Step Four: Revisit choices and confirm plans... oh, and pay a 50% deposit
Oh my goodness... do I ever feel better about life after this appointment. Questions have been answered, plans have been 'finalized' and colours have been picked (for the most part).
After our last consultation (Round TWO), I was overwhelmed and confused. I actually think that I had more questions when I left than I had answered while we were there. Even though, at the time, I didn't realize it, I came to understand that I needed a full cost outline of the plan for each room so that I knew where we were spending out money. With a price of $70k, I had to make my accountant brain clear on the cost of all the big ticket items and know that we were getting what we wanted for the price we were paying.
Kicthen:
Tracy was BOMB... I had emailed her to let her know that I was having a bit of trouble understanding the cost so she did a nice detailed outline so I was better able to see the prices clearly... LOVE that! We sat for just a short time to go over the numbers for the kitchen and then headed back out to the showroom to, once again, look at our choices and see if we still loved them.
I'm so glad that we took our time between the two appointments because I fell out of love with our original counter choice (I had actually said in the previous post that the colour was way different than I thought I wanted) and we found an amazing one that fit every single hope that I had. As in, it's exactly what I had pictured in my mind. We stuck with the original floor (greige) and cabinets (white) and with the new counter... the big ticket items have been checked off. We also solidified the backslash (a matte white subway tile with a medium/light grey grout) and faucet (a delta, goose neck, brushed nickel). Our sink will be coming from my parents as they just bought a new one and will be replacing it with an under-mount one when they reno their kitchen. We just need to shop for appliances, lighting and cabinet pulls and we should be done with all the kitchen choices.
Bathrooms:
Once again, we started by going over the cost of each room and were able to see the detail to better understand what we were getting... then we headed out to the showroom to solidify our choices (actually, make most of them as we didn't do many previously).
For our two main bathrooms (2-pc powder room and full bathroom that the boys use), I let Murray and Steven (to a certain extent) make most of the choices. We are getting a deep grey vanity with a cupboard and two drawers with a white marble counter and built-in sink for each of the rooms, along with a classic porcelain toilet. For the full bath, we are changing out tub/shower combo into a walk-in shower, so we chose the tile (a white/grey marbled tile with an accent tile of deep grey/metallic glass). All three bathrooms with have a vinyl tile that is too difficult to describe with a matching grout.
For the ensuite... I went totally different. A deep brown/greige vanity and build-in cabinet along with the same counter and sink combo as the other bathrooms. The main tile in both the walk-in shower and around the bath will be a shiny white marble tile with grey veining but the accent tile is probably my favourite thing we picked out... is that weird? It's a blue/green glass mosaic tile with mixed textures and a marble stone... YOU GUYS... I am in LOVE! I wish that I had thought to take pictures but I will have to go back so we can make paint choices so I will take pictures then. After two hours, my brain was done!
Last up... more money talk!
While we still weren't able to get it down to where we wanted, we were able to bring the price down a little and are now sitting at $63,000 with tax. After making all the choices and seeing how everything would come together... we finalized the plans and are ready to make a FIFTY PERCENT deposit! YIKES!
Next up:
May 2 - Signing the Contract and Paying all the monies!
Thankfully, Murray works close to Home Hardware so he will be popping in on Tuesday to make the deposit payment and sign the paperwork. Then Tracy will place the order for the cabinets/counter/flooring and give us a delivery date. Based on what my parents were told when they signed, it will be about a 6-8 week turnaround time before the items are ready for install so we are looking at mid-summer for the start of renovations. Eek!
PS. I promise pictures are coming... at least the before pictures and the plans. Just haven't been able to take them yet.
