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Post by KarenN on Feb 25, 2005 15:14:34 GMT -5
If it works, this is the floorplan for the one I am looking at. It will have a tan/gold/cream ceramic tile throughout the kitchen/baths/utility, etc. There is a 1/2 bath off the utility in the one I am getting which makes the MB closet a tad smaller. The carpet is called tealeaf, kind of a mossy/gold color, the walls are almond toast with white trim and the windows all across the kitchen and dining room have white plantation shutters. There is a full wall fireplace in the family room of random native stone, and the kitchen cabintes are a nice golden ash - it is really lovely, light and ariy, and most of all BIG enough for my family!  Yeah, I know it's tnot one of the two I showed you all the other day, but this one is better yet - the construction of this one is higher quality. |
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Post by noblesseoblige on Feb 25, 2005 15:25:51 GMT -5
how long does it take to get it?  |
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Post by Marci on Feb 25, 2005 15:38:19 GMT -5
Oh yeah I like this one better than both of the others! One question, What is the Adult Retreat for?  LOL  |
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Post by DorothyB on Feb 25, 2005 16:15:28 GMT -5
I really like it. Wasn't the left (in the plan) the end that you were wishing you could easily look / walk out? I think a half bath there is perfect.
Can you use the closet in the "extra" bedroom (office??) for overflow if needed?
Any chance of having a door put in between the "adult retreat" and the living room?
It looks like this plan will accomplish your goal of having two separate areas when you want to send the boys elsewhere.
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Post by Kit on Feb 25, 2005 18:09:19 GMT -5
Nice!
There is a Palm Harbor lot just down the road from me. (along with almost every other brand)
A friend and I went thru a lot of them a few years ago. They are very nice inside and constructed very well.
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Post by Mary Ann on Feb 25, 2005 18:17:14 GMT -5
When you stop and think about it, you're talking about the equivalent of six bedrooms.  Why not make one of them a tack room? |
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Post by Chrisnstar on Feb 25, 2005 20:36:10 GMT -5
I loff it!!!!!
chris
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Post by qhaddict on Feb 25, 2005 21:19:52 GMT -5
Oooh! I really like this one, Karen!
I looked at the other two you posted also, but to me they were just "so-so." I'm very picky about house layouts.
Good luck deciding!
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Post by AmberC on Feb 25, 2005 22:34:50 GMT -5
What's the difference between a living room and a family room? And I thought the master bedroom was an adult retreat! LOL!
Looks nice, though!
Amber
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Post by Mary Ann on Feb 26, 2005 20:32:25 GMT -5
Karen, you've been on my mind all day. I don't know how somebody does this. I know that if you decided on a prefab house, and you had a piece of ground, that you'd dig a septic system and a well, throw the house up, yada yada. But when you already live in a place that's established, how do you do this? What happens to your landscaping? Do you move the driveway? How big of a hassle is it to get the plumbing uh, where it needs to go? What do you do with your old house? What sort of damage can happen when you move it? How long does it take to make this type of transition, and where will you live while it's happening? In case you can't tell, I'm having troubles envisioning this. Years ago, when I was a kid, my parents did some major remodeling on their house. The kitchen was gutted, so we ate a lot of meals off a hot plate in the bathroom. My mom could turn out a lot of good meals off that hot plate, but it got tiresome. At least now there are microwave ovens. (She had her first one installed in that new kitchen, when I was in the ninth grade. That was the late sixties.) Anyway, everything took longer and cost more than anticipated. That part stunk, but it was beautiful when it was done. When do you start? How long will it take? Are you likely to kill anybody before it's over?  |
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Post by KarenN on Feb 27, 2005 9:44:56 GMT -5
Mary Ann - IF this happens, here's the scenario:
I looked long and hard for a model that would come very close to accomodating the current decks, foundation, drives, etc... we have no landscaping to speak of so that is not an issue.
Once the house is fully completed in the factory, they will come out and move our existing home off the foundation and "stage" it to the side. I only have to pack small stuff and breakables into boxes and leave everything in the house. We will borrow a friend's RV and live in that. It will take two weeks to modify the current foundation and move the new home into place. Once they complete the setup, we will move everything out of the old home into the new, and they will haul the old one off! We will have to move the front deck as it will not fall into place, but it is only 8x10 as oppsed to the 12x28 back deck which the new house will butt right up to! It won't be bad at all....
Of course NOW Ted is thinking that he wants to move across the creek with this house AY YI YI.
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Post by Mary Ann on Feb 27, 2005 11:05:43 GMT -5
LOL! Well better to think of it now than later!
It sounds like quite an ordeal, but much easier than the MONTHS of demolition, plastering, pouring, painting, building, glazing, and all the rest my parents went through. The results were beautiful, but I think we would have been thrilled with a KFC to just be out of the mess.
Are we gonna get pics of the process as it happens? Will you be entirely off line while it goes on? I hope not; we'd miss you something terrible!
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Post by linda on Feb 28, 2005 0:44:31 GMT -5
This looks nice--and you have a great plan for accomplishing the move.
Linda
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Post by Coyote on Mar 2, 2005 10:23:36 GMT -5
You know, Karen, if Ted wants the house at another location, now *is* the time to do it. Even if it's extra hassle now, it will be well worth it.
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LOL 
