We haven't broken ground yet. BOO!!! SOON I HOPE!!!!
On to another subject...
If you are building a Ryan Home, how often are people telling you negative things about them??
Have you noticed that people who say these things typically don't even live in a Ryan Home or have never built with Ryan?? Or issues they're talking about happened 20+ years ago?
"I hate Ryan Homes." Um...why? Do you live in one? Did you build one? Oh, you HEARD second hand information that someone had an issue with them? Gotcha.
My favorite is when the person knows YOU'VE ALREADY STARTED BUILDING and they "warn" you about them anyways. Kind of late at that point! And again, I have yet to hear any negative, first hand information from anyone.
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
And our Project Manager Saves the Day!
Well, he's going to try at least!
He agreed with our concerns regarding the fence and agrees that it is best to get it taken care of now.
He is supposed to go to the neighbors house today to tell them that the fence is on our property and it needs to be moved. EEEEEK! I'm glad that it will be taken care of and I'm glad that we don't have to be the "bad guys" - but I still worry that it will create bad blood between us and our new neighbors. Hopefully it won't!!!
I'm anxious to hear how it goes! And whether or not that fence will be moved!
He agreed with our concerns regarding the fence and agrees that it is best to get it taken care of now.
He is supposed to go to the neighbors house today to tell them that the fence is on our property and it needs to be moved. EEEEEK! I'm glad that it will be taken care of and I'm glad that we don't have to be the "bad guys" - but I still worry that it will create bad blood between us and our new neighbors. Hopefully it won't!!!
I'm anxious to hear how it goes! And whether or not that fence will be moved!
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
The Fence...
So, after talking about it and gathering the thoughts of our friends and family, we've decided to see what can be done about the neighbor's fence. My favorite suggestion involved a flame thrower, but we didn't think that would win us any fans in the new 'hood.
What we don't understand is how they were able to put the fence that far over the property line. Typically you're supposed to put the fence INSIDE your OWN property line, you aren't even supposed to put it ON the property line. I'm going to give the neighbor's the benefit of the doubt ('cause I'm nice like that) and assume that they didn't do it on purpose. We think maybe they either didn't measure properly or the company who put the fence in didn't do it properly. If the latter is the case, maybe saying something now will give them the opportunity to get it fixed for free. **Sidenote - when you get a permit to build something...aren't they supposed to come and inspect that something to make sure it was build properly?? And not on someone else's proptery??
Regardless, Jeff is contacted our project manager and we're hoping to hear back from him very soon. He mentioned yesterday that they would be purchasing the lot in the next couple of days, so (in my opinion) that is the perfect reason to contact either the town or the neighbor directly and say "hey - did you know? let's do something about this." That way, WE aren't the bad guys and hopefully it prevents any bad blood between us and our new neighbors!!
This has been the first real "issue" we've run into during this whole process and again, at no fault of the builder. Just the neighbor.
What we don't understand is how they were able to put the fence that far over the property line. Typically you're supposed to put the fence INSIDE your OWN property line, you aren't even supposed to put it ON the property line. I'm going to give the neighbor's the benefit of the doubt ('cause I'm nice like that) and assume that they didn't do it on purpose. We think maybe they either didn't measure properly or the company who put the fence in didn't do it properly. If the latter is the case, maybe saying something now will give them the opportunity to get it fixed for free. **Sidenote - when you get a permit to build something...aren't they supposed to come and inspect that something to make sure it was build properly?? And not on someone else's proptery??
Regardless, Jeff is contacted our project manager and we're hoping to hear back from him very soon. He mentioned yesterday that they would be purchasing the lot in the next couple of days, so (in my opinion) that is the perfect reason to contact either the town or the neighbor directly and say "hey - did you know? let's do something about this." That way, WE aren't the bad guys and hopefully it prevents any bad blood between us and our new neighbors!!
This has been the first real "issue" we've run into during this whole process and again, at no fault of the builder. Just the neighbor.
Monday, July 26, 2010
The Pre-Construction Meeting
It wasn't really as exciting as I thought it would be. Basically it was just going over the plans of the house. It's funny because we're going over all the flooring, etc and I cannot remember what I picked to save my life! It sounded right...I think. We talked about the house, the yard, what to expect. There are some big boulders on our lot and he said we might be able to keep them if we want.
Our Project Manager seems really nice. He seems like he'll be good to work with, and I've heard nice things about him.
A few things we found out that I'm not thrilled with...but it isn't any fault of Ryan or NVR.
1) We don't have a date for ground breaking. BOO! That's our own fault though because we added our morning room at the super, duper last minute. Our PM told us that they are literally just waiting on the permits from the town - HURRY UP TOWN!! It could be anytime between the next couple days to couple weeks. BUMMER! But, like I said, that's our own fault.
2) Due to the time of year our house will be finished, there is no guarantee they'll be able to grade and seed the lawn until the spring, and even then we're looking at possibly the end of June. They might be able to grade it and then seed it in the spring, but it just depends. And they can't do it right away in the spring because the ground is too wet. Again, totally not Ryan Homes fault, just the timing doesn't work out quite right. Oh well...I won't have to worry about landscaping or a fence or other stuff right away! Just one more reason to focus my energy on the INSIDE of the house, right? :-)
3) We found out that our next door neighbor's fence is on part of our property! It is only by a few inches, but still. That annoys the crap out of me. Especially because there are posts indicating property lines...and what the heck happened to putting the fence just within your OWN property line??
What are we going to do about it? Well, nothing right now. We don't want to get off on the wrong foot with our new neighbors! I'm looking at this as leverage for when we put our fence up - we can connect ours to theirs whether they like it or not! It's on our property! :-) And if they're jerks...we'll make them move it. LOL.
