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My House Plans—Back To The Drawing Board (Literally!)—BYHYU 079

8/2/2017

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"I was dissed and I don't know why." That could have been the title to this week's post.
This will be a short and probably surprising update on my project. I’ve hit a stumbling block--actually two. But, I’m working through it.

If you typically read the blog posts here, this week, you might want to listen on the player above. I'm not sure I can effectively communicate my level of frustration or confusion in writing.

So, here's what happened. I contacted a house designer to work on my project, our forever home. After a couple of easy, very pleasant conversations, I emailed him a rough sketch of how I want the house laid out and about 15 wish list pictures from Houzz and Pinterest. I heard nothing back from him. I called, left voicemails, left text messages, and nothing. Na-da. Crickets.

I got zero response. No "I'm no longer interested." No "I can't fit you into my schedule." No "I hate your taste and don't want work on this house." Nothing.

So, I let that go and moved on to another designer. And the same thing happened a second time.

THE SAME THING! Great conversation and communication. Lots of interest in doing the project (or so I thought). Emails sent with my ideas. And no response. None. Again.

As you can imagine, these experiences have me questioning many things-- my house ideas, my judgement of character, my decision to use a house designer instead of an architect, heck, even my personality.

Moving forward, I personally am going to try to draw my house plan to scale on graph paper and attempt to hire another house designer to simply put it into CAD, the computer software that is used to design houses.

I'll keep you posted on the progress. I'm a bit shaken and frustrated, but not completely discouraged. No one said this road would be easy. I'm moving forward.

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you'll join me next week.

2 Comments

Amanda Schultz

8/3/2017 09:00:12 am

Hi Michelle! Thanks for doing this podcast and putting yourself out there for the benefit of others. I was totally lost a few weeks ago but I've had a week of driving alone and your podcast has kept me great company, as well as made me feel confident that I can talk to subs and be an owner builder. I am sorry you've gotten dissed recently! We are dealing with the same thing. Foundation subs, excavating subs and various other people NEVER CALL US BACK. Its almost like they don't want our money. Oh well, we will find someone eventually. As far as designers / architects, have you thought about looking for a "kit" builder. We are building with DCstructures. They also have a site DC Buildings. Probably not your style of house based on some of the comments you've made but there are tons of these companies out there that might be able to help you out. Just a thought! Maybe you could do a podcast on these types of homes?

Thanks again Michelle! Best wishes and PLEASE continue the podcast!!

Michelle@BYHYU

8/4/2017 06:36:34 am

Thanks for the encouragement, Amanda. I need it! I'm sorry that you've had similar challenges. I guess it's just an annoying part of the journey. But we can handle it ;-)

I hadn't heard of DC structures before, but I checked out their website. Beautiful barns and barn style homes! They seem to be "kits" of factory engineered/built home segments (walls, roofs, etc) that are shipped to your lot and assembled on site. I talked a little about this option in episode 38, called "Are you sure that wood, stick built construction is the best choice for your new home?" If you search "038" you'll find it.

I love the idea of having many of the home's segments built in a factory, protected from outdoor elements. It's faster and you often end up with a superior product because factory built assemblies are more likely to be straight and plumb and to stay dry. Great suggestion!

Thanks for listening, Amanda, and for taking the time to comment.

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