Almost finished moving in...

                                                                                                     
                                      
                                                                           Office

                                                                     
Just a few quick shots, no time to make sure things looked their best, but it gives you an idea of the house with furniture.  They poured the concrete side walk and porch step yesterday, as well as painted the exterior trim.  I'm not sure when the double wide driveway will be paved, nor when the final grading and lawn seeding will take place, but I'm sure it won't be anytime soon as the weather is about to cool down.  I'll update in a few weeks with better pictures, an update on the house, and anything else related to my experience with Ryan Homes.

All moved in...

We just moved in this past weekend.  I really like the house, it isn't perfect, but it is very nice.  The closing process was a breeze.  I don't feel like NVR Mortgage played games with me at all.  The interest rate was great (3.75%) and I received a discount to lower my closing costs.  Everything seemed to make sense and added up.  That isn't to say closing fees were low, with all the taxes, prepays, and fees, my out of pocket was almost $6,200.00.  That does include the upfront PMI, but wow, that was a lot to pay at closing.  Still, I shopped around and every bank wanted at least $6,000.00 to close and  none of them were offering the same interest rate. 

As I said, the house is nice.  I'm seeing all sorts of little defects, and I don't appreciate the squeaky floors- they will be fixed!  But overall the house is wonderful.  Word of warning:  new houses have a nauseating smell that lingers for days, even with every window fully opened all the time.  If you have allergies, BEWARE!

I will get pictures up soon, I promise.

Closed!

I got a call at night to close the next day before the lock expired and close I did.  The house seems nice, I have and will continue to make many small trips with little things before the big move comes.  Stay tuned for pictures and...my overall impression of  Ryan Homes, (so far, mistakes aside, I'm content).

All done...

We stopped by the house today to take a look.  Officially it is complete, (aside from the driveway, lawn, and some exterior cleaning and putty work.  Of course there are some things that need to be fixed up, but the house really is done and it looks nice!  I will have a friend of mine take a closer look with me before closing as there are a few framing things that may need to be addressed.

Pictures, pictures, pictures

                                         Hard to tell, but the door and shutters are navy blue!

                              I really love the white carpet, but WHO is going to keep it clean?

                                                       Lavatory off the back hall

                                                                       Living room
                                                                

                                                          Guest bedroom walk-in closet

                                                                 Owner's bedroom

                                                               Owner's walk-in closet

                                                                   Main bathroom

                                            The crown molding really makes the cabinets!

                                                                 Basement insulation

                                                                       Dining area

                                                 The one car garage is actually quite large

                                                                    Laundry room

Sorry the pictures are so small, I don't have an iphone.

Really close

I stopped by the house today and noticed that all the doors and hardware are up, the screens are in, and the carpet is installed.  Only things left before closing are touch up paint inside the house, insulating the basement, mortaring the basement windows in place, and painting the front door.  There will be some outside worked finished when the weather's better, (winter finally arrived in Buffalo). No pictures because I couldn't get into the house today, the sales rep. was busy selling (I hope) another house. It's almost time to move, let's see if everything goes well...

Getting closer...

I stopped by the site today to tour with my PM and see the progress.  It's really getting down to the wire-with closing in just a couple weeks.  The house looks very nice.  The kitchen is basically finished with crown molding, dishwasher, resilient flooring, base trim, light fixtures, etc.  all in place.  HINT:  my PM had the electrician put a walk-in closet light in the kitchen, and the huge 'pillow' fluorescent light in the closet.  I really like this as it gives a more finished look in the kitchen, and there will be no more guessing between blacks and navy blues in the closet anymore.  Bathroom fixtures are in and the water is running.  Things are really coming together, at this point the only major things that need to be done are:  basement insulation, mortaring the two basement windows in place, touch up paint, stain the staircase railing, change out the wrong bathroom vanity, fix some trim, lay some carpet, paint the front door and basement staircase, install the stove, pour the front porch/walkway, hang the doors and put on the handles, fix a squeak or two in the floor, and whatever else needs attention. Then in the spring they will come lay the driveway, final grade the yard, and plant the grass seed.  Well I guess there is a lot to finish.  Sorry, no pictures today because I had to fly from work in a hurry to meet my PM and left the camera on my desk.  I will get more pictures soon.