Meeting with the architect

After we had a clear idea of what we wanted, our builder made a meeting with the architect. Before the meeting, he had given the architect the preliminary plans I had sketched, and showed him a house in the area that we liked, so he came with a general plan for the house. He showed us an elevation as well as layout and we discussed everything we liked and did not like. We talked about things like, how many bathrooms on each floor, where to put each room, windows to use, ceiling heights, etc. The architect listened to our comments and made notes on his sheets.

We stayed in contact with the architect, going back and forth on some details, for a few weeks, after which we met again. This time, we were more pleased with what we saw, and only had minor details to change, such as adding a half bath downstairs, a linen close upstairs, making the garage a little bit smaller, etc.

















From looking at hundreds of elevations, I had found a feature I fell in love with - wing walls!!! I asked if they were costly but was told they aren't, so we added a wing wall on each side of the house. I really loved them! They were something I chose, something I created, and they were just different! Take a look at these wing walls, similar to what I had in mind.

About a week later, the architect sent us the final drafts of the plans. We gave him the OK to draw up the blueprints!

Getting the blueprints was one of the most exciting things... to see all the minor and major details of the house, being able to picture it, was a great feeling! Our builder told us we could have a partial walk-out basement, which is a major plus (especially for resale value), BUT in doing so we would lose our wing walls!! It was a hard decision to make, but in the end, bye bye wing walls!

To see the elevation we came up with with the wing walls see here: DOWNLOAD FILE

With the plans complete, we were ready to demolish!!