I am not good with numbers and I resent having to move into number mode. If you force me to think like that, I will make you pay for it. So think twice!
Our architect and our engineers are forcing me to start calculating. . . . The problem? Architect's dimension numbers don't "close" for purposes of staking the house out.
Back to architect. Much dithering, whining and complaining, and a new drawing was presented with new numbers.
Engineer: "Those don't work, either."
Me: "What am I supposed to do?"
Engineer: "I'll review them closely, try and meet with architect to resolve, otherwise, I will make whatever modifications are necessary, working with your builder."
OK then. New plans are produced with new numbers. As might be expected, I ignore the numbers. The king, however, does not.
"The engineer has added a foot at the rear of the house, but only some 6 inches at the front."
[do NOT rely on my numbers. . . . these are all approximations - just as the above is not a picture of the actual house - trapezoidal or not - but the picture of the approximate tower I'd like to go hole up in.
And - now that I think of it - to the left is the picture of the actual tower that started the whole process of building our own house. Just because I have it, and just to be accurate, and also because there are no numbers involved in showing it to you.]Me: "Yeah?"
The king: "Are we getting a trapezoidal house? Or is this the fix necessary so that it is NOT trapezoidal?"
Me: "Ah. . . . hmmm. I don't know?"
In the meantime, it's raining cats and dogs (can you say "mud"?) and a cold front is coming in (can you say "Not a good time to either dig or pour foundations"?).
So we're back to waiting.
I really don't understand this. It just seems that whatever could go wrong, has gone wrong. And yet we don't think that we're doing the wrong thing by persevering in trying to build this house.
But I don't get it.
Somehow, more words don't seem to help.
There's a lesson for me here, somewhere. But I just want to pick up the phone and throw some more words at it. Or send them via email or messenger. Must. Do. Something. (where "Wait" doesn't seem to count as anything. . . .)
2 comments:
We're buying a year-old home which the seller did not inspect because in GA you do not have to inspect a new home. Hole in roof.
Anyway, it's good that people run numbers -- I, too, just want to throw words at problems. I guess that's why this whole house buying process throws me into a tizzy.
Prophet, there is one and only one question you need to ask your architect. And that is, "Where are you going to put the built-in bar?"
The rest will fall into place if that issue is resolved early. Promise. =)
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