Yay! You're back! I figured you were busy with work and the house. Trips to FL and Hawaii??? Nice!! The house sounds absolutely gorgeous! Want pictures when it's done!
Thanks, hun. I'm planning in doing a website of the progress and posting the pics there so we can keep track of it. The last time we built a house, I swore we'd never do it again, and that wasn't a total custom house like this one. With that one, it was a suburban tract house with limited choices. You got to pick from like three things in each category and 3 or 4 different floor plans from one builder. With this one, we started from absolute scratch. There are so many choices that the hardest part is trying to narrow stuff down to a manageable list. We began by looking at literally thousands of plans to get close to the style we wanted, then took the 3 or 4 we liked best to the architect with our wish list. Then we spent the better part of a year tweaking his preliminary drawings to get it the way we wanted it. I could have lived with several of his prior plans, but why go through all this to get something that's not exactly what I want? I did not want a house that just looked like it was stuck out on a piece of land. I
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Onya (majorly fun Aussie colloquialism) on the Hawaii gig! YGG!!!!! And so glad the Architecture Wars are just about over!!! YAY! Here comes your dream house!!!
Yes, well one was starting to wonder where you'd gone off to, but I figured the house.... work.... and knowing your propensity for travel or even weekend trips....
The house sounds like a project indeed! But, at least one that you will be thrilled with when the headache parts are finished with. Good luck on moving forward with it. Can't wait for the pics to hit th web so we can see!
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You've been missed!!!
Onya (majorly fun Aussie colloquialism) on the Hawaii gig! YGG!!!!! And so glad the Architecture Wars are just about over!!! YAY! Here comes your dream house!!!
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The house sounds like a project indeed! But, at least one that you will be thrilled with when the headache parts are finished with. Good luck on moving forward with it. Can't wait for the pics to hit th web so we can see!
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