Sigh. You do NOT want to know why. When I go through the tons of paper they sent me I will go through the rejection in detail. Not upset, just tired. Its a hiccup on the way to building I guess.
More later.
Showing posts with label Plans. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Plans. Show all posts
Friday, July 2, 2010
Monday, June 7, 2010
Back on track
As of today the plans are in the approval stage with a slight hiccup. Seems one form, the Town and Country approval form from the lawyers (the one that is given when the land is transferred) was not submitted with the documents. The draftsman didn't think that was needed at the time, but what happened was the original size of the plot changed to a bigger size mid development and T&C needed to see the re-approval. Anyways all seems well. Hopefully by the end of htis month signed stamped and approved.
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Working on the plan
So been using Live Interior to get a feels for what the draftsman drew up. It became apparant in the beginning that talking to an architect was NOT going to be "in budget" (oh didn't I mention that before? You need a budget even BEFORE you start building a house! That is, how much you can borrow etc.) Thank god we got a draftsman who is passionate about design and so we didn't need to go through an achitect who, ineveitably, would have charged 10% (yes that's right 10%) on the cost of the house as his fee!
Whoa!
So using Live Interior helps with spacial obsevation, how close a door is to another door etc as well as the all important walkthrough that shows HOW one would access certain parts of the house, as well as the all important lighting and furniture placement. If you have the budget, invest in Live Interior or some other sort of simple 3D program (I use LIve Interior becasue the learning curve is VERY low!)
Then there's the initegration with Google Sketch Up where you can add the roof (the learning curves a BIT steep but once you've got the hang of it you can download elements from Google Warehouse, and put stuff around the house. Why?
. . . because of the next step, once you've done that you can THEN import it into Google Earth! Then if you have the EXACT coordinates of the space, you can PLACE the image of the house onto the property and get a feel for sun movements and terrain (to a point) and so on. You can even stand up next to the house and look around!
Who says technology can't help?
To use Sketch Up with Google Earth see these instructions:
http://sketchup.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=36241
Whoa!
So using Live Interior helps with spacial obsevation, how close a door is to another door etc as well as the all important walkthrough that shows HOW one would access certain parts of the house, as well as the all important lighting and furniture placement. If you have the budget, invest in Live Interior or some other sort of simple 3D program (I use LIve Interior becasue the learning curve is VERY low!)
Then there's the initegration with Google Sketch Up where you can add the roof (the learning curves a BIT steep but once you've got the hang of it you can download elements from Google Warehouse, and put stuff around the house. Why?
. . . because of the next step, once you've done that you can THEN import it into Google Earth! Then if you have the EXACT coordinates of the space, you can PLACE the image of the house onto the property and get a feel for sun movements and terrain (to a point) and so on. You can even stand up next to the house and look around!
Who says technology can't help?
To use Sketch Up with Google Earth see these instructions:
http://sketchup.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=36241
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