tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-182708253600806612024-03-19T02:48:09.836-07:00Our Journey to a Strauss--Building a Ryan HomeJoin us "property virgins" on our journey with building a Ryan townhouse, the Strauss, in beautiful Virginia. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14491466155799425042noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18270825360080661.post-22829705309930934422013-07-26T19:07:00.001-07:002013-07-26T19:07:13.481-07:00Holy cow Batman, has it really been 3 months?<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Hello. Remember me? I used to do this thing called blogging while building our Strauss and then after closing completely fell off the face of the earth!? Sorry about that, there have been a million things going on and stressing me out for the past month or so, so I have not really been in the mood to blog. But Rachael Romanus has inspired me to get back on the horse, so I thought I would share a few pics of our honeymoon to beautiful Punta Cana, Dominican Republic!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We stayed at the Paradisus Punta Cana Resort, and it was incredible! The food at every restaurant and buffet was amazing, the staff were so accommodating and went out of their way for you all the time, and the drinks were strong! I highly recommend you go, the hubby and I cannot wait to go back with family!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> Don't mind my icky sunburned face, but that drink in that coconut---yes please!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> Come on, how cool are these light up chairs!?</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14491466155799425042noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18270825360080661.post-47753467740544350532013-04-23T18:13:00.001-07:002013-04-23T18:13:32.923-07:00And that's all she wrote!<p>Just doing a quick update from my phone since we will not have internet until Friday...WE ARE CLOSED and settling into our new home! The past two days have been exhausting and thrilling, I think I am running solely off of adrenaline right now :-) It will be all worth it when everything is in its' place and we can enjoy our new home! </p>
<p>To those of you still in the pains of the building process...just keep swimming! It is quite an amazing feeling to be handed those keys! Thank you to everyone for the words of encouragement along the way, I promise to get some progress photos up soon.</p>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14491466155799425042noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18270825360080661.post-7316938849873041962013-04-17T17:28:00.001-07:002013-04-17T17:28:19.424-07:00How much stress can one person handle???<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Well so far we have had a pretty uneventful and drama-free experience building; that it, until now. True to NVR standard, our loan is still going through underwriting. We are supposed to close on Monday! Is there enough time to get it done and ready to go for 10:00 on Monday? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Our LO sent Colin a form to change our address on the appraisal, which was incorrect. He signed it and faxed it from his hotel in San Diego, so no problem. Ok. Then, she calls him this afternoon saying she sent him the wrong VHDA home owners course to take (which he took in like February, by the way) and he had to take this new one and send the certificate of completion back ASAP for underwriting approval. This happened this afternoon, but he is three hours behind our time and most likely did not get it sent back until she had left the office. So it won't get to the underwriters until tomorrow morning at the earliest. Seriously!?!?!?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Is this going to cause a problem for closing on Monday? Why do they wait until the last possible second for everything! I am a teacher, and taking off of work is not as simple as emailing my boss to tell them I won't be there. I have to write a letter to take personal time off, then it has to go through my principal and payroll before it gets approved. If closing gets pushed back, who knows when it will happen. Then Colin is going away on another business trip next Sunday. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I am finding every itty bitty thing wrong with our tiny apartment; right now it is not having A/C in 90 degree heat! Holy Guacamole it's hot! With the hubby being away on a business trip this week and next, I am under a lot of pressure to get as much packing done as I can so we can organize the big stuff when he gets back next Friday. Add to that stress from work, this HEAT, and I am worn out! Hopefully these next 9 days fly by because I would much rather be stressing inside my new house than in this apartment! Gah! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The last time we were able to get inside was last week Tuesday (4/2). Our pre-settlement is the 18th! That seems like a long time to be locked out to me. Anyone else locked out for that long? We went on Friday and asked the new SR (ours moved to another development; although she said she is still "ours" I doubt she will be very accommodating if we need her) for the key and he said our PM had already taken his key away and he couldn't get us in. So of course, me being a smart-ass, asked him why two of our neighbors had their cars parked in front of their units and were clearly inside. His answer---"oh, they must be extra cars from the building in front of yours." Nice try, but we have seen those cars there before going inside their houses. Oh well, didn't feel like fighting.</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14491466155799425042noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18270825360080661.post-48554389210377911532013-03-24T19:42:00.001-07:002013-03-24T19:42:27.724-07:00Another month til closing? Really?<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So we stopped by the house on Friday (3/22) and were so excited to see the appliances had arrived! Only the microwave and fridge were hooked up, but I still did a little happy dance :) For the appliances, we stuck with the basics RH offered us for now, and plan on upgrading down the road. Electricity and heat were on, it was like a sauna in there, and laminate in kitchen, foyer, and laundry room were installed. Now it really feels like a home. Super anxious to get in there already. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">With all of the progress we've seen this week, it's hard to believe we still have a month to go, but we do. Closing letter came yesterday, stating our pre-settlement walk through to be April 18th with settlement on the 22nd. Soon enough we will be in our HOME. :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">And finally, the front porch is done! No more walking up planks of wood to get inside our house!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">LOVE the tray ceiling in the master!</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Another piece of exciting news...our appraisal came back! With just over a month to closing, we were not expecting this to happen so soon, but everything came back great so we are good to go! Looking forward to seeing the progress this weekend. I promise to keep up on my posting, guys!