Classic Communities At Evandale

We bought a new townhouse at Classic Communities at Evandale. It is one of the duet units, 1600 square feet, 3 bedroom, 3.5 bathroom. Our experience so far has been pleasant(ish). We went to the design center and thought the prices were reasonable (not too far out of this world) and that the lady that helped us was not pushy and was quite helpful. At the end of our meeting she presented us with a $100 gift card for a local restaurant which was really nice. The reason she gave it was because we had to go all the way to Dublin to meet with her on a weekday, which was a big pain.

The people in the office don't know much, seems like the builder keeps all the information close to his chest which is not ideal. The manager is the most helpful.

Looking into the window of our unit, it seems like things are coming along well. Our walkthrough is scheduled next month. We have a loan lock for our mortgage with Wells Fargo, which has been the most challenging part of buying the townhouse to date. Wells Fargo had significantly lower rates than First Horizon (the other inhouse lender), but getting all the documents written was somewhat painful.

One of my favorite parts of this process was getting our appraisal. It had pictures from inside the unit which was fantastic since we can't go in. It was great to see how much progress had been made and what our upgrades look like since you are kind of blind when you order them at the design center. Now we can concentrate better when we do the walkthrough (vs. seeing things for the first time).

The Escrow people sent over the list of charges that will we endure for buying the house. Clearly the seller has passed along the usual "selling" costs to us the buyer. Not the best surprise, but overall we are so excited that we are able to look past it.

Looking at the outside of the units, we are wondering a few things:
(1) Why do some people have "shutters" around their living room windows (outside) and some don't? Seems inconsistent.
(2) Why do some units have lights by their garages and some don't?
(3) Are they going to paint those ugly handrails they just installed?
(4) How are we going to get our mail?
(5) How are people going to find us when they map us? Does someone send a letter to Yahoo! and Google letting them know a new street has been created?
(6) Are we going to close on time?

I will continue to write about our experience of buying a new townhouse. We are starting to put together a list of things to check for during our walkthrough. Buying a new house is a bit overwhelming and confusing so I'll post things as I figure them out!