Selecting a Floor Plan/ Model

I never realized selecting the floor plan would be such a difficult choice. Our Sales Rep said it's one of those things that when you see it, you just know. Well, for us that was not the case. We knew we wanted a ranch style home or the house must have a first floor master. Our first house we rented when our son was born was a two story and carrying laundry, toys, a baby and especially ourselves up and down stairs was not ideal. Not to mention, we do plan on growing old in this home :-) and when our kids are grown and out of the house we do not want to have to climb stairs.

So, at last we were between two floor plans. The first is the Brentwood, which is actually the model in the neighborhood we are building in. It has a great open floor plan, cathedral ceilings which let in a lot of light, and of course as a model- it was decked out and looked amazing! We fell instantly in love. The only drawback... no option for a walkout basement which we have always wanted. The reason for no basement was the size of the home, being a ranch style footprint would make the basement much larger than a two story house and we were told they could not do a basement that large on the lot we selected.

The other house (of course) is the Genoa. We loved this house because it has the first floor master and a loft for our son (and future children) to play in PLUS we had the option to add a basement. The major draw back for this house was the pictures we saw online believe it or not. They made the living room seem kind of dark and closed in. What we didn't realize at the time is that it looked dark in comparison because the ceilings could not be cathedral ceilings because it was a two story home. Seems simple I know, but we just had to see it for ourselves! Needless to say we drove an hour to Chesterfield, VA and looked at the model there and LOVED it.

A decision was born! A Genoa floor-plan with a walk-out basement!

Next up- Signing our contract!

Thanks for reading,

Ashley