I'm The Reason Why We Can't Have Nice Things.

Meet Milo.

He is one of the main reasons why I have neglected my blog for so long.  I have had to deconstruct my home decor to accommodate potty training a 10 week old puppy.  But I don't mind.  Look at that cute face!  I only got a little angry at him when he chewed a hole through my $600 rug..... 

But really, he is a joy to have.  

I have had to pull up all of my rugs and cover my floors with puppy pads.  My home is in no state for pics or visitors, at least for the next 2 weeks.  He's almost trained, but it's been a battle.  Still, I wouldn't trade him for the world, but he is the reason we can't have nice things right now.

And.........we wait........

We are waiting for our pre-construction meeting and ground breaking.  Our meeting is scheduled for July 28th and ground breaking is August 11th.  Nothing new to post, so I thought I'd just put up some more pics.  These are just various pics of some homes in the neighborhood, our lot, and selections.  I'm basically bored today and have nothing to do.
Oh, we are going to slap on our "SOLD" sign on our lot sometime this weekend, since our lot marker sign was just put on our lot this week.

This is an old picture. This is the beginnings of those ugly green utility thingamabobs that sit in some yards.  Unfortunately it will be on my lot.  I am going to insist on some major landscaping around these suckers.

Floor plan.

Another Venice across the street from the street our lot sits on.  There are two other Venices' in our general vicinity of the neighborhood. 

Love this door.  We snuck into another Venice and they had this.  Is this an upgrade I didn't know about?

Blueprints for the Venice Elevation K.

It's Been A While

Since my last post we got our loan approval letter.  It had one stipulation in it that I know we will not be able to meet.  My student loans are on deferment until October of 2015, as I am in grad school right now.  NVR stated that we must close by October 20th of this year, because they did not count my student loan payments in our debt to credit ratio.  It's already very low, so I do not know why they would see a $200 a month payment as a hardship for us. But anyway, per our SA, the earliest that our house will be ready is in November.  So we called NVR to tell them this.  We simply would not be able to meet that part of the agreement.   We have not heard anything in over a week from NVR, but our SA scheduled our pre-construction meeting for the end of this month knowing this.  We also have a date for breaking ground, so I guess this whole loan thing is not a big deal(?).  I will feel much more comfortable when we hear from NVR stating that they have retracted that stipulation of the loan.
Anyhow, I snuck into one of the Venices that is being built across from out lot.  There are two being built on the same small corner across from us.

Hubby in the kitchen.  I like these cabinets, but am glad I went with the all white choice.

This house has the optional morning room windows.  I am sorta regretting not getting them :-(

Double sink in master bath.  We chose this option, just not in granite.  Kinda wish we had the single sink now.  I need counter space!

Exterior of the house.

Another view of the kitchen.

Are these many recessed lights standard?  I hope so.