Has anyone commissioned a printed 3D house model (1:100 scale?)
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Smaller homes...adjusting to style
Comments (29)Mcgillicuddy, I'm not a terribly sentimental-about-stuff person either, so I can sympathize. If we had a fire and lost everything there are maybe half a dozen things in this entire house that I would be truly upset about losing, except for the inconvenience of replacing everything. ;-) I think it's a result of moving so much as a kid (my parents split when I was 5, and joint custody was a truly evil creation from my POV), I just couldn't take along much from house to house so I learned not to get attached to things. Some people go the opposite direction and get very possessive as adults, but I continued on the "frequent flyer" path and was just as brutal and dispassionate about culling. I have a bunch of boxes that we moved from the last house to this one in February of 2004 and have never even opened because I had a friend help me pack and she bullied me into keeping everything rather than pruning as thoroughly as I normally do pre-move. I hate that. I feel suffocated when I think of the closet and storage room (the sorta half-a-bedroom) full of all that stuff. I don't understand either how other people can be so tied up in my having certain things or not, even if they didn't give me that item (and occasionally if they did). It's a perfectly good whateveritis that I have absolutely no use for, I should keep it and let it rot in a closet just because person X gave it to me? Wouldn't it be better to give or sell it to someone who would actually like (or even love) it and put it to use? If I kept everything everyone gave me just because they gave it to me I'd need to live in a mansion! I'm beginning to dig through the stored stuff and am half considering setting up a separate account on eBay for selling things off, lest I get nastygrams from relatives, screaming "how can you get rid of that whateveritis??" On the adjustment issue... we moved to this house with weird small rooms from a house with only 300 more square feet but much larger rooms, so most of our furniture is suited for larger rooms. Unfortunately, we can't afford to just get rid of everything and replace it all, although it would be fun, so we just have to work around it. There are so many small-house features that were the norm in past generations that have been overlooked in more recent decades, like built-ins. Kneewall drawers under these slanted Cape ceilings are almost unknown nowadays but it's such an intelligent use of wasted space. If I could design a house from scratch (thinking rationally instead of daydreamily, I don't think we'll ever be able to afford to do so unless we win the lottery - just the lot alone is way out of reach) it would be loaded with clever things like that so we would not need so much furniture. Our bedroom felt so much bigger when I fitted wire drawer units into my silly little dysfunctional closet and took out the big dresser!...See MoreBuilding dream home, architect wants cost plus 12%, need advice.
Comments (66)I built my custom home and design it as well. It was my first and I was very green. My advise is make sure you know what you want and what you are willing to pay for. Learn who your builder is and do not trust too much when they start tell you what you (should) want. I learned the hard way and two months into the build project I had to practically live at the construction site. The builder did not like it much but it was my house and not his so I did not care. We budded heads when he kept defaulting to "his standards". He was good for the big strokes but when it came down to the details he failed. Pick out as many items as you can upfront so you can get a very good idea of cost. We went $50k over budget and that was because the builder's defaulting to "his standards" at the budget discussion table that I was not aware of until we were into the build project. I initially took his advise on some designing, I wish I didn't. When I became the wiser I starting taking things back in my own hands. And I am speaking of selections like cabinetry, windows, flooring tile, countertops doors, decking materials and much more finishes. I had a budget I wasn't suppose to go over and he, the builder, did not make it clear as to what we were going to get within that budget. I do not regret that I went over. And I tell you if I had another $50k laying around I would have used it up....See MoreFeedback on house plan TIA
Comments (284)I don't have a lot of contact with the architect these days. The project moved onto the draftsman and after the little trouble with the HOA, my architect wasn't so helpful. He is given to ranting on how wrong the HOA is rather than trying to make it work under the given constraints however weird they may be....See MoreGetting cold feet on our new construction plan! Please help!
Comments (167)Cpartist do you have a door into your closet or is it just an opening? Sara could you send me a picture? I measured the actual space since they made an error on the concrete footings measurement so I ended up with more house then garage which benefits this closet. The closet at question measures 6’3 1/2” deep and 5’8 1/2” wide. Also at this point the door is centered giving about 18” on either side of the opening. I guess I could do hanging in the back and narrow shelves on the both sides. Or maybe I should have him move the door to allow for the 2’ L shaped hanging? But then the door swing may hit my vanity or bed table....See MoreMark Bischak, Architect
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