Sign Off

Yesterday was our sign-off meeting!!

The process of our sign-off was:

• Meet with Tracy from Guardian to make our selections on Home Theater and Security
• Go over all of the colors and selections we chose with Amy, our Fischer Designer
• Walk thru our plans on the prints
• Go back over the selections to make sure anything we added was correct

The whole process took us about four hours. Going over the colors and selections we had chosen was fairly easy for us, because we had done a preview day and selection day and reviewed our selection sheet before sign off.

Seeing the plans and going over the whole house on paper was very exciting!
We did make changes to the plans as we reviewed them. Amy was very thorough and marked everything with a red pen.
Here are some of the changes we made:

• Move hose bibs to sides of the house instead of front and back (so we don't have one on the front porch)
• Added a coach light to the back patio and move the spotlights to the back of the morning room pointing out into the backyard
• In the family room we added a few outlets for cable and television
• In the master bedroom we added a second outlet in the bathroom
• In the laundry room we flipped the washer and dryer locations - we would have never thought of this, but Tony (a salesperson sitting in) suggested it because if you have front loaders and open the doors they will hit each other
• In the basement we moved the bathroom rough-in to make more usable space when we finish the basement

After making changes, we reviewed the selections packet again. Amy was very patient and helpful as we walked thru the prints. After our FINAL review, we signed everything!!!

Tentative start date for construction is April 19!