Builder Meeting – Building a House
The past few days we have been super busy. Between the in-laws and friends visiting from out of town, to school events, parent-teacher conferences and new house meetings we’ve been non-stop. On Monday afternoon we met with the builder to finalize all of our structural/plumbing and electrical details so they can submit the plans for the permit. We were supposed to meet last Tuesday but they hadn’t received the plat plan from the city yet so we had to postpone.
Thankfully Joe’s parents were in town to help watch the kids so we could give our full attention during the meeting. I think coordinating meetings with all the right people around our kids’ schedules has been one of the hardest parts of this whole process so far. But thankfully we have wonderful friends and family that are more than will to hang out with our kids.
During the meeting with the builder we discussed and confirmed the follow:
- all structural upgrades/options
- exterior colors, siding, shutters, door
- electrical outlet placement
- lighting placement
- co axial cable placement
- lot and house position on lot
- orientation of house (garage on the left)
- all standard structural elements (doors, windows, island, kitchen, etc)
We didn’t go over any colors or finishes except for the exterior colors.
One of my biggest concerns and questions was how our house would fit on our lot. It’s a odd shaped lot and I couldn’t work out the ideal location for the house. I was really worried that they would position the house where we would lose a lot of our usable backyard space. They positioned the house at and angle on the lot which makes the backyard shape a little odd but does open up a pretty decent size space for the boys to play. So I’m pretty happy with the results.
We also updated the accent color on the exterior of the house. Now the siding and board and batten will both be the same pearl color. The siding and trim color will look something like this house.
(this is not our house plan, just an example of the exterior color scheme.)
