We went to our second appointment with Rite Rug last week. As I mentioned previously, we felt a little bit rushed at our first appointment. After returning home, I had second thoughts about the honey oak laminate wood flooring that we selected. I emailed the sales rep at Rite Rug and she scheduled another appointment for us.
The second appointment went a little bit better. It didn't take much time at all. We pulled all of the level F laminate wood flooring out and placed it next to the spiced maple cabinets. After going back and forth over a few, we decided on the Mahogany/Orient Silk. It's the darkest of the level F selections. We also changed the color of our handrail too. I can't remember what it is though. I'll have to check and update the Our Selections page.
I do have to admit, I was a little bit nervous about the bigger pattern of the mahogany, but it's growing on me! Our appliances will be all black. I think this flooring is going to provide just the right amount of contrast.
I can't believe how hard it was to select flooring! I thought it would be pretty easy to go in, look at the selections and choose. Boy, was I ever wrong! The carpet and vinyl we're pretty easy to choose but I completely stressed about the laminate wood. I think it was a mix of there not being enough to choose from and me over-thinking the whole thing. Whew! I'm so happy that part of the process is over.
There isn't much of anything else going on right now. We're just waiting on the pre-approval from NVR. Our loan originator is AWESOME! She's been so much fun to work with. We've been trying to get our credit score up a little higher so we can qualify for a better interest rate. We met with her for about three hours one evening to discuss everything. She gave us some really solid and honest advice. We followed everything she said to do and we'll know soon if it paid off!
The next few weeks will be crazy busy for us! We're getting our house all packed up to go into storage. The lease at our current house is up on August 31st.
We decided to move in with family until our house is finished instead of extending our lease. This started out as a 'worst case scenario'. I mean, who really wants to move back in with their parents that live in the middle of no cell service WV with 4 kids in tow? Mom, if you're reading this.. I love you but you need to move out of the hills and closer to Cleveland!
After a LOT more thought, moving in with family became our 'best case scenario'! Can you say...no rent or utilities for 3-4 months?! The only downside is, Joe has to stay in the Cleveland area for work. Thankfully, his brother lives nearby and offered him a place to stay rent and utility free. God, I love our family! We are beyond blessed when it comes to family.
I'll have to do another post all about how this is going to work for us.
Have you ever moved in with family while you're house was being built? I'd love to read about your experience. Please feel free to leave a link in the comments section!
I went to Rite Rug three times before I was happy with our selections :) Our SR wasn't that helpful, either. I had to ask her everything as she didn't supply any information. It would be so helpful if they just had a pricing list to look at like they do for the rest of the house and a sheet with the warranty information for the various products. It would have made the appointment so much more productive and I might have made fewer trips.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you! We did receive a pricing list of the flooring, but it didn't have any pictures. It did give us an idea of how much it would be to upgrade to the different levels. A sheet listing the warranty information would have been so helpful. From a sales standpoint, I don't understand why they don't hand that information out beforehand. It would certainly help them up sell to better quality flooring. Our flooring SR didn't seem that interested in up selling though.
DeleteI thought choosing flooring would be easy too! It was so overwhelming! We had already chosen our cabinets before this meeting but then we didn't like the only hardwood floor that would look good with them. Not only did we have the stress of choosing flooring, but we also had to start all over with choosing cabinets! It didn't help that my husband and I were still arguing over which granite to chose for our countertops! I wanted a lighter color and he wanted black. He eventually won and I'm glad I gave in! I LOVE our selections! The saleswoman at our appointment was extremely helpful. She gave us tips on how to match everything and she was super patient. She asked what kind of look and feel we wanted and then she laid things out for us to go with that. We already knew we wanted the carpet that was included in the price. Since we have pets, we know we will just be ripping it out later. We also only liked one of the hardwood floor selections. There were way too many vinyls to choose from but the saleswoman helped us narrow it down by how big the squares were and then it was easy! It was matching the cabinets, granite, and the hardwood floor that gave us a hard time!! We only had one appointment there but I think we were there for two and a half hours!
ReplyDeleteIt helped that our SR gave us pricing information for our hardwoods for each room individually. We were able to really think about how much we were willing to spend and which rooms we wanted to have hardwoods. Due to the high cost, we knew we wanted the cheapest hardwood floor option so that is what she quoted. I think we ended up paying a little more because we got the wider planks. It was upgrading the carpet padding that caught us by surprise! It was way more expensive than we imagined!
Your SR sounds like a dream! I was expecting our SR to help walk us through the process like yours did. But she didn't.. at all! I wish we could have nailed it all down in one visit, but we've made 3 so far.
DeleteThe upgraded padding was a LOT more expensive than we expected too. We did consider upgrading on the main floor, but we decided against it.
I absolutely love your selections! I am a visual person and I saw your kitchen coming to life before my eyes. The Mahogany Orient Silk Laminate flooring, the black appliances, maple cognac cabinets with the formica is going to be a beautiful contrast. You did a great job Bobbie!!
ReplyDeleteDon't forget to follow our journey at ricknadase.blogspot.com and be sure to click on the join this site button! Happy Building!!
DeleteThank you so much! We went back to the flooring place yesterday and changed our selections. We decided to stick to the standard flooring and not do any upgrades. This will help keep the overall price of the house down and allow us to add on the morning room. We cut out a few other upgrades too. I'm going to try to get a new post up tonight with the changes and a picture of the flooring. Hopefully I can... we're knee deep in moving boxes and packing tape!
DeleteOh, I just followed your blog too! Now I have a good excuse to take a break from packing later today!
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