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Home Owner Manual HOME OWNER MANUAL Building Homes & Communities Since 1979 • LandedGentry.com • (877) 769-8070 Home Owner Manual Receipt Congratulations on your decision to build a new home! The Landed Gentry Homes & Communities family of affiliated companies is proud to deliver this copy of our homeowner manual to you as part of the purchase agreement materials for your new home: Date ___________________________ Selling Company ________________________________________________________ Community ____________________________________________________________ Floor plan ______________________________________________________________ Address _______________________________________________________________ Legal _________________________________________________________________ Please acknowledge for our records that you received this manual: Purchaser___________________________________ Date__________________ Purchaser___________________________________ Date__________________ LANDED ll GENTRY H 0 M E S A N D COMMUNITIES Dear Homeowner: Congratulations on your decision to purchase a residence from Landed Gentry Homes & Communities. We share your excitement and look forward to working with you as we build your new home. Landed Gentry designed this Homeowner Manual to assist you during and after the purchase of your home. The information presented here will answer many questions and prepare you for each step of the new home experience, making this exciting time easier. In addition to guiding you through the process of purchasing and building, this manual provides you with maintenance guidelines and a description of our limited warranty program, component by component. Please take time to review this material thoroughly. Note the amount of detail we have provided. Your new home will receive the same attention to detail. Please bring this manual to all scheduled meetings. As we progress, you will add items to it. When complete, your manual will provide a useful record of inf01mation about your new home. If you need clarification or additional details about any topic discussed, please give us a call. We are delighted to welcome you as part of the Landed Gentry family and are always ready to serve you. Sincerely, an Gentry Kendra Genti·y-Decker resident Executive Vice President Landed Gentry Ho s & Communities Landed Gentry Homes & Communities 504 East Fairhaven Avenue, Burlington, WA 98233 phone 360.755.9021 • fax 360.755.9029 • www.landedgentry.com Dear Landed Gentry Homeowner, Thank you for purchasing your new home from Landed Gentry! We look forward to working with you to personalize your new home! We have enclosed a preliminary options list for your review showcasing upgrade options available, along with a detailed list of specifications included with your new home at no additional charge. You will have the opportunity to view many of these options in person at your first selections appointment. Prior to our meeting, we encourage you to familiarize yourself with the options and write down any notes or questions that you have. You will meet with our selections team multiple times at preset time points: Our selections team will be in touch with you shortly after the acceptance of your Purchase Agreement. The purpose of this contact is to answer any questions you may have regarding the construction process and to establish a date for your first selections meeting. 1. The first opportunity to personalize your home is done with our sales team at the time of your purchase agreement. These options affect the structure of your home and/or the construction schedule. Because of this, these options cannot be added or changed after the contract has been mutually accepted. We refer to these selection items as pre-construction options (PCO’s). A list has been provided for you in your purchase contract. 2. The first selections meeting will be focused on the general selections such as: heating, plumbing fixtures, appliances, lighting fixtures, and electrical and low voltage items. We will review certain items in your Home Owner’s Manual (please bring it with you) as needed and review policies that we have regarding selections documents, payments, etc. There is a due date that must be met for these Phase- 1 selections so that we may begin the construction process. Payment, if applicable, for these selections will be due at this time. All of your selections will be made using an ongoing selections addendum that tracks revisions made to your home. We will go over this in your first meeting. Once pricing has been quoted for your selected options, you can accept or decline the document. If you elect to accept the options, we ask that you sign the document and make full payment. In order to facilitate a smooth and even schedule for the construction of your new home, selections addenda that remain unsigned or unpaid become null and void. 504 East Fairhaven Avenue, Burlington, WA 98233 phone 360.755.9021 • fax 360.755.9029 • www.landedgentry.com 3. The second meeting will be to pick the flooring & surfaces. This Phase-2 meeting will be approximately two weeks after the Phase-1 meeting. Again, decisions and deadlines are important. This meeting may be lengthy (approximately three to four hours) because we have many products from which to choose as you personalize your home to reflect your tastes and lifestyle. 4. The last meeting is to orient you to your new home when it’s finished. This meeting is typically scheduled one week prior to closing. You will be able to walk through your home with our customer service representative as we finalize it for closing and delivery to you. We are honored that you have chosen Landed Gentry to build your new home. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact our selections team using the contact information below. Sincerely, The Landed Gentry Selections team **Prices are subject to change without notice. List is provided for estimation purposes only. Please see your Landed Gentry Selections Coordinator for confirmation of pricing. 504 East Fairhaven Avenue, Burlington, WA 98233 phone 360.755.9021 • fax 360.755.9029 • www.landedgentry.com Introduction Purchasing Your Home Arranging Your Loan New Home Selections 1 Construction of Your Home Homeowner Orientation Closing on Your Home Caring for Your Home HOME OWNER MANUAL Limited Warranty Guidelines Fire Prevention 2 Extended Absences Energy and Water Conservation Maintenance of Interior & Exterior 3 Materials and Systems Forms Appendix 4 The Home Build Process Community Specific Information COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION: Public Offering Statement 5 Declaration of CCRs & Amendments Plat Maps and Bylaws Formation Documents & Budget TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION 1 Section 1 - Contents ............................................................................................................................................................... 1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................................. 2 What Happens Next? .............................................................................................................................................................. 2 Purchasing Your Home .......................................................................................................................................................... 3 - Purchase & Sale Agreement ............................................................................................................................................. 3 - Addendums ....................................................................................................................................................................... 3 Arranging Your Loan .............................................................................................................................................................. 3 - Loan Application ................................................................................................................................................................ 3 - Loan Application Paperwork ............................................................................................................................................. 4 - Loan Underwriting ............................................................................................................................................................. 5 - Loan Lock .......................................................................................................................................................................... 5 - Loan Closing ..................................................................................................................................................................... 5 - Additional Tools ................................................................................................................................................................. 5 New Home Selections ............................................................................................................................................................. 5 - Included Features ............................................................................................................................................................. 5 - Optional Features .............................................................................................................................................................
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