Taking advantage of every square inch

We are nearly done with the floor plans.  The big hold up has been we decided to floor off the foyer, which created an extra room on the upper level.  Originally this room was going to be the laundry room until we realized how big it would be (now it will be an office).  So we looked to the room above the garage for a solution.

We are considering finishing the room above the garage off to make that the laundry room as well as give closet space to the bedroom on that side of the house.  The deciding factor will ultimately come down to cost.  The new upper floor plan is looking something like this:

The bulldozers are rolling in

Keeping things moving quickly,  the bulldozers are already grading our lot.  PCI builders are not wasting any time or any of the great weather we have been having.  We are amazed at how quickly things are moving.
Notice in the top picture you can see the lake in the background.

Lot #21

Here is a picture of lot #21 in the Macy Lakes subdivision in Kernersville, NC. 

You'll notice the all important "under contract" sign in front which officially states we are under construction.  Our builder, Chris Thompson of PCI builders in Kernersville, is carefully redrawing our floor plans to accommodate some of the changes we asked for.  Just to help orient you to the photo, we are on the cul de sac side of the lot, the drive way will be somewhere to the right of the under contract sign and the lake is near the trees on the horizon.
Sometime this week we will begin grading the lot.  There are many large and heavy rocks on some of these lots in this subdivision, so the sooner we find them the sooner we can work on getting them moved.  After the floor plans are finalized we can start the build.

LET THE GAMES BEGIN!!!!

Papers have been signed and checks are being processed!  So finally we can enjoy sitting down, talking about floor plans and building our home.  We meet this weekend to go over floor plans and move forward with beginning construction.
I can tell you the house in the lot next to ours is being built at a phenomenal rate, especially considering the weather we have been having.  I would be happy if our home is built at 1/2 the rate of the house next to ours.

I hope the posts become more interesting from this point forward.  More to come...

Reinspection

Today we have our home inspected again to ensure the repairs that were done are adequate and acceptable.  We basically replaced a window that had some condensation in it, sprayed mold killer in the crawl space and had a dehumidifier installed in the crawl space.
All the work looks look, I'm glad the inspector isn't coming on a day that we are having several days of rain and snow.  If all goes well, we are scheduled to close on March 4 at 2:30
Of course they are calling for 2-4 inches of snow on that day, but I will make it to the appointment regardless.