Selections
Exterior Selections
- Interior Building (we would have liked an end unit but decided to spend on other upgrades) Our lot backs to the actual golf course
- Elevation F - Full Brick Front With Front Garage Entry (We do think this is the best looking elevation, but we would have honestly choose a less expensive elevation with partial siding instead if we had the option, someone else purchased that before we bought. So no big deal.)
- Additional 3 ft on our deck, 7ft is standard
Photo of our elevation:
So our elevation looks like the first home on the right, but with the front garage in the photo below
Structural
- 10 Foot Extension on all floors
- Wood Stairs with white wood balusters
- Contemporary Kit (Upgrades all the interior doors for a more modern look, modern pulls on all the cabinets, and stainless steel vented hood over the range
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| OAK WOOD STAIRS, WHITE WOOD BALUSTERS |
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| BROAN KITCHEN HOOD |
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| Contemporary Door Style |
Low Voltage Wiring
- Speaker prewire in kitchen
- Coax in all bedrooms, great room, and rec room
- Telephone network line in great room
- HDMI wiring for tv over great room fireplace
Basement Full Bath
- Standard 6x6 White Tile around tub
- Floors in 12x24 Fabrique gris porcelain tile (This was a special request we made at stonework, typically you have to upgrade all of the tile its typically a level D selection)
- Lausanne Cabinet in Espresso
- White Cultured Marble
- Standard lighting and bathroom fixtures
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| Fabrique Gris Linen |
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| Lausanne Maple Espresso - (No Granite in this Bathroom) |
Main Floor Powder Room
- Floors in 12x24 Fabrique Blanc porcelian tile (Cant stand wood in bathrooms for sanitary reasons)
- Standard lighting and bathroom fixtures (will change later)
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| Fabrique Blanc Linen - This tile on the wall will be on our Powder Room, Laundry Room and 2nd Flr Bath Floors |
2nd Floor Hallway Bathroom
- Standard 6x6 White Tile around tub
- Floors in 12x24 Fabrique blanc porcelain tile (This was a special request we made at stonework, typically you have to upgrade all of the tile, its typically a level D selection)
- Lausanne Cabinet in Espresso
- White Cultured Marble (will change later)
- Standard lighting and bathroom fixtures (will change later)
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| Lausanne Maple Espresso - No Granite in this bathroom |
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| Fabrique Blanc Linen (Also being used in Laundry Room and Powder Room Floors) |
Master Bathroom
- Dual Roman Shower, no tub.
- We upgraded to a level D tile, Stonemark was nice enough to let us mix and match tiles. As a future interior Architect it was difficult being limited to the specific tile packages.
- Floors in Santino 12x24 porcelain , 2x2 tiles on shower floor, 12x24 white porcelain shower surround and frosted glass mosiac tile
- Lausanne Espresso Cabinets
- Burlywood Granite countertop - I didn't like any of the option will change this later
- Standard lighting and bathroom fixtures (will change later)
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| Master Bath Shower - "Composition Gesso" 12x24 porcelain, "Ice White" glass mosaic accent |
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| Master Bath Floor - "Santino Grigio" 12x24 porcelain |
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| Master Bath Vanity - "Lausanne" Maple Espresso Cabinet and "Burlywood" Granite |
Garage
- Dedicated Circuit
Garage Entry
- Floors in 12x24 Fabrique gris porcelain tile (This flows right into the basement bathroom
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| Fabrique Gris Linen 12x24 Porcelain (Front Entry, Garage Entry, Basement Bathroom) |
Front Entry
- Floors in 12x24 Fabrique gris porcelain tile
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| Fabrique Gris Linen |
Recreational Room
- Standard carpet in White Fox with standard 6lbs carpet pad (will upgrade to hardwood later)
Dining Room
- Standard carpet in White Fox with standard 6lbs carpet pad (will upgrade to hardwood later)
- Standard lighting fixture (will upgrade later)
Great Room
- Standard carpet in White Fox with standard 6lbs carpet pad (will upgrade to hardwood later)
- Ceiling Fan Prewire
- 6 Recessed lights
- Gas Fireplace
- Electric Outlet above fireplace for TV
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| Gas Fireplace - (We selected the stainless steel surround) |
Kitchen
- New Haven Cabinets in Linen White
- Luna Pearl Granite
- 36" Range (special request)
- Standard Stainless Steel side by side fridge, oven/microwave combo, dishwasher
- Pendants over the island
- Under cabinet lighting
- Level D Solid 5 inch wide hand scraped hickory by Armstrong - Riverhouse
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| New Haven Cabinets Linen White and Luna Pearl Granite |
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| Armstrong - River House - Solid Hickory |
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| Under Cabinet Lighting |
Master Bedroom
- Standard White Fox Carpet with 6lb pad
- 4 recessed lights
- Ceiling Fan prewire
- Tray ceiling
- Electric Outlet in Walk in Closet
Bedroom 1
- Standard White Fox Carpet with 6lb pad
- 2 recessed lights
- Ceiling Fan prewire
Bedroom 2
- Standard White Fox Carpet with 6lb pad
- 2 recessed lights
- Ceiling Fan prewire
Laundry Room
- 12x24 fabrique blanc floor tile
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| Fabrique Blanc Linen |
2nd Floor Hallway
- Standard White Fox Carpet with 6lb pad (will upgrade to hardwood later)
Love your selections! We went with Lausanne cabinets in our kitchen and bathrooms too! Do you have any pictures of your tile choices? It sounds really nice!
