One of the downsides of buying new construction is all the decision-making that comes with it. Less than a week after making one of the biggest decisions of our (relatively young) lives—to buy this yet-to-be-built house—we were immediately bombarded with requests for meetings to discuss our options. Options for financing (do we go through the preferred lender and be guaranteed to save a few bucks or do we use the mortgage broker we know and trust and who might help us save more over the longer term); structural options (do we want a deck, a study, a third full bathroom, an open kitchen, etc); home options (what color hardwood, what color carpet, what kind of fixtures, etc)….the list goes on.
Earlier this week we had a meeting to discuss our “home technology” wiring options. Our builder works with a vendor to pre-wire things like cable/data outlets, home theater systems, whole-house audio, and security systems. We met with the vendor to walk through our options and tell them what we wanted/didn’t want and to give them a general idea of where we wanted the cable/data outlets that come standard located throughout the house. It was a pretty quick conversation that ended with us saying “no thanks” to most of it. The one thing we did let ourselves be upsold on was the security system—no installation fee, a fairly low/reasonable monthly monitoring cost, and guaranteed reduction in homeowners insurance—it made just seemed to make sense (particularly to someone like me who has watched too many crime dramas to not to be a little paranoid about personal security).
One set of decisions down…a million more to go.
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