Yup. We've spent about the last 2 years visiting open houses / parade of homes. Had a pretty specific idea of what we wanted. About 6 months ago, we started talking to builders. Spoke with a lot of builders (Paulson, Capstone, TJB, Accent, SW Wold, Woodland, Herritage, Homes by James, Gorham, Hedberg, Lennar...) total before finally signing a contract yesterday with Regency Homes. Chose them because they seemed to be excellent quality, but allow us to choose some cheaper finishing options to help keep cost resonable. And Lori's communication and willingness to help, answer questions, meet and talk, far outshined any of the competition. And her husband owns Serum's in Anoka so we told her the whole deal was contingent on whether or not they can get us free wings
http://regencyhomesincorporated.com/
The floorplan isn't finalized. But in a nutshell it'll be a rambler with a walkout basement. 5bed, 3 bath. We sat down with the drafter yesterday. Showed them the BEFORE and AFTER pic that I made, based off their Manchester floor plan. They were incredibly amazed with my MS Paint skills, lol. Here's what we have so far, probably not exactly how it will be in the end, but just an idea.