</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14491466155799425042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18270825360080661.post-56023893960026570552013-03-03T16:55:00.001-08:002013-03-03T16:55:02.883-08:00We Have a REAL Closing Date!<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Well we had our pre-drywall meeting on Friday (3/1), and our PM Jim gave us our official settlement and closing dates--April 18th and April 22nd! WAHOO!! The official dates make it seem so much more real now!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We were hoping for earlier in April or the end of April, since the hubby will be on business in San Diego for two weeks straight mid-April, which could be problematic. After reading all of the NVR horror stories about having paperwork faxed last minute and needing to keep a constant stream of communication, the fact that he will be on the other side of the country right before we close if worrisome. With me being a teacher, it is virtually impossible to call and fax documents in the middle of the day. We don't want to get too far ahead of ourselves, but we are a tad worried. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">My parents came down for the meeting and a visit. My dad is a contractor so we thought he would be a good second pair of eyes, especially since neither one of us really knows what to look for! My dad plans on building a deck for us in the summer so he asked our PM to put some kind of beam on, which will not be a problem. When he brought us outside to point out what they were talking about, we noticed every other unit in out building has one of the beams already, making ours the only one that did not add on a deck as an upgrade. Talk about awkward! Oh well, my dad is excited about building our deck for us, so I guess we will just suffer a few months of embarrassment being the only townhouse without a deck ;)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Everything else with the house looks great. I know I've said it before, but I absolutely LOVE our elevation E choice---partial stone, bay window, with a small peak roof. I think it is the best looking one! I love our tray ceiling in the master, and am so excited to use that soaking tub. Yay for the Strauss! Our PM said he has worked for Ryan for 25 years, and he believes the Strauss model is the best of all the townhouses. I have to agree! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We took a trip through the model to show my parents some of the things we eventually want to do, and to show my mom what it will look like when it is all done since it is hard to envision just from framing. I am SO excited to finalize paint colors and start designing our house!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Sorry the pictures kind of suck, I clearly was not that into taking them. Or taking notes either, even though I brought a notepad. Oh well. Insulation was finished yesterday, and drywall will begin tomorrow! Yay for drywall! Looking forward to our visit next weekend!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>And on a side note-------> Yes, our wedding was in October, but we finally planned our honeymoon! We will be going to the Paradisus Resort in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic! The all-inclusive resort is beautiful and affordable, and since C has so many miles from business travelling our flights were free! Except for the taxes of course, but I still think $200 for two round-trip tickets was a good deal. Fingers crossed Congress can get their acts together and figure out all of this sequestration nonsense so we can actually go. This vacation is much needed!</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Master closet. We took a trip to IKEA on Saturday and plan on doing one of their closet systems. Much more affordable than California Closets, but we know not as good of quality. Does anybody have any experience with IKEA's closets? Are they worth it?</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I really am not very good at posting. It's been over a month! We actually have a house now, but it's taking a lot longer than we anticipated. We lost about a week due to crappy weather, which was unfortunate for us since my parents planned on flying down this week for the pre-drywall meeting while my mom was on vacation from school. Oh well. Here is what has been happening lately---</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is from last week Saturday. Foundation is poured, and framing has finally begun! Only took a month!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We drove by on Friday (2/15) after dinner and were excited to see a roof, and windows and doors installed! It was dark so we did not take pictures, but we went back yesterday and took these:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">LOVE our bay window! So glad we chose this elevation E.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And then today we went back, hoping they wouldn't be working so we could take a peek inside. We don't want to disturb the workers when they are there; my dad is a contractor and he said he hates when the owners come when they are working! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our beautiful bay window looking out from the living room.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our kitchen looks so big! I'm sure once the island and counters are in it will seem smaller.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Surprised with how HUGE our basement is!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is the top level, it's not framed out and there was wood blocking me from going all the way up so I just took a quick peek.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So probably not a huge deal but we wanted to take the pics anyway...there are some pretty noticeable gouges in the foundation in the basement, as well as a hairline crack going along the section where our powder room rough-in will be. Anything to worry about, or are we just being paranoid homeowners?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thanks for looking!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Well I had planned on doing another post about our flooring selections but have been so lazy :) We had our pre-construction meeting today and we are ready to go! Everything went well, our PM Jim seems very nice and encouraged us to visit the site as often as possible. He even said that technically we should have him or our sales rep Katelyn walk us through when we visit, but that he's never called the cops on anyone visiting their own home ;) Seems like a cool dude! While we were meeting with him, he told us that they were pouring the footers as we speak, so of course we took a drive down to check it out, and there they were working away! I can't believe it has finally begun! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Maybe I'll do the flooring selections post another day....</span><br />
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