The Grand Tour

We met with "Builder A" tonight. He spent 90 minutes taking us to homes he has built in the area to show us some different designs. Come to find out, he has 'transplanted' half of his old neighborhood out to the area where he lives. He joked saying that was the only way he could control who his neighbors would be.

We saw a few things we liked from a design perspective but nothing in it's entirety. He asked us what size of a home we were looking at. Not really knowing the correct response, we told him 2,400-2,600 on the main base. Without even thinking, he told us we were nuts and that we would swim in that house. He would gladly build it for us but he thinks that is way too big. Alas - an honest man???

The last house we saw was his and that is where we sat at his dining room table and showed him the plan that we had found. His wife came over and said she really liked our ideas. Knowing both of them it was easier to open up and talk about how we want the house built around the kitchen and great room. He took our ideas and said he would draw up a plan in the next couple of days. He is behind on his parade home but thinks he can squeeze this in.