Rite Rug and Guardian

We were able to schedule our meetings with Rite Rug and Guardian on the same day, March 10th. I was most excited about flooring, because I was hoping to have some wood-grain tile options (but also concerned about the cost). Hubby was looking forward to meeting with Guardian, because he's the techie engineer and gamer.

The meeting with Rite Rug took forever. We had our selections chosen within an hour, but the paperwork took almost two hours! Luckily, cell phone provide enough distraction with all the wonderful games on them :)  Everything I've read in others' blogs was true...expect to spend money. We ended up adding an additional $12k to our mortgage on flooring (that's the max, by the way...2 story homes can add $12k to the mortgage for floors. Anything above that has to be paid out of pocket.). The good news is I GOT MY DREAM FLOORS! The wood-grain tile is definitely the majority of that budget, but Hubby said it could be my (really big) birthday present. My birthday was 2 days later.

We also upgraded the carpet to a Level 2 carpet that has the pet stain repellent and a Level 2 carpet pad (Commander). We went with one of the included options for bathroom tiles, but upgraded the tile in the Master Shower.

Pictures are below:

 My wood-grain tile next to the kitchen cabinets and granite we chose for the counters. The tile will be all throughout the first floor.

Carpet will be upstairs (Zone 2), Master Bedroom, and Downstairs Guest Bedroom (converted dining room)

 Master Shower options.

Included bath options for the 2 guest bathrooms.

We also chose some upgrades with Guardian. The big purchase here was the Audio package/Surround Sound Hubby wished for. We'll get 6 directional speakers in the Great Room that will be installed in the ceiling. We also added TV hookups to each of the 4 bedrooms and the loft as well as a CAT5 Data and 2 tech tubes (one for the Great Room and one for the Master Bedroom). Altogether, we added just over $3k, but had to pay about $1k out of pocket due to the limit of $2k being added to the mortgage.