We talked to our loan officer briefly yesterday, who said he did not have a chance to follow-up with the underwriters yesterday because he was in training all day. He promised he would send them an email by c.o.b to check the status of our loan. I really hope we hear back from him today or tomorrow. The best part about waiting is that I get to take advantage of being absolutely certain of our selections and upgrades to the home. For instance, we initially chose island pearl siding with dover white trim to go with the partial stone veneer exterior. After viewing several homes with this combination it was going to make the house much lighter than I wanted. I saw many homes with the stone mountain clay which I love; yet it was too late to have as an option because the family on Lot #27 has this siding color. I want to keep my black shutters and door so I must find a color scheme approved by RH. RH has this booklet with the color schemes that you must adhere to and another rule: you cannot pick the color siding of the two homes to the left or right of you. We had two options left and they ARE.......you guessed right.....Autumn Beige or Silver Mist siding, with dover white trim, black shutters and door. After reading many blogs about Autumn Beige and checking out the color with outside lighting, it confirmed that pink hue that everyone described, so I immediately crossed it off my list. The Silver Mist is several shades lighter than the Stone Mountain Clay (not even close to it). Does anyone know what this color looks like on the house? I have searched high and low and cannot find a house with this color siding.
When we were deciding on colors, I stumbled across a website for sheds that allows you to pick colors for roof, siding, shutters and door that has most of the colors: http://www.weaverbarns.com/visualize-your-options/gable-vinyl.php. It will at least give you a bigger look at the colors. Our soon-to-be neighbor picked Silver Mist and it really looks nice. I won't be back out there until next week, but I can take a picture of it for you if you'd like.
ReplyDeleteThis is awesome Rachel! What a great resource!?
DeleteRachel I have been playing around with this tool and it is so helpful! The island pearl is definitely lighter and the silver mist adds a little more color. I I sure wish we could have the stone mountain clay but silverist it shall be. I would definitely love to get pictures of what is offered in your community. Thanks a bunch!
DeleteWe took the liberty of taking a couple photos of homes with Silver Mist siding to try to help you tonight. Take a peek at this link: http://davidsonrome.blogspot.com/2012/05/heads-up-to-future-rome-owner-and.html
ReplyDeleteGood luck!
Kevin is on the ball!
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DeleteKEVINC..........OMG!! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! FOR DRIVING AROUND AND MAKING THIS REQUEST A REALITY!! THIS WAS SUCH A JOY TO RECEIVE YOUR SUPPORT! THIS REALLY MADE MY DAY! I HAVE BEEN FEELING SO ANXIOUS ABOUT THE EXTERIOR OF THE HOME AND WANTED TO BE CERTAIN THAT THE HOUSE WAS NOT TOO LIGHT SINCE WE COULD NOT GET THE STONE MOUNTAIN CLAY. Okay, let me STOP screaming!!!! Again, thank you! This florence model has a very similar look and feel of the ROME we chose to build. Our house is reversed just like this picture. We have elevation c with the partial stone veneer, black shutters and doors with dover white trim and SILVER MIST siding! HOLLA! We also have the small porch covering as the Florence. The Florence looks like the Rome's cousin from the outside--but we know the Rome is much, much bigger! Have a blessed evening!
DeleteYou are right Thomas!! He is on it!!! I am so happy. I can relax now about this portion of our journey! Plus I have a picture to post!!
DeleteAll of those colors are actually very nice, but I prefer "island pearl" best. It's the lightest of all the colors and I'm sure that the house will look very nice no matter how dark the shade of the roof is.
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