We also walked around the model again. I keep forgetting about things. I could stand in the kitchen FOR-EV-ER. All the cabinet space and drawers!! I'm giddy! I feel torn about where to put the cable hook ups in the great room, and upstairs. I don't know why I keep worrying about that stuff - I have plenty of time AND I'm sure I'll have a better idea once we live there.
Just keep your fingers crossed that the town comes back with the permit REALLY SOON!!! Like, TOMORROW!! Thanks! :-)
Our Project Manager seems really nice. He seems like he'll be good to work with, and I've heard nice things about him.
A few things we found out that I'm not thrilled with...but it isn't any fault of Ryan or NVR.
1) We don't have a date for ground breaking. BOO! That's our own fault though because we added our morning room at the super, duper last minute. Our PM told us that they are literally just waiting on the permits from the town - HURRY UP TOWN!! It could be anytime between the next couple days to couple weeks. BUMMER! But, like I said, that's our own fault.
2) Due to the time of year our house will be finished, there is no guarantee they'll be able to grade and seed the lawn until the spring, and even then we're looking at possibly the end of June. They might be able to grade it and then seed it in the spring, but it just depends. And they can't do it right away in the spring because the ground is too wet. Again, totally not Ryan Homes fault, just the timing doesn't work out quite right. Oh well...I won't have to worry about landscaping or a fence or other stuff right away! Just one more reason to focus my energy on the INSIDE of the house, right? :-)
3) We found out that our next door neighbor's fence is on part of our property! It is only by a few inches, but still. That annoys the crap out of me. Especially because there are posts indicating property lines...and what the heck happened to putting the fence just within your OWN property line??
What are we going to do about it? Well, nothing right now. We don't want to get off on the wrong foot with our new neighbors! I'm looking at this as leverage for when we put our fence up - we can connect ours to theirs whether they like it or not! It's on our property! :-) And if they're jerks...we'll make them move it. LOL.
We also walked around the model again. I keep forgetting about things. I could stand in the kitchen FOR-EV-ER. All the cabinet space and drawers!! I'm giddy! I feel torn about where to put the cable hook ups in the great room, and upstairs. I don't know why I keep worrying about that stuff - I have plenty of time AND I'm sure I'll have a better idea once we live there.
Just keep your fingers crossed that the town comes back with the permit REALLY SOON!!! Like, TOMORROW!! Thanks! :-)
YAY!!!! Our pre-construction meeting is TODAY!!!!
2pm can't come soon enough for me! I will be sure to update with all the details (fascinating, I'm sure) later!!
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Killing time...
I thought I'd write about something since we don't have our preconstruction meeting until Monday.
I thought I'd write about some of the homes in our new neighborhood. In the neighborhood we're in, the minimum square footage for a house is 2,000 sq ft.
The houses available to build in our particular neighborhood are:
Savoy
Bainbridge
Dunkirk
Ravenna
Yorkshire
Verona
Victoria Falls
Jefferson
Courtland
So far, there are only 2 finished homes - I think one is a Jefferson and I'm not sure what the other is. It looks similar though! You can't have 2 of the same house next door to each other. Another house was started about 2 weeks ago, but I'm not sure which that one is. Supposedly there are 2 other Ravenna's going in after ours.
As of right now, we still don't have neighbors on the right hand side. The lot was sold to a couple but they wanted to make the house so big that it wouldn't fit on the lot! I'm a little relieved. I was afraid my house would look so dinky next door to that! The family that is considering the lot right now will possibly get the Courtland or the Jefferson. I'll ask our sales rep about it on Monday.
The interesting thing about our neighborhood is that it was initially started by a home builder in the area called Marrano. Marrano sold their rights to the remaining lots in the development to Ryan. So there are probably 10-15 houses already up that are Marrano homes. They don't look much different from the Ryan homes but they cost quite a bit more! I think it will be interesting to see what we all say about our homes in 10 years.
I thought I'd write about some of the homes in our new neighborhood. In the neighborhood we're in, the minimum square footage for a house is 2,000 sq ft.
The houses available to build in our particular neighborhood are:
Savoy
Bainbridge
Dunkirk
Ravenna
Yorkshire
Verona
Victoria Falls
Jefferson
Courtland
So far, there are only 2 finished homes - I think one is a Jefferson and I'm not sure what the other is. It looks similar though! You can't have 2 of the same house next door to each other. Another house was started about 2 weeks ago, but I'm not sure which that one is. Supposedly there are 2 other Ravenna's going in after ours.
As of right now, we still don't have neighbors on the right hand side. The lot was sold to a couple but they wanted to make the house so big that it wouldn't fit on the lot! I'm a little relieved. I was afraid my house would look so dinky next door to that! The family that is considering the lot right now will possibly get the Courtland or the Jefferson. I'll ask our sales rep about it on Monday.
The interesting thing about our neighborhood is that it was initially started by a home builder in the area called Marrano. Marrano sold their rights to the remaining lots in the development to Ryan. So there are probably 10-15 houses already up that are Marrano homes. They don't look much different from the Ryan homes but they cost quite a bit more! I think it will be interesting to see what we all say about our homes in 10 years.
Saturday, July 17, 2010
Scheduled the Pre-Contruction Meeting!!
July 26th!!
Wahoo!!!!! I can't wait - I wish it was sooner because we're so anxious to live in our new home. Yahoooooooooo!!! I'm really looking forward to meeting our project manager and getting started!
Wahoo!!!!! I can't wait - I wish it was sooner because we're so anxious to live in our new home. Yahoooooooooo!!! I'm really looking forward to meeting our project manager and getting started!
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)