This was extremely informative and helpful! Thanks for sharing all the prices and being honest about what you think you wouldn’t do next time. I am loving these videos. And yes please do one for structural upgrades!

@marymaeee

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the feedback! I will definitely work on doing the structural video.

Very informative. Would love another video explaining structural upgrades !! 💙

@marymaeee

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the feedback!

Thanks for this video! Very informative. Yes would love another video on structural upgrades

@marymaeee

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the feedback. I’m working on getting the structural video up next week.

Thank you for sharing so much. I'm going through this process now. I'm going to the design center on 5/5 and I'm trying to be prepared!

@marymaeee

3 жыл бұрын

Congrats on your new build! Yes try to be as prepared as possible. It’s so much to take in once you’re in there but it’s also so much fun. Good luck!

This was very helpful. Thank you!

Great video! Please keep making them 🙏🏾

@marymaeee

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the feedback!

Great video! Very informative. Please do one for structural upgrades.

@marymaeee

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Will do.

We are about to go to the design center for our first new build home! Thank you so much for sharing!

@marymaeee

3 жыл бұрын

How exciting!! Congrats on your new build!

Thank you for sharing your experience with your new build. What an experience! Congratulations on your new home! This makes me think twice. 🤔

@marymaeee

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you🤍

Thank you for info and transparency!!

@marymaeee

3 жыл бұрын

No problem 🙂

Thank you for this video, very informative. Very few videos on this topic are this detailed. ❤️❤️

@marymaeee

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the feedback. I’m glad you found it helpful!

Thank you! Would love a structural upgrade video 🤍

@marymaeee

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the feedback!

Thank you. Great info

This is so helpful! We are doing our design center visit next week! We priced everything out at Lowe’s so hopefully we are prepared.

@marymaeee

3 жыл бұрын

I’m glad you found it helpful! The design center was by far my favorite part of the process. Take pictures of everything. That’s one thing I wish I would have done. Good luck and have fun!

Wow that does sound like quite a bit for the glass doors. I’m so excited for you and I can’t wait to see the final result!

@marymaeee

3 жыл бұрын

Right? And I still haven’t looked in to it lol. I think I’m scared to find out they go for a lot cheaper 😩

thank you for this. its so hard to find upgrade pricing. i was just looking for some sort of idea so i could plan.

@marymaeee

3 жыл бұрын

Of course! Good to know it was helpful. I was looking for something like this as well when we started the process but I didn’t find any. I’m glad you found this video helpful!

Excellent video. Went into pricing info in less than a min into the video. Thank you.

@marymaeee

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the feedback! Hope this video was helpful for you.

Thank you! Do you know how much pull-out trash would have been for you in the kitchen? Or getting a tiles shower floor?

Very informative. Love your videos

@marymaeee

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Thank you great video . Would you be able to do structural upgrades ?

@marymaeee

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Yes that video is already up on my channel 😊

Very informative. Thanks!!

@marymaeee

3 жыл бұрын

No problem!

Thank you, I've been looking for a video with a price breakdown, I'm with you on the cabinet handles, We paid around 900.00 just to have knobs and handles placed in the kitchen and bathrooms I tried to convince my husband to do it at a later date but he wanted it done to avoid less work for him later lol

@marymaeee

3 жыл бұрын

Same lol! My husband didn’t want to have to do it later either so I figured we might as well do it before I was left with no handles.

Great video, thanks for sharing!

@marymaeee

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!

What about any low voltage upgrades or acoustic/security/network upgrades?

Hey! Love your videos! You didn’t say how much it was to carry the countertop up as the backsplash, would you mind sharing? Our builder won’t open lots for two more months and that’s definitely on my kitchen wishlist I just hate cleaning grout lol

@marymaeee

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I’m sorry! I noticed as I was editing that I didn’t say it. But I did put the pic up of the price. It was $1,925! Same here lol. It’s such a pain to clean grout.

Yes please! Thank you cause most ppl dont say the prices.

@marymaeee

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the feedback!

Yes please!!! Structural upgrades cost!!! very helpful!

@marymaeee

3 жыл бұрын

I already have that video up if you want to check it out!

