Conceptual Workings

Hopefully not as long as my last post - we shall see.

The idea of adding to the house is exciting. Having lived through an addition way back in 1984 when my parents added to their house I wish I can say that this is old hand. Reality is I was only 12 and didn't fully understand the concepts and the situation. I do know that it was that addition that started me along the path to become a designer. Hopefully I can talk Sarah and Joshua out of it if similar ideas become planted in their heads :)

In the Preliminary Design Process, much of the time is spent getting to know the Client. We find out what they like, dislike, what their needs are, their motivations for doing the work, budgets, time frames, ideas, etc. With this project this was our life so we were able to start immediately into the conceptual designs. Having lived in the house for almost 5 years (at the time) we knew where and what we wanted - or so we thought.