01-24-2010, 03:38 PM
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It has been a long process of narrowing down what we want, how we wish to live in the house, space requirements, air flow, big eaves, large lanai and then wrapping it up in a cohesive design. David, I am such a visual person, so I went about this somewhat backwards...not a lot of sanity check...Oh DEAR! We did however have criteria for the house established before I started drawing, but as I drew and drew I could see more possibilities, then each revision, and even new concepts also revealed new possibilities to fine tune the house’s livability. I know, the problem is I could go on with this revision process forever... not a good approach. However we have finally hit upon a design that works on so many levels. Although we are still not sure we can afford to build it, or how much we may have to take on ourselves.
OK, you caught me [
] Also being visual, I did many drawings based on Multifacetted, HPM kits, etc with similar results, before I got smart enough to do the list. Even then it was revision, revision, revision, until one day DW says Enough already, at this rate we'll never built!!!! We are owner-builders. Enjoy the adventure.[8D]
David
Ninole Resident
It has been a long process of narrowing down what we want, how we wish to live in the house, space requirements, air flow, big eaves, large lanai and then wrapping it up in a cohesive design. David, I am such a visual person, so I went about this somewhat backwards...not a lot of sanity check...Oh DEAR! We did however have criteria for the house established before I started drawing, but as I drew and drew I could see more possibilities, then each revision, and even new concepts also revealed new possibilities to fine tune the house’s livability. I know, the problem is I could go on with this revision process forever... not a good approach. However we have finally hit upon a design that works on so many levels. Although we are still not sure we can afford to build it, or how much we may have to take on ourselves.
OK, you caught me [
] Also being visual, I did many drawings based on Multifacetted, HPM kits, etc with similar results, before I got smart enough to do the list. Even then it was revision, revision, revision, until one day DW says Enough already, at this rate we'll never built!!!! We are owner-builders. Enjoy the adventure.[8D]David
Ninole Resident
Ninole Resident