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Welcome! Glad you found us now, better now then never!! Congratulations!

Love those shows! I was just doing "The Carlton" dance this weekend!!

Unfortunately I am working, then going to physical therapy, then going home and behaving my weight watchers self. So there! Not at all fun!!!

Thank you so much for passing it along. What program did you use to create them, if you dont mind sharing? I am thinking I could accomplish it with good ol' word.

So sorry Melissa, that is not cool at all. I am sure they will be fine but it would help clients peace of mind to have a clean home. Good news is she seesm to love her birds so that is huge! Poor winged kids!

Dang girl! Those ROCK!! Great job!! Did you get any feedback from your guests?

Kash, how did your nights out go? Even if I am bad I am trying to work on portion control too, I tend to stuff myself until I am going to burst. But now I am trying to recognize when I am full. Have to try on my dress this coming weekend so going to be on my best behavior this week! Gonna have to check into that hungry girl, cuz that certainly is what I am!

Boo Morgan! Thats no good at all! What a pain! Sorry to hear this is how you started off your week!

Oh fun Erica!!! Good luck and enjoy!

Welcome to the forum!!! You will get a ton of great info here!!

Welcome to the forum!! You will have a blast planning!!

Quote: Originally Posted by MikkiStreak Frank and I are starting to research home building in anticipation of actually beginning the process later fall/winter. Even tho I've been a homeowner before, I've never built, and I'd like to "smarten up" about this and see what this has been like for other people. 1) Whom did you choose for your home builder and why? Remington Builders, we fell in love with a certain model/layout and kept coming back to it no matter how many other builders we looked at 2) Did you finance using your home builders mortgage company? Any pros/cons to using theirs instead of your own? We used the builders mortgage company. At the time there were a lot of incentives, I think $15000 in upgrades. Didnt really have any cons actually. 3) What do you know now (that the building is finished), that you wished you knew then (before starting the building process)? It takes longer then they tell you it will, the process is very stressful, but in the end it is worth it because you get exactly what you want, a custom home 4) What didn't you expect in the process? (or, what "surprises" did you have in the process- both good and/or bad) Didnt expect it to take so long, and didnt expect every extra we were asking for to be such a pain (for example we wanted listello in the bathroom around the shower and tub, had to go to design center to pick it out, then get it quoted, then get approved, blah blah blah) 5) What advice would you give to someone starting the process? Stay organized, stay on top of the builder, ask questions, decide what is important to you (for us a nice kitchen and master bathroom so we spent more monety there), and paint before you move in (we did and are SO VERY glad we did) 6) What would you have done differently if you did it all over again? You know we ask ourselves this a lot, and the only thing we would've done is upgrade the carpeting more both the pad and the carpet 7) What did your builder consider "standard" options? And what did you choose for "upgrades"? We upgraded to hardwood floors on first floor, Zodiaq (quartz countertop), fancy tile in master bath, tile in second bath, upgraded kitchen faucet, got the taller (42") kitchen cabinets, stainless steel appliances, had a fireplace installed, built in entertainment center,vaulted ceiling in master, whirlpool tub, wider shower and bumped out bay type window leading to deck. Standard was rounded corners, arches, vinyl in the laundry room, the carpeting, the washer and dryer, and thats all I can think of now. What percentage of your final price was due to upgrades? (example: if the home was $200,000 and you spent $25K on upgrades...) Apx $50,000 9) What kind of timeframe did you have for this---- from starting to research, making a decision, then actually building and finally moving in? We started researching about 6 month for we put a down payment down Dec 2006 and moved in Aug 2007 10) What was the easiest decisions you had to make? What were the hardest things to decide on? The biggest thing was to deicde weather or not to spend the money on the upgrades, but we plan on being in this home for 10 years plus so in the long run we got most upgrades we wanted for that reason. Once we got in that mindset the decisions were fairly easy. Although the kitchen sink was a little bit of a decision (we went with a new material called silgarnite, love it!!) Any input you feel like sharing is definitely appreciated!!! This is new, exciting, but also where I have a huge learning curve to address and your input will definitely help us! Try to have fun with it!!! Some days it will be so stressful you may want to cry but in the end it is so worth it! At least once a week one of us says "I just love our home". By building, you really do get to make it yours!! If you have any questions please let me know I would be happy to answer them!! Good luck and enjoy!!

Excellent! Congratulations!!! Cant wait to hear more and see your pics!! Thanks for checking in!

I was there a few years ago. It is absolutely gorgeous. You will have a great time. The lobby has beautiful stained glass ceilings. The pools are awesome!! The rooms are great!!

I would do the STD first followed up by more formal invites.

Those look great!!!!! Love the colors! Love the design! Great job!!

Welcome Audrey! You will get great info here from great people!

Welcome!!! Hope your planning goes well!!

This sounds great! Cant wait to see pics and read stories! Thank you!

Quote: Originally Posted by JamaicaBride062108 Can you use regular food coloring? You might ask your local florist what they use and see if you can buy some from them (or elsewhere) to take down with you. For my AHR my florist is using that dry pellet stuff that turns into jelly when you add water. I comes in turquoise. That might be a good option so you don't have to worry about a liquid leaking... Like this but blue Now that is some cool stuff!!!!! Great idea!!!

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Quote: Originally Posted by xJuicyJx Thanks! Everytime I find his link, it's not working. I'll email him instead He told me they are re-doing their website. But he responds to emails very quickly. Which is a huge positive to me.

Quote: Originally Posted by amandalovesryan i would be afraid to do a conch, what if they got lost in the inner part? That would be no good, I meant to use it after you filled it with sand.

Very fancy!! Thanks for sharing! Some extra mood lighting!!

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