Creating a floor plan from scratch....

1 question I get asked regularly is "Who was the Architect of the Holladay Haven" . . .  With only a simple answer:  I was

People think I’m crazy but I knew what I wanted! It was a joint effort with my spouse of course but when building our dream home we wanted to be very hands on!  So we hired a draftsman’s that worked with us for about 6 months before we submitted to an engineer. Screen-shares and red sharpie edits between my draftsman and a bazillion edits!

This process definitely had its monetary benefits... but it caught up with us sooner then later. The savings on hiring a draftsman cost us more in the long run because an architect would have more vested interest in the project that could have avoided delays and mistakes.

Lesson Learned:  If I went back I would have hired an Architect and still have my red sharpie handy!

Creating a floor plan from scratch!?*?!*
 
A daunting task that your really can’t start until you have a plot of land purchased!  It depicts so many aspects of your home.  Porte-cochere would be a wonderful way to hide a majority of garage.    A corner of our lot faces a main  road so the garages went on that corner to act as a barrier of any traffic noise.
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{Porte-cochere: a covered entrance large enough for vehicles to pass through, typically opening into a courtyard. }

~ Danielle Loryn Designs

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