Evolving plan...

The really interesting thing about this whole process is the fact that Tony will apply some creative tweak to a design, based on our comments and it takes us down a totally new path.

For example, based on the previous plan, we wanted to make sure there was a closet in the office area in case we ever needed to use it as a guest room.  And, what we got back was a wonderful tweak... shown below.

Plan : A, B, C & D

Tony whipped up 4 plans for us to start visualizing.  Honestly any one of them would be awesome.  As time goes by, and we imagine how we would live in these spaces I think we're getting ideas for Plan E.

A

B

C

D

Deposit is in.

We sent our 10% deposit into our architect, Tony.  We are on our way!

Next stop, August 13th for closing!

This is why you meet with a professional architect!

Last night we had dinner with Tony, our architect.  (Feels impressive to say something like that, right?)

I'm glad we did.  We get along very well, and he has a great personality and a sensibility that we find refreshing.  We are talking about building "green", but that can be a pompous and trendy statement - and that is not what we're after.  Like we told Tony, we're not looking to build a hay and dung walled long-house.  Nor are we trying to save the planet by building out of old tires - we just want to make a nice home that matches out lifestyle while making good eco-conscious decisions.

We really just talked about the process of using an architect to build, how we lived, and some of the concepts and building materials we were interested in.  For years, we have been tracking all of this in a document, and we basically read it to him.

Every so often he would ask a question about something we said, but more often than not, he would just listen.  Sandy and I can talk... and talk... and talk.

During dinner we mentioned that we had seen an open lot for sale nearby and that it was currently priced out of our range - but felt that we could show it to him none the less.

Truth be told, this lot is very promising for us, and I hesitate to post any details to it just yet.  Suffice it to say, if we could get it for the price we'd want... it would be a perfect location.  He agreed.

We may put a bid in... who knows.