Building a Fischer Homes Whitman: Selections Day!!

Today was Selections Day at the Fischer Homes Design Center. We met with Amy, our design coordinator, and walked through each detail of every room. We spent an hour and half looking over the Whitman diagram and placing lights, cable hookups, outlets, etc. The next hour and a half were spent putting together our exterior and interior options. I highly recommend going to the Design Center for a preview visit before your selections appointment. We had a good idea of our color choices before today.

Exterior:
We are adding the front porch, a back patio and a brick wrap on the sides and back of the house.

Kitchen:
Appliances- We are purchasing the range, microwave and dishwasher from Fischer. We are going to have the ice/water rough-in but will purchase our own refrigerator.
We are upgrading the cabinets to 42 inches in the kitchen, and adding the gourmet island. We are going with the standard vinyl floor.
We are upgrading our kitchen sink to a deep double bowl and adding a stainless steel faucet.

Family Room:
We are adding the electric fireplace and upgraded rectangular window wall. We are also upgrading our carpet pad on the first floor and up the stairs.

Cable outlets: We are putting cable outlets in our living room, family room and master bedroom.

We are going to add the Plasma package for television. We will talk to Guardian about this more at our appointment, but it will allow us to have all of the cables for our television ran behind the wall up to a spot above our fireplace, where our tv will go.

We are having all of the bedrooms pre-wired for ceiling fans. Another option we are adding to the master bath is a window. The standard is no window, but I think one is needed for lighting and steam from the shower.

Lighting: We are adding recessed lights in the family room, kitchen, morning room, and on the front porch.

Laundry room: We are adding a laundry tub. I am very excited about this! With two boys there are bound to be muddy clothes that will need to be washed out :)

Basement: We are doing the rough-in for a full bath but are not doing a finished basement or a walk-out.

Our meeting with Guardian and our sign-off appointment are in 2 weeks! This is going to be a long 2 weeks :) Currently, our contract says estimated start date is April 19!!
Here are some pictures of our options