Jen D

Review of Lifestyle Home

Moved into our new Lifestyle Home on 2/1/2019. It...

Moved into our new Lifestyle Home on 2/1/2019. It's been just over 3 months and we are very happy with our decision to go with lifestyle homes. Our Construction Supervisor, Tom Dutton, was great to work with. He knows his stuff and he's willing to share his knowledge (I'm always amazed when there are people who know there stuff but aren't will to share their knowledge). There are lot of decisions to make and since I've never had a house built before, I had a lot of research to do before I could be happy with our selections. Tom made the whole process easier. He knows when it's worth it to spend a little more and when you can get by with a standard item. He's also extremely responsive.

The entire Lifestyle team was great to work with from the designers to the pricing person. We were able to make a few minor customizations to a standard floor plan and it was so nice to be able to walk through the model home repeatedly to figure out if the layout changes we made would work or not.

We even managed to meet a few other people who were building their homes around the same time as us and that was also helpful for sharing insight into timing and changes.

The only hiccups we had were, flooring was back-ordered when it came time to install (that was due to the supplier's process, I hope they improved that. Since our home is pretty generic we were able to change the floors to a different color and not have any delays.) The pavers we selected were no longer available due to manufacturing issues. This wasn't dealt with until the last possible day and we chose a style that was in stock. I don't like our pavers at all (and have paver envy every time I drive by another house), but it was my only option so that I could get into the house on time. This is my biggest disappointment with the house, but we really needed and wanted to move forward.

We were considering doing just a renovation of the existing house. I think that process would have taken a lot longer, the price would've been less expensive, but I love having everything new and having 10' ceilings throughout.

Overall it took 14 months from the time we met Lifestyle homes until we moved in. But it took us almost 4 months to get our contract signed and then another 3-4 months to go through several iterations of selections and pricing. Once Lifestyle received the permit in mid-July, the project started in early September and we moved in on Feb 1.