2010 - the year we build our green house in Houston!
Happy New Year everyone! This is the year we build our house! Happy indeed!
Although I haven't blogged much recently about the house, we have been busy behind the scenes.
Our architects,
RD Architecture (www.rdarc.com), are very close to completing the permit plans - i.e. the plans that we will use to get regulatory approval to build, and also to get financing. I think we will have them by mid-January.
In the meantime, RD Architects have also been working hard with us on design details. We have gone over the lighting, outlets and plumbing. We have made detailed plans for built ins in the library, kitchen, pantry etc. We have completed plans for the floor tiles. And many more details besides. Yes, there are many details, and it has driven home that this is a custom home, and has made the whole project seem very real. We can really imagine what the rooms will look like. Very exciting.
We also met with Mary Edwards of Luminous Ground (www.luminousground.net) to initiate the creation of a landscape plan. You need some landscaping after the building, but we are also trying to take aim at some LEED points. Lets see what we can achieve within our budget.
We have another meeting at the end of the week, with Michael Strong of Green Haus Builders also joining us (www.greenhausbuilders.com). At that stage we will have a clearer idea of the next steps.
In the meantime, check out a couple of elevations of the library and kitchen:
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by Oliver Bogler
