Saturday, January 5, 2013

It's all in the details!!!!

Now that we are at the 1 month mark to moving into our new Rome Home the progress takes on a completely different look. When everything started it seemed like everything moved at a pretty fast pace (I mean it seemed like the framing went up in less than a day!) So for anyone who is building or contemplating building a new home- that fast pace will seem to slow down after the pre drywall meeting with your PM but if you look closely there are still a lot of things going on in your new home. After reading so many other blogs I decided to forego my daily visits to my beloved homesite and instead go only every other day =) After staying away for a couple of days I found that there had been a lot of little things happening at my Rome. The porch columns and kitchen cabinets were being installed, the entire house had a new coat of paint, the base boards were in, most of the doors were installed, the banisters were up, bathroom vanities installed, attic access installed and...wait I think that's it. Whew! When I write it out it seems like a lot more than what it appeared in person. Here are the pics:





Yay for the kitchen cabinets!! The one above the refrigerator is too big for the LG model that we purchased but PM assures me that he is ordering a special custom cabinet to ensure that it fits (I sent him an email with the specs prior to install so I was suprised that the wrong size cabinet was installed...I  really hope he comes through- the fridge is non-returnable!!!)


Kids ( and guest bathroom)


Master Vanity


Ballister railing- in many areas this is an upgrade and NOT standard...though of course it is featured in many of the models!


Attic Access- still needs paint!

8 comments:

  1. Everything looks good!

    Even going by our house every day there were very few days that we didn't notice something new. Now we are at the clean up stage so there's no real point in going by the house... but it's tough to stay away! I'm so ready to move in! =)

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  2. Looks beautiful! I can't wait until we are at that stage!

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  3. You have a gorgeous ROME!! I love how they gave you stone to grade and on the steps!!

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    1. Thanks Nadase! It was a very nice surprise the way that it turned out! Blueprints and rendered drawings didn't do it justice.

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  4. It's funny how they do things...I guess because they're cookie-cutter homes, they just order the standard stuff and the installers install it, and then they figure out what was non-standard and swap it out. They didn't cancel the usual cabinet for our island, they just sent it along with the special one for the oven. So we'd go by to visit and wonder how they were going to fit all those cabinets in the kitchen! I'm hoping to take advantage of that, and ask if we can swap out the upper cabinet closest to the sink for a wider one...we got one so narrow it's absurd. A 15" wide one would still fit without getting in the way of the sink, but ours is maybe 7"? I can fit two mugs side-by-side and that's it.

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    1. That is crazy! I didn't notice the 7in cabinet. I'll have to look for that the next time I'm at the house. How is everything going? Unpacked yet? =)

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    2. Everything's out of the boxes, does that count? :D We're getting there, hopefully this week I'll be able to get a lot done and then I'll have a chance to breathe and write a coherent post. Today was very productive.

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  5. Just found your blog! We're building a Palermo in southeast Virginia, but I am originally from the Chesterfield area. Just wanted to stop by and say hello. I love the way your stone looks and it makes me very happy that we decided to go with the Autumn Buckeye ourselves. Look forward to seeing the rest of your progress.

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