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YOUR OLDIE-BUT-GOODIE DAYS : Aging-In-Place
This topic is located on the Home Building Timeline, beginning with the construction phase HOUSE PLANS - MOVING AROUND IN THE HOUSE, at grid location V-24. NOTE : This article will remain free to read until May 16, 2019. Until then, read it all Read more
CLOSETS : Her Heart’s Desire
This topic is located on the Home Building Timeline, beginning with the construction phase HOUSE PLANS - USEFULNESS, at grid location X-24. NOTE : This article is free to read. Read it all you want and share it with all your friends, so they can Read more
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Garage Size: NN-7
There’s no standard size for a garage. There should be. There’s not. FOR EXAMPLE (wrong, by the way) - The perception by the general public is that a customer will tell the architect/designer/planner to include a “double garage.” Th Read more
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Side Yard Set-Back Lines
This is about where a house can be built on a lot, and where the rules come from. The location where a home is allowed to be built on a lot, especially in a neighborhood, is often dictated by a document called PLAT RESTRICTIONS aka Protective Cove Read more
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MOISTURE IS PRESENT EVERYWHERE, AFFECTING EVERYTHING, ALL THE TIME
The news story that triggered today's article is headlined LACK OF BARRIER CITED IN FAILURE, and begins with these two points : "A two-month-old polyurethane gym floor is buckling at the $656 million New York City Police Academy project and may Read more
Directionally-Specific Claustrophobia
This story isn't intended to be funny, but it is interesting. Whenever a claustrophobic client is encountered, conventional wisdom says, "every room has to be huge." But I've learned to say, "You're claustrophobic? Which way?" Throughout my fou Read more
Then, Now and Later
The answer is : Because we keep planning such stupidly expensive houses! The questions are : How did American homes get so expensive? How did we get in this mess? How can we get out of it? This article is about what houses were like Read more
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Shutter Shadows Change Farmhouse to Main Street
2000, the turn of the new millennium, saw the #1 trend in new housing become The New Old Home; a brand new house that mimics a vintage home from the beginning of the previous century. The main traits of the New Old Home are : a front porch with s Read more
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Homebuilding Haze
NOT a warning. NOT a judgmental rant. NOT a point-the-finger-and-condemn to hell sermon. This is simply an observation. This is about drugs and alcohol and how they affect the decision-making ability of users who try to plan and/or build a home, Read more
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IF PLANS COULD TALK
Homebuilding is habit-based. A routine develops, like Standard Operating Procedure, and embeds itself so deeply into the mind and muscle memory of every tradesman, that the concept of “I should look at the plans” is replaced by “I’ve done thi Read more
If Plans Could Talk : “Hey! That’s Not Right!”
Homebuilding is habit-based. A routine develops, like Standard Operating Procedure, and embeds itself so deeply into the mind and muscle memory of every tradesman, that the concept of “I should look at the plans” is replaced by “I’ve done thi Read more
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L-11 / PROPERTY – Choosing A Home Site : Boundaries, Building Lines, Conditions, Easements, Hazards, Ownership Privileges and Responsibilities
Select the Building Site Even more important than the home you are planning to build is the place where you plan to build it. Whether you intend to build on a lot in the middle of a subdivision, or the center of a vast country estate, if the s Read more