Last week we met the wife of the builder out at a plumbing supply store about twenty minutes away. Sonia is Chuck’s partner in business. He takes care of the outside and she handles the stuff on the inside. We wanted to start the process of picking out sinks and fixtures. It’s time to start the plumbing and electrical rough ins so we need to start making these decisions.
The way it works is that the builder has standard equipment that they supply. It’s pretty nice, but it may not be exactly what you want, so they give you the option to choose other stuff. If you end up going cheaper (yeah right!) then you save a little money. If you end up going more expensive then they let you know how much you’re over and you pay the difference. I think that we may go over a little. Apparently the finish we chose for most of the fixtures saves us a little money. We added some options that will cost us some money too though. I get the sense that we went into the overage zone.
Last weekend we armed the boys with their tablets and a couple of lawn chairs and ventured out to meet her again but at the lot this time. We went to plan out the placement and numbers of outlets as well as placement, numbers, and types of lights and/or ceiling fans. I suspected we’d be there for an hour … maybe an hour and a half. It turned out to be a little more than three hours. It was getting dark when we left. This sort of thing requires a lot more time and thought than I realized.
When you have the option to place things like that anywhere that you’d like then the decisions can take a while. Thank goodness we had her along. She came up with a lot of suggestions and ideas that we hadn’t even considered. We contributed a few ideas of our own too, like outlets under all of the front windows in case we want to plug in electric candles at Christmas and a couple of outlets in the eaves for Christmas lights. Next up, kitchen design!