Just found your channel and am loving it being my wife and I are looking to build a home. Thank you for sharing this info. I should point out one in regard to upgrades...when a buyer purchases an upgraded item, they are paying not just for the upgrade but also the basic grade item. For example, if the basic kitchen appliances are, say, 6k-the builder has already added that into the base price of the house. That said, the buyer is paying for it regardless as to whether they keep it or not. Then, if you purchase the upgrade appliances, you end up paying for that as well.

@marymaeee

3 жыл бұрын

😳 Thank you for the info! It’s definitely a learning process and I have found out so much more by all the comments of people who are going through the new build process as well. I’m sure there’s so much “hidden” stuff that we don’t get to find out as we go through the process so again thanks for the info.

Thanks for sharing. Can't wait to see your finished home. I was lucky enough to get the model home at base price with upgrades. The only thing I could pick were the floors. I looked at all of the upgrades and I was satisfied with them. However if l would have chosen. I would have gone with the basic level and maybe added the fireplace..when I price it the model home with upgrades was cheaper. The construction should be finished in July. Now l am running around trying to get my current home ready to be put on the market

@marymaeee

3 жыл бұрын

That’s awesome! We actually asked about the model home as well but our community is so new that they said it’ll be a few years before it goes for sale.

@melscorner4598

3 жыл бұрын

@@marymaeee My community is very new but my realtor worked her magic and luckily they had another model that was not sold. They decided make it the model home. I go every week to look at the progress. Lol.. I'm am so excited for you guys..

Can you do a video about preparing your house for moving and staging your home to sell?

@marymaeee

3 жыл бұрын

We actually aren’t selling. We are keeping our home because the mortgage for that house is paid off. It’s our rental property now. We are temporarily staying with my in laws while our home is built and our rental property is already occupied by tenants. So I can definitely do a moving video when the time comes but as far as staging to sell we are not selling a home.

We are doing a new build and I have seen a few you tube videos where the builder didn’t raise the price on their buyer, but canceled the contract for reasons such as a shortage of materials- and then turn around and put the house on the market for significantly more than the buyer was under contract for. Craziness! And I pray that doesn’t happen to us or anyone else!

@marymaeee

3 жыл бұрын

Oh wow 😳 I haven’t heard anything like that. But thanks for the info! I pray it doesn’t happen to us or anyone else either. That’s ridiculous!

Out of California , Texas and Arizona which did you like living best ? Congratulations 🎈🎊 on your new home build 😄

@marymaeee

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Well I was born and raised in California so my heart is set there. Hands down the best place ever 🙌🏼 lol. But between TX and AZ I’d have to say TX. I feel like there was quite a bit more to do than here in AZ.

Hi! Loving your new build videos! I am in the process of building a new home as well so this is so informative! Can I ask if you are in SoCal? Just trying to get an idea of the price point because my design center appointment is in 2 weeks! Thank you!

@marymaeee

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you and congrats on your new build! No, we are actually building in Arizona.

@ksikitari

3 жыл бұрын

@@marymaeee thanks! Can’t wait to see your home once it’s all done! Best of luck!

@marymaeee

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

my home design visit is this week. I think it shouldn't be bad as the builder includes a lot

@marymaeee

3 жыл бұрын

That’s awesome! We looked in to a builder who also had tons of upgrades already included but unfortunately it was so hard to get a lot with them.

Holy cow we got the same bathroom faucets for $70 on amazon

@marymaeee

3 жыл бұрын

Omg don’t tell me that 😩 lol. The price was for all the bathroom hardware though. Including shower heads, handles, towel holders, and any other hardware that’s going in all 4 bathrooms. I still think it was expensive and if I could go back I wouldn’t do it again but yeah that wasn’t the smartest choice 🤦🏻‍♀️

Can you share what type of floors you upgraded to? What was the standard offering?

@marymaeee

2 жыл бұрын

I don’t know the exact name of it but it’s tile. The standard was also tile but it was the 16x16 size. This one is more of a “wood like” tile.

What’s the chef cabinet layout include?

@marymaeee

3 жыл бұрын

I don’t think it necessarily included anything besides the range hood. More then anything it just “upgraded” the layout giving me a place to put a double oven.

