09-07-2010, 03:49 PM
Dan,
That kind of expense is why I have always thought the way to go was to first build what would eventually be the main living room, kitchen/dining, small study, and 1/2 bath/laundry space with outdoor shower for use as living space, then living in it while adding every thing else you want to build. Design it for building in stages. Finish out that core of step one to whatever level you need to do to be comfortable, anything from plywood counters and sub floors, to completely finished depending on your comfort level.
Now I think our next house will be really small and designed as thoroughly as a sailboat, with no wasted interior space, but expansive wrap around lanais ranging from screened in sleeping porches for guests, to roofed but open socializing spaces, and even just open decks made out of a product like rumbar.
Carol
That kind of expense is why I have always thought the way to go was to first build what would eventually be the main living room, kitchen/dining, small study, and 1/2 bath/laundry space with outdoor shower for use as living space, then living in it while adding every thing else you want to build. Design it for building in stages. Finish out that core of step one to whatever level you need to do to be comfortable, anything from plywood counters and sub floors, to completely finished depending on your comfort level.
Now I think our next house will be really small and designed as thoroughly as a sailboat, with no wasted interior space, but expansive wrap around lanais ranging from screened in sleeping porches for guests, to roofed but open socializing spaces, and even just open decks made out of a product like rumbar.
Carol
Carol
Every time you feel yourself getting pulled into other people's nonsense, repeat these words: Not my circus, not my monkeys.
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Every time you feel yourself getting pulled into other people's nonsense, repeat these words: Not my circus, not my monkeys.
Polish Proverb