blown up to impossible!
I did a pile of digging to find the model of my house that I made way back in 2007. it took quite a while and I'm pleased at my success. Along with it, I found my original design for the addition and I realized if we'd stuck to it, the thing would have gotten built.
Okay, so I had this simple add-on room that would have doubled the space in here and allowed the basement to be turned into a bedroom. It was lovely and I was quite pleased. Before we could go ahead, I needed legal blue prints. So we found someone in the yellow pages and met with him. I had print-offs of my designs and explained it. By the time we were done we'd spent $850 on a massive build with basement, 14'high wall of windows, overlook on a hall, extra stairs to an elevated living room, and blueprints for it. A structure we just never had the money to build. We'd have to put so much down just to get the foundation built and there'd be all this digging with big machines and tons of concrete. I fought it the whole way because I knew better but they kept acting like I was being a control freak. So ten years later our blueprint is an expensive fail and we still don't have plans to submit for my design!
My design had simply a concrete pad and crawlspace, and one ground-level floor adding a new living room with nice windows to the yard and overhead skylights. The entry would also be more appropriate to the street how I built it.
I feel so angry with the draughtsman and my husband, and by association men in general. Why must they overblow things till they're impossible to create? Why not stick where your resources are and get results??? So mad.
Okay, so I had this simple add-on room that would have doubled the space in here and allowed the basement to be turned into a bedroom. It was lovely and I was quite pleased. Before we could go ahead, I needed legal blue prints. So we found someone in the yellow pages and met with him. I had print-offs of my designs and explained it. By the time we were done we'd spent $850 on a massive build with basement, 14'high wall of windows, overlook on a hall, extra stairs to an elevated living room, and blueprints for it. A structure we just never had the money to build. We'd have to put so much down just to get the foundation built and there'd be all this digging with big machines and tons of concrete. I fought it the whole way because I knew better but they kept acting like I was being a control freak. So ten years later our blueprint is an expensive fail and we still don't have plans to submit for my design!
My design had simply a concrete pad and crawlspace, and one ground-level floor adding a new living room with nice windows to the yard and overhead skylights. The entry would also be more appropriate to the street how I built it.
I feel so angry with the draughtsman and my husband, and by association men in general. Why must they overblow things till they're impossible to create? Why not stick where your resources are and get results??? So mad.