Lot Inspection / Preconstruction Meeting

Yesterday was our very long day of meetings.

Jace (name changed) met us at our lot at 8am to plot out the house and give us any further instructions to prep the land before they come out again.  He said our land looks good and everything should work out very well, even though the land is sloped.  That will actually work out perfectly because we have a lower level basement entrance and need the land to be sloped anyways!  We did figure out that the big tree in the front of the property will have to be taken out, which is really disappointing to me, but we can always plant a nicer tree in a better spot.  I would still love a governor's driveway around a tree in the future.  One thing at a time, though!!

After that, we drove up to the offices and talked with Jace some more about the final numbers for the land.  He figured that we would need more block for the lower exposed side, which would add about $2,000 to our final quote, but is necessary for the construction.  I get it, but it's just so frustrating how the price ALWAYS goes up, and never goes down.  Ugh.  Everything came out smoothly, but there might be a problem with our sunroom, which is discouraging because that is my favorite part of the house.  After the put everything into the CAD system, the sunroom came out with only a three foot walk-through, which is way too freaking small.  He said there might be a problem opening it up to 6+ feet, which is what we would need to have people move through comfortably while others are sitting at the counter area.  Crap.  He, along with the women there, think we can make the adjustments, but if we can't we have to figure something else out.

We spent the rest of the afternoon finalizing our colors and fixtures and signing off on all of those.  We actually did not sign the final line because we wanted to be sure about the sunroom before we push forward, but everything else looks great and we are so ready to go.  Obviously, I would love to upgrade all of the little things, but man if it doesn't add up VERY quickly.  In time.  In time.

We didn't get home until after 6pm (Pittsburgh traffic... yikes), but it was a productive day and it looks like we will be building in January.  Our luck that it's the worst time of the year, but I just want this started.  Becky and I are extremely excited to put our personal touches into the home once it's done and make it a truly unique place.  We will finally have a large canvas for our geek life and I can assure you it will come out in spades.

Get ready.