Hey this is so helpful! Question, tile floors through the whole house is uncommon where we live, is that because of the weather in Arizona?

@marymaeee

3 жыл бұрын

Good question 🤔 lol but I don’t think it’s an AZ thing. In Cali it was the same. The entire house had tile except for the bedrooms. We had one home in Cali that had carpet in the living room but besides that one all the others were tile. Do you guys have carpet everywhere?

@_Alexmojica

3 жыл бұрын

@@marymaeee we have hardwood floors everywhere. Our bedroom is the only room with carpet. But tile is only common in bathrooms here

@marymaeee

3 жыл бұрын

@@_Alexmojica oh I see what you mean. Yeah homes have tile everywhere here. The tile we chose this time looks like hardwood floor. But that’s interesting. I seriously thought everyone had tile lol

@_Alexmojica

3 жыл бұрын

@@marymaeee I honestly think it’s for hot weather states.

Very great video. It was very informative. 🔆Who pays for the upgrades, is that budgeted into your mortgage or do you have to pay for it in cash?

@marymaeee

3 жыл бұрын

The upgrades are added in to your loan. You can pay cash for them if you want to keep your mortgage payment low but if not it’s just added on to the loan.

@srsmithali

3 жыл бұрын

@@marymaeee Thank you for your timely response. I appreciate it a lot. Ok based on that, I think for us we will need to choose a cheaper house and upgrade it to what we like or find an affordable house at a good price point that is as close to what we like with minimal upgrades.

This gave us a more realistic price for the upgrades for our future kitchen and bathrooms.

Can I ask who the builder is? Definitely looking towards purchasing a new construction home

What Brand Kitchen Cabinets did you choose ??

@marymaeee

2 жыл бұрын

I’m honestly not sure of the brand but they call it group 3. Not sure if that helps.

Thank you for sharing. This helps a lot. We just sign a contract with the same builders and go through construction/structural upgrades. Our design center appointment is next month. I am so excited!!!

@marymaeee

3 жыл бұрын

Yay! Congrats on your new build. The design studio is the bets part! Take pictures of everything!

Why don't you like tubs? Great video.

@marymaeee

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! That’s a good question actually lol. I don’t have a specific reason to be honest. I think it’s because I hate cleaning them. I feel like showers are so much easier to clean? And I just prefer the look of shower over tubs.

$18000 for upgraded flooring is too much. Good luck cleaning grout! It’s horrible!!! Lux vinyl all the way. I had tile installed in my kitchen and after 6 years, it all got ripped out. You drop something or move something incorrectly-crack. But the grout cleaning is the worst. I’m 53 so I have been around the block long enough to know the “in thing at the time” is not always the best.

@marymaeee

3 жыл бұрын

I’ve had tile pretty much my entire life so I don’t mind it 😅 I haven’t known anything else besides tile lol. But I agree, cleaning grout is very tedious. $18k was a bit much, but for me personally, I rather have it done now than rip out brand new flooring later so that I could update it to whatever I wanted it to be.

@you_only_have_4000_weeks

3 жыл бұрын

I agree, you have to pay for what you already paid for

Are you able to not have carpet at all?

@marymaeee

2 жыл бұрын

Yes. You can do whatever you want with flooring.

@KingReacts.777

2 жыл бұрын

Thank You So much. I just don’t like carpet.

Thank you for sharing. This is really helpful. As you said, everyone talks about upgrades, but never says how much everything is. I'm currently building a home and flooring is a really big deal for me. We will have carpet in the bedrooms and tile everywhere else. What level of tile floor did you choose, if I may ask? Also, I'm ultra paranoid about spending too much money on structural and design upgrades and NOT having the house appraise. Is that a concern for you as well with all the upgrades you chose?

@marymaeee

3 жыл бұрын

I honestly don’t remember the level of the floor. But I will try to find out for you! That was definitely in the back of my mind. But based on everything we have heard and all the questions we have asked it seems like new homes always appraise. The base price of our home has gone up $73k since we first got it. If the homes continue to go up our home base price will be what we paid for it with all the upgrades. I would say definitely ask your realtor and lender.

soft core door damper..$36 for 10..ooops