Thursday, April 23, 2015

A little nugget of helpful information

We are expecting to break ground this week, so I will post pictures as soon as we get them from our SR.  Our PM is on vacation this week, so its nice to know our SR will fill the gaps in his absence.

Little nuggets:

We confirmed there are no upgrades for the faucets, bathroom or kitchen.  Our selection sheet during our Pre-Construction meeting listed "upgrade1" for the faucets, so I thought I would ask as others homeowners have mentioned they were able to upgrade theirs.  What was nice to find out is that the granite will have 3 holes for the faucet and will come standard with a sprayer and soap dispenser.

Ryan homes does not offer any different types of sinks.  You get a standard 50/50 stainless steel sink that is mounted under the granite. Our SR said RH used to offer a 70/30 sink years ago, but few people got them so they stopped offering them.

Ryan homes does not offer beveled edges on the granite.  Kinda sad about this as I would like something more than just a square edge.

Finally, one thing to keep in mind is that each RH community operates like their own business, per our SR. I told him that I saw other pictures online of homes with the beveled edges on the granite and he explained that some divisions may offer that and some do not.  Unfortunately, my division does not offer that.

I'm pretty satisfied with that answer and it makes sense, when you think that the homes are built at a certain price and have a certain profit margin built in, the pressure is on the PM to make sure he comes at or under budget for the home.  If everyone was allowed to deviate based on what they saw in a different state or community, then the home building process becomes less streamlined and the process takes longer to plan and build because are worried about why someone else got more outlets or more shiny door knobs.

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