bfelts – Page 4 – Our New Home

November 6, 2017November 6, 2017

Permits acquired, building should start any day now…

It’s been a long three months of seeing not much done in the way of our new home’s construction.

OLD Home: Closed back on 10/25! Got the old home off our hands. Thanks Kerin Clarkin of Kerin Realty for everything! (KerinRealty.com)

NEW Home: Still under construction, once it even starts… Read on below..

Two weeks ago, the permit became available. The home-builder picked it up a week later, and as of this week, we’re told to see plumbing and concrete work starting to take shape.

I’ve already seen a new water meter cover get put in, as of my last drive by. Darcy’s also taken some pictures of the lot, which appears to have markers put in for the lot dimensions. (I thought they were utility markers, oh well.)

Time will tell, but at this point with construction starting into November, we’re not expecting to take delivery of the home for another 3-4 months… about a month later than we anticipated. We’ll see how the next few days go.

Above is the land plot from the Prop Appraiser’s website…

As of 11/6 (today) there’s the lot! Still kind of waiting for some action to start taking place…

Here’s the original shot from Aug 7th, below…

Oh, and here’s some of the tile backsplash work Darcy is planning on going with, for the kitchen cabinets.

Anxiously awaiting something.

~Byron

October 19, 2017

It’s been awhile… (UPDATE)

So it’s been a few months since this whole process began, but we’re finally starting to get some traction.

The old house still hasn’t closed, but we should be closing within the next few days. Likely by the 25th, next week.
The permit for the new house has FINALLY been granted, so construction will finally start on the new lot. (It took a little longer than expected to get permits in place.)
We’ve seen more of the “model” home nearby in another town, as it comes to completion. This gives us a better idea of what to expect to see when ours is ready.

For now, it’s just patience, patience, patience as construction takes shape and eventually completes. We expect to have the new house sometime after February at this point.

We’ll spend Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years holidays in our temporary home or celebrating with others.

August 21, 2017November 6, 2017

Five months to go….

We’re closing on the house soon, and moving out of the current home even sooner.
Temporarily relocating a little bit south of here until the closing on the new home, moving out of here by Sept 9th.
Still expecting to move-in our new home around Feb 1st.
Construction ground-breaking doesn’t have for another few weeks… We’ll likely see something start happening towards end of September.

UPDATE/EDIT: I had previously posted some pictures into this entry, as of today (11/6) I’m removing them, because Darcy told me I took pictures of the wrong model house when I was out snapping them. (Awesome!)

Anyways. We’ve seen/walked through the ACTUAL model 2705 home, and it’s still got us waiting and anxious/excited.

Stay tuned!

~Byron

August 8, 2017August 8, 2017

SOLD!

Well that didn’t take long.

Accepted an offer this morning to sell our current home.

Should close in next 45 days if all goes well.

The search is still on for a temporary place to live before the new Park Creek home is ready in February next year!

August 7, 2017August 7, 2017

First Open House – Already have offers

Our agent showed our current home on Laraway Ct. this past Sunday afternoon, and we had a few visitors for such a quick offering with little heads-up notice.

Here we are the next day, and we already have multiple offers coming in via our agent. (That’s exactly why we chose Kerin Clarkin!)

Fingers crossed – seems we may be moving a lot sooner than we expected into a temporary living arrangement! We don’t expect this house to be on the market too much longer, either way.

August 4, 2017August 4, 2017

Current Home Listed on MLS!

Current home has gone on MLS via our real estate agent Kerin Clarkin, and most listings have 13 pictures he’s taken of the inside and perimeter of the yard.

Under Contract!

Latest Happenings:

Updated: Current house is on the market. Hoping to see it move quick. Probably quicker than expected!
Looking for a rental / apartment to temporarily move into in-between closings.
Contract was just signed on July 31st, just in time to get 50% off first $10,000 worth of upgrades.
Deposit has been put down.
Construction to begin soon.
Closing scheduled for 02/01/2018.
Estimated completion construction completion and move-in date sometime late 02/2018.

Here’s some information on our new home under construction:

The basics:

New Address: 12283 Legacy Bright St., Riverview, FL 33578 (most lots not on google maps yet — sorry!)

Community: Park Creek in Riverview, FL

Homebuilder: Adams Homes of Northwest Florida

Our Real Estate Agent: Kerin Clarkin of Kerin Realty/Keller Williams

Beds: 5
Baths: 3.5
Sq Ft: 2,705
Model: Elevation “A”
Upstairs bathroom style: Jack & Jill

Upgrade options we added:

Stainless Steel Appliances
5-foot gravel rock pillars in front construction
Premium side-lot with walkway maintained by HOA located in-between us and neighbor’s home to our left
Lot choice near pond located facing rear of the property
Tile flooring throughout
Larger and roof-covered concrete patio space in backyard

Entrance to the Park Creek Community (Clubhouse area view, below):

Rendering of the new home (below):

Here’s the lot we’ve selected (below):

And here are some more pictures. Examples/samples of the ELEVATION A floor plan, along with the area we’re building in (below):

Unfortunately, our house is so customized, there’s really not a picture we can find that shows our choices. We’re also the first 2-story home of “model 2705” being built within our entire community.

Next we’re preparing to list our current home so it’s on MLS and available in the market! Excitement is in the air!