Welcome back or welcome if
you didn’t read the first blog in this series!
As promised, in this blog
I am going to explain how very exciting it was for me to have the ability to
personalize my floor plan to the way I wanted it.
To start I needed to
figure out which townhome plan it was that I could afford. Parkview Homes
offers three different designs; The Kenton II, The Berkley and The Arundel.
While they were all very affordable, my budget is very small so I went with the
least expensive design, The Arundel! It is super cute on the inside and out, I
must add! I am very excited to move in this fall! In fact, I just bought a
roasting pan! I know your probably thinking what a nerd, but hey! I get excited
by the simple things in life – like a new roasting pan :)
Now on to the floor plan
personalization… It wasn’t that I didn’t like the original design; I did, it
was beautiful! It just didn’t fit my lifestyle. The original Arundel design had
a separate dining room that wasn’t going to work for me. As I mentioned in my
previous blog I come from a large family, and a separate dining room with no
where to expand wasn’t going to be able to accommodate me hosting family
dinners. I wanted to have the flexibility to stretch out my dining room table,
to allow for my family to have lots of room, and for any extended family or
friends to join us. So I moved it over and attached it to my great room and
took down the middle wall to open everything up (I had to stretch the budget a
little bit with the removal of the supporting wall, but it will be all worth it
to have my home the way I want it!).
Another change I wanted to
make was moving the powder room from the front entrance to just behind the
kitchen. I wanted it to be more accessible from the main living area.
With these two changes I
was able to create a more open concept layout for my new home! I now have an
awesome dining room/great room, a perfectly placed kitchen that is open to my
dining room/great room, my spacious breakfast area and a conveniently located
powder room!
I should also note that
when I made the changes on main floor, they did effect more than just the main
floor (you may have already noticed), by moving the powder room, the location
of the stairs had to change, which meant that my upstairs layout had to change
slightly. My master bedroom configuration got altered and the locations of my
main bath and ensuite also changed. I am elated with the final layout!
Just looking at the floor
plan that I personalized with the help of the fantastic designer at Parkview
Homes, it gives my butterflies and goose bumps of excitement for when I move in
and host that first family dinner! And use that shining new roasting pan ;).
Also, did you see the size of the walk-in closet in my master bedroom?! I could
live in that thing!
As I mentioned in my first
blog, I have the advantage of knowing A LOT about the new home building
industry, because I do work for Parkview Homes. I know what you might be
thinking; this blog is a marketing ploy to get you to buy a new home. Well it
may be a little bit, but it’s more importantly a chance for me, a first time
homebuyer, to share the knowledge that I have gained over the last two years of
working here, as well as share my first home buying experience!
Here are a few tips that
might be helpful that I wouldn’t have known two years ago:
1. If
you are not familiar with new home builders, changing floor plans is usually
something that they will NOT accommodate. Usually, you pick a floor plan and that
is exactly how your home is going to be built.
I am very lucky that Parkview will make changes to meet my personal and lifestyle needs. This isn’t just a special service for me – they do it for everyone! However, like I mentioned before you should be aware there may be some costs involved depending on the changes/modifications that you would like to make.
I am very lucky that Parkview will make changes to meet my personal and lifestyle needs. This isn’t just a special service for me – they do it for everyone! However, like I mentioned before you should be aware there may be some costs involved depending on the changes/modifications that you would like to make.
2. You
get to pick your own design selections! Flooring, Trim, Doors, Exterior Colours,
etc. This is something you get to learn more about in my next blog. I think picking
colours was the most nerve racking and exciting part!! Stay tuned :)!
Talk to you soon,
Alyssa
Here are a few resources
if you are thinking about buying your first home or a new home or you just
really want to be my neighbour!
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