We arrived somewhat late on Wednesday evening and it was drizzling. I gather it had rained a lot the past few days as the house was wet and water dripping everywhere. We went straight to the job site and walked through it to get a sense of sizes and a feel for the views. That is David standing on the front porch looking at the view of the marsh and river in front (see below).
We had been warned that the house would feel smaller at this stage since it is dark inside and there isn't any furniture or other items to give us proportions. This certainly was the case with the kitchen, which seemed smaller than we had envisioned. However we were not disappointed in the great room and the dining room which will be a good nice size. 
The views from the back of the house look out over the marsh and the eighteenth fairway. We wanted this to be a focal point of the Great Room and envisioned windows with a view. As you can see from the photos the windows are spectacular - intentionally large (compared to Donna standing in front) to highlight the views. A view below.
Since it was late, we decided to dine at the Clubhouse where the food was wonderful as usual. The picture below is a view of the clubhouse from the end of our street.
Thursday June 21st
On Thursday morning we started out at the offices of our builder where we met with Dennis our project manager and Wayne, the trim carpenter/trim expert. The morning assignment was to decide on trim for windows and doorways, as well as crown molding, chair rail, and panelling for the dinning room and den. Wayne Windham our architect joined us for the discussions which lasted until noon (We now know more than we ever imagined about trim!). After lunch at an Irish pub (fish and chips for David) we met with Chuck from Integrated Technologies to go over all the electronics and controls for the house. This required us to envision how we planned to live in the house as he conducted a detailed walk through of the plans; for example, do we want to turn the lights on and off by the pool from upstairs; do we plan to listen to music in the shower; where will the alarm key pads go etc. Of course there will be a price ticket attached to all the switching equipment, amplifiers and processors behind the scenes. We are now waiting to see if Chuck can "really" sharpen his pencil to come up with a relatively modest audio system.
Dinner Thursday night was at the Oak Stakehouse which was hopping with activity. Fortunately, we sat on the second floor which was a little quieter. As always in Charleston, the food was good and since Donna fell in love with their basil & rosemary bread, I had to finish her steak as well as mine.
Friday June 22nd
Friday was a day of revisiting and finalizing decisions made on previous trips and a final visit to our new home site. We started with the cabinet designer (kitchen, bath,etc) and we are just about ready to sign off on this major decision. Our second stop was a review of lighting fixtures where we added to our catalogs collection. The afternoon stops included the appliance store where we reconfirmed our choices, and our final stop of the day to the tile store. This caused a complete brain overload and after a brief discussion with "Devanna" we decided enough was enough and we headed to the airport. Until next time.....
