932 pages notarized just doesn't seem as exciting as actually being handed the keys.

We are packing a truck on Christmas Eve and then leaving the day after Christmas to drive down (arriving on the 27th) for Stage One of our move (Stage Two will be over my Spring Break and then Stage Three [final] will be in June). Maybe a Gilchrist caravan to Brownwood for Happy Hour will be in order!

Merry Christmas to all!

Really looking forward to meeting you guys, another couple we feel we already know before even meeting them.

This thread has been absolutely fantastic.

Let us know when you arrive and we will send out the welcoming party with pipes and whistles

A Very Merry Xmas and best wishes for a Happy New Year

[junction29]

Originally Posted by Lpierleo

Best wishes to CalcTeacher and A4 on your travels down. Drive safe.

CalcTeacher, congratulations on your closing. I am sure you are very excited to see the finished product in person.

A4, that is great they moved your design date up almost 3 weeks! Congratulations.

Love the breakfast at Bonifay! Actually, I like anyplace when I don't have to cook.

Dear All,

If you contact His Worship the Mayor, we are sure he will take the breakfast proposal under consideration, discuss it with his Finance and Management Board and if agreed, pass it on to his admin department to organise (again)

CalcTeacher, don't worry about a phone or internet, just shout, we are only down the road.

kind regards
The Mayors Administration Department

[junction29]

Originally Posted by shcisamax

When you are considering those stretches, those numbers apply, I believe, to the change in the joists, etc. but then you need to also add in the additional material for flooring etc.

Dear All,

When we were designing, our designer told us that usually we could stretch in 2ft jumps up to the side boundary, where we had to leave at least 5ft to the boundary and usually 2ft to 4ft forward, depending upon the model.

She didn't mention any restriction for stretching at the back, but did say we had to leave 10ft at the back to the boundary if we built a birdcage, although some of the ones we have seen around seem to be closer than 10ft to the boundary.

We ended up with a 2ft stretch out on one side on the bedrooms, 9ft 6in at the front side for a Golf Cart garage and back by 4ft on the lania

Hope that helps a little.

[Rbgold]

Originally Posted by CalcTeacher

We finally closed on our home yesterday! A little anti-climatic unforunately...wish we could have been there in person. Somehow standing at a UPS counter in a strip mall in Virginia having what seemed like 932 pages notarized just doesn't seem as exciting as actually being handed the keys.

We are packing a truck on Christmas Eve and then leaving the day after Christmas to drive down (arriving on the 27th) for Stage One of our move (Stage Two will be over my Spring Break and then Stage Three [final] will be in June). Maybe a Gilchrist caravan to Brownwood for Happy Hour will be in order!

Merry Christmas to all!

Congratulations on achieving the preliminary step prior to Stage One of your retirement! Even though your closing was anti-climatic, you have so much to look forward to in the coming months!