The Floor Plan as promised



Here is the place I will call home.
The Crestwood, by Simonds Homes, was the plan that caught my eye.
And lucky for me they had a display home in the local area.
The only problem was that they built the upgraded model - which I didn't like.
The upgraded version expands the living room by another 3 metres (estimated). However, they only extended the house by about 2 metres and took the extra metre from the bedrooms and family area. This made the bedrooms too small (just over 3 metre) with no room for a queen bed. This upgrade also added another room between ensuit wall and bedroom 2.

My Crestwood floor plan



This picture shows my wooden floor area down the hall, kitchen and dinning areas.

It shows the carpet area to bedrooms, other hallway, family room and living room.

I like my version better.

I added a wall with double sliding doors to the living room.

It was surprisingly cost effective considering I now have another enclosed room (under $1100).

I also changed the bedroom 3 robe to mirrored sliding doors so that it gives more room for a queen size bed (under $600). I upgraded my sliding door to a 3 panel sliding door through one of their promotions.

I moved the kitchen island bench to the wall (for free) so that the kitchen is not walk through.

I love looking at my plans. It makes me so excited.

Even better is to drive past my block and see all the other houses starting to go up.

I have neighbours! (Well across the road).

Now, driving past any new houses being built is exciting.

My conversations are now about tiles and carpet, feature walls and window blinds!

(OMG, that sounds pathetic)

Next, I sign contracts! I'm sorry to the guy on Sunrise yesterday that was encouraging first home buyers to 'go on strike' and not buy/build home. I can't wait! I've waited for life to be right - with the market to be well priced and the right guy on my arm - it is never the right time.

So I decided to do what is right for me - to build!