Breaking point

I finally settled into my work and discovered several others had recently settled on their Ryan home.  Small world eh?  I actually met the one who closed on the Pisa Torre the day before I arrived.  We were just having a casual conversation on our lunch break.

The first thing he told me was that house would never work for my family.  The rooms were too small and the house was too small.  At first I didn't believe him because the Pisa Torre pictures said something differently.  He also complained about the small master and walk-in closet.  Knowing he came from Florida too just a year earlier I thought he was just used to the massive closets we had in Florida.

He ended up graciously inviting me over to his home a couple days later to see for myself.  Boy was I in for a surprise!  My first impression was having the feeling of being boxed in and having no where to move around. The family room was way too small and was in direct competition with the kitchen. There was no way to have the breakfast bar stools and sofa in the same spot even though that's where they'd logically go.  Then we moved to the master and it only got worse from there.  Even though he added the sitting room on the side it was barely large enough to fit our master furniture.  Finally he showed me the "walk-in" closet.  There was no way on earth that was going to fit any of our clothes.  It literally was a closet, not like the ones in Florida where you could actually make into another bedroom. The closet in my little 1100sf short term appartment was almost twice as big!

At that point I didn't know what to do, I was already locked into a contract.  I confided in him and he told me that I had to lookout for fy family and me.  The SR will tell you anything but they really don't care about you.  I've been through so many rounds of discussions already so how could I just walk away?  Plus I was locked into a real contract.

I ended up emailing the sales rep and telling her there was no way this was going to work.  I basically told her I was willing to walk and suffer the consequences.  Based on her reaction, I was going to decide where we wanted to go...