Introduction

We currently reside in central Prince Georges County Maryland. Before I started the home search I scouted all of the new construction models in my preferred location. My best friend and I love to drive around looking at model homes and “dream” as we would explain it. Most of the homes are way above our price range but I guess we get a thrill imagining our families in 6000+ square foot mini-mansions minutes away from the nation’s capital. Of the many great builders in my county my heart fell in love with the resort style equestrian community in the heart of Upper Marlboro named Marlboro Ridge.  What ultimately moved us to put a contract on this beautiful home was the strong since of community, incentives and standard options that I hadn’t seen offered in any other community in my price range. My husband is very strict about budget and if you know anything about the DC Metro area is that home prices are extremely high. I think we did pretty well. Yes, we couldn’t get everything that we (I) wanted but we agreed that some things can wait until after closing.

So now here we are, two millennials getting ready to build our dream home. I found a lot of  blogs for building Ryan homes that were really helpful. There were only a handful of bloggers documenting the Toll Brothers process so I've decided to share my journey. I look forward to sharing my ups and downs during this process. I hope that our experiences will help the next person in their home buying and construction journey.