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Rad's House Stuff

This house has been a project that was conceived by Odessi and I a few years ago. We visited and have consulted with property owners, sales reps, realtors, before we ended up buying a brand new spankin home at Standard Pacific Homes in American Canyon. The development area is called Marsanne and it is currently the community with the largest homes within the Standard Pacific Homes (SPH) community in American Canyon. There are two other communities called Lucera and Bergamo that are a step down from the Marsanne homes but after a year a new and final set of homes will arise that will top all 3 - Dolcetto. Anyhow, here are some guides (for 1st time new home buyers) and pics of our house as it is being built. 

Rad's personal guide to buying a new home

...with pics 

Discovering The Home - How we selected our new home (1/26/05)
Discovering The Lot - Our guide to selecting the right lot (2/22/05)
House Construction (3/07/05)
House Construction (3/09/05)
Signing The Contracts (3/12/05)
House Construction (3/12/05)
Visiting Gator Tech: Entertainment Options (3/17/05)
House Construction (3/18/05)
Visiting The Design Center: Choosing Rugs, Floors, etc. (4/1/05)
 
General Design Guide
Kitchen Guide
Kitchen Ideas (Dolce Model - Standard Pacific Homes)
Kitchen Ideas (Felice Model - Standard Pacific Homes)
Kitchen Ideas (Vittoria Model - Standard Pacific Homes)
Kitchen Ideas (Hampton Model - Mandrich / Hyde Park)
Kitchen Ideas (Sterling Model - Mandrich / Hyde Park)
Dinning (Various Models - Standard Pacific Homes)
Bathroom (Sterling Model - Mandrich / Hyde Park)
General Ideas (All Models - Mandrich / Hyde Park)
House Construction (4/04/05)
House Construction (4/09/05)
House Construction (4/23/05)
House Construction (4/30/05)
1st Brunch With The Builders (4/30/05)
House Construction (5/07/05)
Slab Selection (5/10/05)
House Construction (5/14/05)
House Construction (6/01/05)
Framework Walkthrough (6/10/05)
House Construction (6/24/05)
House Construction (7/10/05)
House Construction(7/17/05)
House Construction(8/6/05)
House Construction(8/15/05)
House Construction(8/24/05)
New Home Orientation!(9/13/05) Photos / Video
New Home Delivery Meeting - The Retrieval Of The Keys (9/20/05)
Closing Escrow (9/21/05)
Moving In (9/24/05)


The Upgrades and Mods

These are upgrades and mods done to the house that aren't so much furnitiure or paintings around the house but so much like landscaping, concrete, window coverings, construction, closets, alarms, etc. Read up on some research we've done and the experience we've had with our vendors.

 looking to buy   
 upgrade in progress   
 upgrade completed (no article/pics yet)  
 upgrade documented (pics included!)

 Water Softener System ($3800)
 Window Coverings (Shutters) ($7800)
 Bordering The Your Bark/Landscape ($200)
 Home Security ($1500)
 Texturing/Painting Garage ($500)
 Front Landscape Bordering
 Kitchen Window Coverings ($500)
 Dining Window Coverings ($750)
 Master Bedroom Window Coverings ($750)
 Epoxy Garage Floor ($1500)
 Closet Design/Organizers ($8000)
 Garage Closet Design/Organizers ($2500)
 Backyard Landscaping ($20000)
 Repaved Driveway ($2500)
 
 
 

Tuesday, September 06, 2005 (UMST)  (0 comments)
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More. Construction. TBW.

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More construction of the house. Will include more stuff about the pictures later.

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Slab Selection (5/10/05) smbius wrote it.

Selecting the Slab of Granite that will be used as the countertops on the kitchen

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Framework Walkthrough (6/10/05) Pg 1 of 2 smbius wrote it.

The Walkthrough with Loyd Carson.

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This is the Framework Walkthrough with Loyd.

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House Construction (6/01/05) smbius wrote it.

TBW

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