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[livinginelpasotexas]

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[thecurlyfry]

Meeting with Your Market Manager

Meeting with your Market Manager gives you much more information than their website.  This is where you can tour model homes, gather your wish list, get pricing, etc.  I would recommend spending a few hours with your Market Manager to get all the information you need!  Long, yet informative post ahead!

The first thing we did was tour the model home of the community we were looking to build, which was the Belleville.  

This floor plan was on our list of interest, so we definitely looked around but it didn’t feel like “home” to us.  Another home we were very much interested in was the Buchanan.  

The model home for that house plan was about 40 minutes away but our Market Manager was more than happy to take us there to look around.  As soon as I walked in to that model, I knew that was the home for me - I fell in love with it instantly!

We came back to the model home/Drees office of our community and picked out our lot.  Once the lot was picked out, our Market Manager made a “wish list” and a “structural list”.  The structural list was for things we needed to decide on right then and there since we decided to move forward with buying this home. 

Here are a few things to consider when thinking about your structural:

Fireplace – location of the fireplace (if it can be changed) and any surround on the fireplace such as the stone on the wall.

Carriage garage doors – You wouldn’t think this was a structural element, but IT IS! If you want carriage garage doors, you must put this in with your initial structural meeting with your market manager

Front door with side and top windows – Unfortunately, we did not know this was a structural thing until our design appointment.  At that point, it was too late for us to change anything structural so we could not get that done.

Vaulted/tray ceilings

Sunroom addition

Finished basement – bathroom, media room, wet bar, etc.

Family foyer

Additional garage

Built-in shelves

Patio/outdoor living

Gas line to patio

Any room extensions

Changing the owner’s suite bath to a garden/deluxe bath

These are just a few off the top of my head.  I would recommend having your market manager go over literally every single thing on their structural list so you can be sure you’re getting everything you want - especially if you didn’t think of it as being structural.

Here is what we chose for structural, along with pricing (pricing likely varies depending on location and any promotions they have going on):

Hopefully this will help anyone with pricing.  The fireplace listed does not include the stone extension going up to the ceiling. We originally went with a finished basement, but did a contract addendum before our design appointment and changed it to a sunroom. I can say that the finished basement was around $29,000 dollars - but this was with a wet bar, media room, and full bathroom.

The design elements on the wish list is also extremely helpful to do.  Again, have your Market Manager go through everything on the list so you know you’re not missing out on anything.  These items are not set in stone until after your design appointment, but this way you know what price point you’re looking at.  This includes:

Floor upgrades

Adding extra cabinets - in addition to Butler’s Pantry

Adding a banister

Counter top upgrade

Cabinet upgrades - height/pull out drawers/etc.

Trim/wainscoting

Signing and payment

Once you have all your structural elements selected and you’re ready to sign all your paperwork, Drees will need $5,000 as a deposit toward the 5% minimum down payment.  The total down payment is 5% of the base price of the house with elevation you chose + additional lot cost + structural changes. 

To get an idea, our house base price with the lot and elevation was $401,400 with an additional $19,505 for our structural changes/upgrades which totals to 420,905. 5% of that is $21,045.  After paying the $5,000 deposit, Drees does not need the remainder of the 5% until your design center appointment, so you have a couple weeks to come up with that if needed.

I know it’s a lot of information but hopefully it’s useful to some!

Upcoming posts will include our 2 design center appointments, our pre-construction meeting, and our ground breaking!

17 Aug 2020

[yphotoblog]

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[creatingasimplerlife]

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[rjacky86]

This is the only goal I have set for this year. #everythinghappensforareason #buildingahome #mytribe https://www.instagram.com/p/BsilHEXnY_x/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=b8l0l9udgobn

[tayloreddesigns]

After a crazy busy day at work. I got to end it discovering there is a hole in the land we purchased and the new house is officially being built💜💜💜 #buildingahome #newbeginngs I have to admit taking a 365 degree spin on my life to try and create better future for myself sure has paid off💜 I literally have shown myself that I can do hard things✌🏼creating a life built on focus and good intentions really has a way of simple crating so much more daily joy and happiness. Excited for this house and excited for my small biz kindness project I have work so hard for. #bekind #behappy #KindnessMatters #beyoutheworldwilladjust #creatingabetterfuture #buildingmydreamhome (at Horace, North Dakota) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cg0tOEksl-B/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[plancollection]

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[marcusse-design]

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[anishnair98]

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[thecurlyfry]

We’re building a home!

I’m so excited to share our journey and to hopefully help anyone out there that is looking to build their home, especially through Drees Homes.

Who are we? I’m Amy and my hubs is Andrew - I’m in HR and he’s a software developer. Just a kid at heart married couple, fur-parents to 2 wild huskies and 2 laid back kitties. Disney World is basically our second home, as well as our two best friends’ couch. We’re pretty boring, but I wouldn’t change a thing!

What made us choose Drees? We looked at so many different custom home builders in the area we wanted to live and I can honestly say it was slightly overwhelming with the amount of options. We did our research between different reviews, pricing, customization, etc. and found that Drees was a perfect match for us!

We break ground TODAY! I am very optimistic about giving updates on a weekly basis about the progress of our home being built.

We have actually already gone through a few steps before getting to this point and I plan on going further into detail on future posts - this entails meeting with our Market Manager for the first time, picking out all our design selections, and our pre-construction meeting.

As a side note, my husband is 30 and completely rocks the gray curls, fight me! Jk please don’t fight me, I would lose.

14 Aug 2020

[stevesellshomes]

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[mostlynatur3]

We finally closed on the land! 

[creatingasimplerlife]

14 years ago today we said ‘I do’ and what a wonderful time it’s been making all our dreams come true! We may not be getting our house built this year, but wherever we are, as long as we are together, we are home ❤️ #happyanniversary #honesweethome #buildingahome https://www.instagram.com/p/CR3f00OqyGL/?utm_medium=tumblr

[mstfbgcvn]

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[pixelmoon1]

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