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ReplyDeleteCan't wait to see the final product Owen! Y'all went all out! Love it! And a 10 for extension?! LOVE!
ReplyDeleteThey have the Andrew Carnegie in our neighborhood, too, and we really like it -- it's a great model! (Outside our budget for us, alas.)
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ReplyDeleteDid you find that it was cheaper to upgrade your tile with NV rather than having it done post-closing? We're from out of state but building a NV home, and it's impossible to get quotes and figure out if we should get the tile we want now or wait. Our tastes are very much like yours, and I'm sure that we will be getting level D for our bathrooms and rec room area too.
Thanks in advance.
Hi Ebbie,
ReplyDeleteCongrats on your new home. Are you building a single or a town?
So upgrading tile with NVHomes is expensive when comparing the cost for the same exact tile with an outside vendor. However, I don't recommend doing your tile post closing as a cost saving measure. What you will find is that the cost of hiring a contractor to remove the existing tile and retiling your bathrooms will be substantially much more expensive. The exception to this is if your incredibly handy and can handle retiling your entire bathroom.
I would not recommend adding a kitchen backsplash with NV, thats an easy DIY project most folks can handle or you can hire a handy man at minimal cost. The upgrades add up very quickly and to save on cost we did the included 6x6 standard white tile around the tub in our secondary bathrooms. However we upgraded the bathroom floors. For example, the level D tile package we wanted in our secondary bathrooms were priced at about $1700. The cost to just upgrade the floors was only about $500. I thought that was a great compromise for tile thats going to be hidden behind a shower curtain. I have also seen others add a mosaic accent for under $100. Good luck, let us know what you decide.
Hey Owen,
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for getting back to me so quickly! No no, we are not handy people at ALL, so we'd like to have as much done by NV as possible, provided it isn't extremely cost prohibitive.
I'm mostly gathering information from Ryan Homes blogs, and something I've noticed is that NV seems to be more "luxury", and we're offered more upgrades as standard than a lot of Ryan Homes. So while it makes sense for them to install granite and hardwood post closing, it really doesn't make sense for NVH buyers to do that because those items come standard. In the long run, $1700 to upgrade to the kind of tile we want is a much better option than doing it later on.
ANYWAY. :-) We are building a townhouse--we're in Urbana (Frederick), so our model is the John Jacob Astor. I'm working on blogging about it eventually since there are so few NVH blogs and resources out there, but it's kind of hard to do it since we're negotiating everything from California until about June. Once we're in the area, I will kick the blog into action and hopefully will be able to contribute pics, specs, etc.
Looking forward to following your home journey!
Welcome to the east coast :). The John Jacob Astor is a really nice floor plan, its very similar to the Andrew Carnegie. I saw some photos of your community it looks so charming, you guys made a good choice. You should definitely blog about your experience, there isn't much out there for NVHomes. How far along are you in the process?
DeleteSo much is already included with NVHomes, the finishes are a tad more upscale compared to Ryan. With that being said try to get a price list from your SR with all the options. It wasn't till we were making our selections did we realize how much the house was going to really cost. It sounds like you have nice taste like we do and that comes with a premium. I would consider adding hardwood to non included areas post closing. In our case NV doesn't include hardwood in the great room and dining. NV is charging 9k to add hardwood in those areas, but we can get this done post closing for 6k including install. Surprisingly the appliance packages are priced well, so get the package you want if you decide to upgrade. My resources page has links to a lot of those options.
Thanks, We'll be looking out for your blog
Check out Eboni's blog if your haven't done so already, she also did an Andrew Carnegie. It definitely helped us out. http://buildingournvhome.blogspot.com
ReplyDeleteWe aren't too far into the process yet, basically we have financing in order and we're picking out finishes, cabinets, etc. We hope to close on September 1, but of course we know things can go wrong. This is our second new build house so we're not totally new to this. The only difference is that in our previous house, it was already built and the only options we could still pick was the flooring. Honestly, it was a lot less pressure!
ReplyDeleteWe fell in love with the NVHomes floorplans and it was honestly hard for any other builder to measure up, we kept comparing all of the other houses we saw to NV--I guess that's the equivalent to walking into a house and knowing it's "The One".
Buying in Urbana was unexpected (we'd planned to buy closer in to the metro DC area) so we're paying less for our house than we budgeted for. Still, we have to reign ourselves in on the upgrades and extras because we definitely do NOT want to have the nicest house in the development. We're like you guys, just concentrating on upgrades that we know will maintain value in the home later if we need to sell.
The one disappointment I have with NVH is the kitchen sink situation. Like you mentioned, it is just really disappointing that they got so many features right, and that is so, so wrong.
Nice selections. I never thought about grey tiling in bathroom until after we made our selections. That's gonna look sharp!!
ReplyDeleteThank you. I definitely have a modern aesthetic when its come to design so these tiles worked well. The tricky part is that its a colonial style home which wants to be more traditional. So were going for a transitional look which will tie in some of the modern design decisions. Your selections are beautiful so can't wait to see that come together.
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