** Each home we build has these features included in the base price. Options are available to upgrade in almost every area. Please contact a Minks' Represenatative to price out your preferred options.
Energy Features
- Built to category 1 energy code
- Ceiling insulated with R-44 fiberglass insulation
- Walls insulated with R-19 fiberglass insulation
- Foundation walls insulated with Thermax insulation
- 90+% efficient Bryant furnace
- 48 gallon electric water heater/ 80 gallon electric water heater for plans with oversized tubs
Utility Features
- City sewer and water
- Powerful 100 or 200 amp electrical service depending on the sq ft of the home
- Passive radon exhaust system
- Dryer vented to exterior
- All main ducts properly dampered
- Water supply lines are Wirsbo tubing
- One garage door opener outlet for future garage door opener
Bath Features
- Sturdy fiberglass bathtub/shower surrounds
- Chrome single lever faucets
- Pedestal sink with oval mirror in half bath
- Stylish laminate countertop with drop-in bowl
- Square glass mirrors over sinks
Kitchen Features
- GE dishwasher and stove in white
- GE microwave in white
- GE refrigerator in white
- Polished stainless steel sink
- Chrome faucet with sprayer
- Custom oak cabinets with crown molding and mission style doors with adjustable melamine shelving; 30" upper cabinets in plans with 8' ceilings and 42" upper cabinets in plans with 9' ceilings
- Hardware and hidden hinges in all cabinets
- Your choice of laminate countertops
Interior Features
- Updated open floor plans designed for the way you want to live
- Beautiful Princeton style oak trim
- Schlage Plymouth door handles
- Ceiling lights in the bedrooms
- 3/4" tongue n' groove OSB flooring nailed & glued
- Drain tile & sump basket ; sump pump in clay
- Rough-in bathroom in basement
- Carbon Monoxide detector included for safety
- Acoustical spray textured ceilings
- Two phone jacks
- Two conveniently located cable jacks
- Woodwork finished with "natural" varnish
- Interior walls painted with your choice of our available colors, 1 color included
- Hardwired with battery backup smoke detectors on each floor and & in every bedroom for your protection
- Spacious closets featuring wire shelving & rods
- Half walls with wood tops in the stairway
- Flush oak interior doors
- Floor trusses on all levels
- Generous flooring allowance
- Sliding patio door
- Model light fixture package (Includes eight recessed lights with plans over 1800 finished square feet above grade)
- Door chime
- Tamper proof electrical outlets
- Skirt boards on finished stairways
- Privacy locks on all bedroom and bathroom doors
- Air to air exchanger
Exterior Features
- Foundation is securely waterproofed with waterproofing membrane
- Foundation constructed of concrete block
- Look-out foundation style (lot specific)
- Asphalt driveway, 17 feet wide at street, tapering up (city lot)
- Two city required trees
- Concrete sidewalk
- Sod certificate for up to 1,100 yards of sod
- Maintenance free vinyl siding with lifetime limited warranty
- Maintenance free white Windsor windows with screens and with grids on front elevation
- Maintenance free soffit & fascia
- 15/32" OSB roofing sheathed with clips
- Ice and water shield applied at roof overhangs and valleys
- Aesthetic 25 year, three tab shingles
- 2 x 6 studs, framed 16" on center, used for all exterior walls of the home
- Fiberboard exterior wall sheathing
- Steel raised panel garage doors
- Schlage dead bolt lock on the front door
- Utilities connected underground (where applicable)
- Sheet rocked garage that conforms to fire code
- Two external water faucets
- Cedar decking on front proch
- Final grading of the home site (city lot)
- Two weatherproof exterior electrical outlets
*Minks Custom Homes Inc prints individual plans for each client. We will personally review all selections and options with you at a pre-construction meeting, an electrical walk-through, and a final new home orientation. Minks Custom Homes Inc is a member of the Builders Association of the Twin Cities and a member of the National Homebuilders Association.
** Included features are subject to change without notice.