GardenWalk Phase 12 Release:
When the names were called, we were not called first. We sat with heart-beating trepidation as we watched a man and his two teenage daughters walk up to the board.... and picked Lot 2! Whew!
Next up... was us! We eagerly jumped up, signed our names next to our favorite, Lot 10, grabbed our bottle of champagne, and waited outside to meet our new neighbors as they came out one by one. We met some very nice couples (one of which both work at BD Biosciences... yay, connections!) as we waited to hand over our big ol' deposit check. We found out that they were all dissuaded from even considering our lot since they had no chance of getting it. :) hee...
Dave and I then spent about 2-3 hours finalizing the loan application with our lender (looks good!), picking our options with the tech expert (surround sound, baby! By the way, have you ever heard of a central vacuum?? For $2-3K, you can install a massive cannister in your garage, a 30' portable hose, and outlets scattered throughout your house connected to that cannister with a strong vacuum. Interesting, huh? But we didn't get it.), and signing our massive contract with Chrissy, one of nicest agents we've ever met. GardenWalk was smart in picking their sales agents. Both were highly knowledgeable, friendly, and just made everyone feel welcome. We seriously believe that's why this is one of the few communities still doing well in the housing slump... Most of the other neighborhoods we visited have nasty old ladies who give you that look (remember in Pretty Woman when Julia Roberts tries to go shopping the first time? THAT look.)....
Anyways, Dave and I signed our contract in record time (I felt like we were racing to see who could initial the documents faster)... Grabbed a couple photos of the house before running over to CTI, who was in charge of flooring and countertops. We found out during the contract that the deadlines to choose these were in early-mid September, a bad time for me and Dave as I won't be back in San Diego in time, and Dave has a horrible ICU rotation coming up. We asked Chrissy if she could arrange for us to complete it all this weekend, and she managed to fit an appointment for us right after the contract signing....
Us, house, and champagne!
So we rushed over to CTI (without eating a proper lunch) and spent the next 3 hours designing our house. Oh, the exhaustion! It felt like 10 hours... All I can remember is that we got granite countertops for the kitchen (Ouch, expensive!), a medallion for the foyer (I love it! You gotta visit to see!!), upgraded to tile in all the bathrooms (default was vinyl. ugh!), cool tiles with some accents in all the bathrooms (too tired to describe them all, except that we got some sea turtles in the future kids' bathroom. hee.)... You know, describing really does nothing. You're just going to have to come and see when the house is done. Heck, I can't even imagine in MY head... I just hope it turns out great. Keep your fingers crossed!
August 20th
We went back to GardenWalk to take more pictures of our future house,
10481 Red Rose Lane (aka Lot 10, Plan 2C):
Isn't it amazing how quickly the framing goes up? 2 weeks ago, it was only 1 story! Look at it now!!
Front view with front door
Front view with driveway and garage
In one of my previous posts, I took a bunch of pictures of the house from back to front. Here's the same with 2nd floor...
Back yard, back of garage, Master Bath on top
Dining Room and Kitchen, with one of upstair's bedrooms
Living Room with part of the 2nd upstair's bedroom and bath
Front door with the "tower" window of 2nd upstair's bedroom
Downstairs bedroom with loft and balcony on top
Me upstairs in the loft, on the balcony
View from the balcony
Master bedroom on top of garage with a small deck
View from the deck
Dave looking out of the "tower"
Views from the upstairs bedrooms
We also walked around the park across the street from the house and took some pictures (our house is the 2nd wooden roof from the right you see when zoomed in).
Putting green in the park (you can still see our roof!)
Buildings with red roofs belong to the new elementary school opening this fall.
1 comment:
How EXCITING! Congrats on the new house. You'll have to post pictures when they finish it up.
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