Wow, thanks John wc! Very interesting... Well, we are indeed building Geneva House, but it's a little scary not having anyone to contact at the architects office or any photos to see. It would certainly help us as we try to envision rooms when picking out things, but oh well... We love the design and floor plan. Can't wait for it all to come together! :) Kirkhall, the royalty checks are for plans that have been purchased. SL cannot say if any of the plans have actually been BUILT.

I lived in a custom build (I didn't build it) that was really close to this floor plan. The bonus room still haunts my wife 10 years later and as such our builds never have slanted ceilings anywwhere. The pic doesn't appear to match the dormers in the floor plan. There are fairly big design problems with this house - the most significant is the 3 materials on the elevation along with an excess of gables. This gives it a chaotic overly complicated look that is always discouraged here (and any similar forum I am sure). When people are first dreaming of building a house, they are usually drawn to complexity - thinking that more is better. Time and experience gets most people to change this way of thinking - although not always. Imagine this forum as "Devil Wears Prada" - Meryl Streep. This floorplan is Anne Hathaway's original outfit.

The "flyover" house in my post above was a concept--not an actual house. The idea was to provide cheap new housing fast in crowded urban areas of Port Elizabeth, S.A. The company does not seem to exist anymore while the principal runs hotels and restaurants. There are hundreds of capped bungalows in our city. But none that I know of that were done on stilts. Below is a capped home I renoed (interior only) that started as a bungalow circa 1920. Capped bungalow. Danforth Village, Toronto. Sold 11/17 for C$935k The only advantage I see is that you might be able to live in the existing house with less disruption during the construction phase. Short-term gain for long term pain. Move out and do it right!

We're thinking of buying a plot and I love the idea of mill-built houses. I'm mourning the fact that Connor is no longer in business. Has anyone worked with Classic Colonial Homes? https://www.cchonline.com/