Closer to My DREAMS!!

Here is one of the many inspirational songs that I love to listen to foster feelings and memories of things I am grateful for in my life.  It is also serving as the gratitude, the joy, the excitement, the elation to remind me of this awesome opportunity my husband and I have to build our dream home.

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As you may have read, we started our search to build a new home, a new foundation for our marriage September of last year and were told we were not ready to purchase.  We had to wait for the new year to submit our purchase agreement.  As soon as January rolled around, we ran and put our hold deposit on Lot #28.  We watched this LOT for months and prayed it would be available when we were ready to purchase.  We were absolutely clueless that RH were offering HUGE incentives for choosing a particular Lot with a particular model which they called the "Home of the Month." The home of the month for January was a ROME and you had to choose Lot #27 or Lot #28.  What!?  We were shocked because it was the lot and the model we had on our bucket list since September 2011!!!  We saved thousands of dollars on our new home!!  The number of incentives were outrageous and it made our pocket book HAPPY!!  This was a marketing strategy RH used to create visibility of new homes off Church Road near our cul-de-sac.  Our cul-de-sac was empty prior to September through February.  This marketing strategy worked because the entire cul-de-sac will be completed by September with the exception of our home with a early December delivery.  Thank you, God and Ryan Homes!!!   Last week, we were so excited because after waiting SIX months for our loan approval we received our ratified contract in the mail.  What a sigh of relief!  We were tickled pink because our patience for waiting paid off and it PAID off WELL!!  We were able to keep our lot and our incentives.  I am forever grateful!!   I give thanks because we are closer to our DREAMS!   So what's NEXT??  Breaking Ground!!  We are tentatively scheduled to break ground the week of my husbands birthday which is September 9 and expected to have our pre-construction meeting the week of September 2.

I also want to give thanks and appreciation to all of you who have offered encouragement, resources, insight, and crossed fingers who have followed our blog and hung in here with US.  It was a huge risk to blog and my husband thought it was a bit premature; however, it offered me the opportunity to connect with other home owners who understood, learn and grow about this industry and to keep my sanity as we waited these six months.  I have watched so many homes being built and the time has come to build our home and the ratified contract made it a reality. Once we settle, we would have gone through this entire year--January to December to build this home.  What a journey, because we still have approximately five more months. And it is all good!

After today's meeting with our SR, I will be posting our final selections/upgrades/customizations.  Hopefully we will have some good news today and I will be able to add Elevation C with front porch to our list!  I held off from this step deliberately because I wanted to be sure our contract was ratified and that we could move forward on this blog with confidence and assurance!

Stay tuned! Nadase