New Construction - Space not outlined on plan, Builder says too bad
There is a huge nook underneath the stairs (about 5ft deep and about 3.5 ft wide) and we assumed they were making it into a closet (see pic below). We assumed this because before we signed we walked through a woman's home (same exact floor plan as ours) and specifically recall there being a deep closet there with a door.
Now the builder (actually their horrible sales guy) is telling us that it is supposed to be that way and that there is nothing they can do about it for us. He says that only the basement homes include a door which really sounds ridiculous to us. We told him that the woman's home he showed us had a closet there and he is denying it. Its basically our word against his and I'm not sure what to do about it besides just shelling out more money for something that surely shouldn't be an upgrade.
All this being said, is there anyone here that could offer any suggestions on what we should do? I've even gone as far to leave a note at that sweet woman's house with my number to ask her about her floorplan (random, I know). We haven't tried to threaten him saying we won't close until its fixed or anything like that, but I was hoping we wouldn't have to resort to that. We're so new at this that we really don't know what our options are!
If we don't end up getting our way (which we should for what we are paying), any ideas on what to do with it? The space is so deep and narrow that the only thing it seems useful for to me is a closet. Its too deep to be anything like a bookcase, and because of its location across from the dining room and main foyer, I just don't know what we'd do with it if they don't fix it. I don't want to have to spend a ton of money making it into a useful space.
Thanks everyone. Sorry for writing such a novel!
Best,
Christina
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I’m confused. How hard is it to just add a door and make it a storage closet?