Just for the information of iLoft buyers, I did my colour selection yesterday.
I signed an amendment to my agreement, so I now have a move in date of very early August. She said that it would likely be ready before that, but I didn’t question her further. I have a feeling I cannot be compelled to move in prior to that date, but I would have to verify that with my lawyer.
Regarding upgrades, here's some of what I was told/purchased.
You are offered 4 different colour schemes. They are supposedly co-ordinated together by a professional designer. It includes your kitchen cabinet style, laminate flooring, bathroom floor tiles, bathroom wall tiles and bedroom carpet. If you wish to deviate from that and substitute something from one of the other schemes, it's $250 per item. There are some additional standard substitutions you can pick from for some (all?) items. For example, I picked a cabinet door style that was not in any of those 4 choices and paid the $250
The carpet choices are very limited. The standard is the tightly knitted style, I'm not sure what it's called. Based on a very quick glance, even the upgraded carpet was the same style with very limited colour choices. The standard was quite thin but I went with that and paid $300 for upgraded under padding in both bedrooms. I asked about having the laminate flooring in the bedrooms and it was an obscene $2800 extra!!! That's for less than 250 square feet.
I was disappointed by the flooring selection. I paid $1000 for upgraded flooring, but even that wasn't terribly exciting.
As previously stated, it's $1700 for a microwave above the stove. There's no way I will pay that, but I had them change the above the stove cabinet to a smaller, microwave compatible style and that cost me $350. I will install the microwave myself.
Other items:
$400 for upgraded handles for the cabinets rather than the cheap knobs.
$2400 for granite counter top, including the island.
$500 for an under mount sink.
One additional thing, I was given the choice to have the kitchen stucco like the rest of the main room or having just that section as a smooth ceiling. Ideally I would get smooth over the entire room, but the price was shocking. I didn't bother to get her to calculate exactly what it would cost, but she estimated around $7000. I chose to have stucco in the kitchen.
Hope that's helpful.
