All Elkhart County Plans

General

• Provide temporary electrical service & usage
• Provide Elkhart County building permit fee allowance. The base price applies to home sites in Elkhart County only. Base Price will vary for any other county or State.
• Provide final cleaning of entire interior of home
• Stub gas & electric for connection by utility company. Any Excess service charge will be the buyers responsibility.
• Provide waste removal for all construction debris

Site Work

• Digging for the basement/foundation, backfill, and rough-grade lawn
• Provide 50' of 4" sewer line and connection to city Lateral
• Provide 50' of 1" water line and connection to city lateral

Concrete

• 16' 8" wide concrete driveway from the garage to the curb (maximum of 45'). The individual concrete plan will take precedent for each instance.
• 12'x12' concrete patio slab
• 4" concrete basement and garage slab
• 3' x 4' concrete pad at the garage service door
• Footer tile on the inside of the foundation, stubbed to the sump pit
• Damp-proof basement foundation wall
• 8" thick 93" high poured basement walls, 4' for garage
• 3' wide concrete sidewalk from the driveway to the front porch
• Concrete front porch (per model/drawing)

Carpentry

• Silent Floor I-joists, spaced per engineering requirements
• Wood trusses with roof pitch per plan
• Code approved house wrap on all exterior walls
• 16" side overhangs, 12" gable overhangs
• 3/4" T&G Drygaurd OSB flooring, glued & screwed
• Wood stairway with closed risers (all open stairways will be carpeted)
• Certainteed Landmark or Owens Corning Oakridge Pro 30 fiberglass architectural roof shingles (30 year pro-rated warranty) with synthetic underlayment
• 2"x4" stud wall on the perimeter basement walls
• 2"x6" exterior walls @ 24" o/c, 2"x4" interior walls @ 16" o/c

Thermal/Moisture Protection

• 7/16" OSB structural sheathing on all exterior house walls, garage walls, and gables
• R-20 forma-batt cellulose insulation in all exterior house walls
• R-40 cellulose in the ceilings above living areas
• Perimeter basement stud walls will be insulated with R-13 fiberglass batts & covered with flame proof PSK covering
• 15" shutters or trim on the front windows (or per plan)
• Double 4" no maintenance vinyl sidingwith standard color pallettes.
• Continuous aluminum gutters & down spouts
• Triple 4" aluminum soffit, 6" aluminum fascia cover

Doors/Windows

• Interior doors: Masonite, hollow-core, and painted (choose from standard selections)
• 3' 0" insulated raised panel front door
• 2' 8" insulated flush service doors (for the other entry doors)
• Front door to have a decorative handleset with deadbolt lock (standard selection)
• Schlage interior door hardware (choose from standard colors/styles, all doors)
• Vinyl double hung windows (North Star 1000 series or equivalent): Insulated Low-E glass, fiberglass screens, easy clean tilt wash sash feature, traditional style grilles (front windows only) - Kitchen sink window will be a casement
• Raised panel insulated overhead door with an electric operator & 2 transmitters
• One sliding egress window in basement approx 50"x48" with a concrete surround and steel ladder
• Vinyl sliding patio and screen door (North Star Comfort Star or equivalent)

Finishes

• An allowance of $4.25/sf floor area for floor coverings & underlayment installed
• Ceilings to be painted with one coat of flat ceiling paint (standard color)
• All two stories have solid oak or Poplar angled railing with ballusters at the bottom (standard style & length per the plan)
• Walls to be painted with one (1) coat of primer and one (1) coat of Sherwin Williams Cashmere latex paint (or equivalent) with an eggshell finish, 1 paint color is included (selection from standard colors)
• Drywall garage ceiling & common wall unfinished
• All base molding to be oversized 4-1/2" painted MDF colonial style.
• All double hung windows to have painted window ledges (casement windows will be picture frame trimmed)
• 1/2" drywall taped and textured on ceilings
• All trim to be oversized 3-1/2" painted FJ pine colonial style or eased edge MDF with painted jamb extensions
• 1/2" drywall taped & sanded on walls

Furnishings

• 36" high flush mirror approximate width of bath vanity
• An appliance allowance of $2,000 for a microwave, dishwasher, and gas range (microwave and range hood will be ductless)
• Kountry Cabinets group B or similar as per the allowance for each model home design: Includes laminated countertops in the kitchen/laundry room and one piece cultured marble countertops for bath vanities (chosen from standard selections)
• Linen closets shall have a stack of four shelves
• Pre-finished wood closet shelves & chrome rods

Mechanical

• 1/2 hp Badger V high capacity garbage disposal
• Pex water lines with a Manna-Bloc manifold & PVC drain lines
• Bathroom lav faucets: Delta 520 chrome
• Bathroom shower only faucets: 1724 chrome
• Kitchen sink faucet: Delta 440 chrome
• Kitchen sink: Dayton Elite 3322 stainless steel
• Toilets: Gerber Maxwell 1.6 GF toilet with round bowl
• American Standard gas fired high effiecency furnace (95% ) or equivalent
• American Standard 13 SEER minimum central air conditioner or equivalent
• Supply & return air ducts
• Standard duct cutouts in the basement
• Adjustable metal floor registers
• Bathroom tub & shower faucets: Delta 1748 chrome
• 50 gallon rapid recovery power vent natural gas water heater
• Fiberglass one piece tubs & showers (white)
• Two exterior frost proof hydrants (plumbed hard)
• 20" diameter sump pit with submersible sump pump
• Ice maker line to refrigerator location (plumbed hard)
• Water lines plumbed for water softener (except: kitchen sink-cold line, exterior hydrants, & refrigerator icemaker line)
• Hook up for washer & dryer

Electrical

• Bathrooms: Vanity light above sinks and one exhaust fan/light combo per full bath. Fan only in 1/2 bath.
• Great Room will have switched recepts and a paddle fan opening in the center (fan will be part of the lighting/fixture allowance)
• One doorbell in the entry and a switch at the front door
• Kitchen to have recessed can lights
• Allowance of $1.70/sf of living space for decorative light fixtures
• One switch and ceiling metal box per bedroom (includes fan pre-wiring), all fixtures from lighting/fixture allowance
• Combination smoke alarm/CO2 detectors as required by code
• Wiring in Romex
• 200 amp service
• Outlet and wiring for the overhead doors
• 1 GFCI outlet outside/near all exterior doors
• Standard interior outlets/recepts spaced 12' apart
• Six low voltage terminations for technology: Network\Ethernet\RJ45\CAT5 and or Coax\RG6 and or POTS (Includes main floor router)
• Up to two conduit pipes and plates for future cables
• Can lights in all front/exterior locations... typically 1-2 in the covered porch (depends on porch size) and one in each garage corner
• Two outdoor flood lights… one at the garage service door and one near the patio door
• GFCI recepts for standard mechanical products (sump, water softener, sewage ejector)
• One GFCI outlet in the basement by service panel
• GFCI outlets in the garage… two for a 2-stall, 3 for a 3-stall
• One GFCI outlet every 4' on the kitchen countertops
• Post light placement… 20' from the house is included, post & light are part of the decorative light package

Miscellaneous

• Gas lines to the water heater, furnace, range, and dryer locations
• One towel bar and toilet paper holder in each bathroom (chosen from standard selections)