[quote=ocrenter][quote=CA renter][quote=AN]Too bad you can’t order the base house w/out flooring and kitchen so you don’t waste money tearing it out.[/quote]
I’ve often wondered this. Is it because you can’t get financing if the house isn’t complete?[/quote]
Yes, that’s the reason.
Out financing guy “looked the other way” and allowed the second floor to stay bare while we used our flooring allowance on linoleum on the first floor. The linoleum then served as the base for our travertine later on.[/quote]
Interesting…I often wondered if it’s possible to opt out of the builder’s options in kitchen and flooring and just put in what you want because it seemed like the builder’s markup was pretty big for upgrades and it didn’t make sense to me to put stuff in and then take them out again.
So did you have to put in a kitchen cabinet, counter via the builder, or were you able to get around that too?
