An e-mail to Liz and Thor:
I am tired. I don’t think I am ready to submit. It is all just rushed and I haven’t started the forms. OP doesn’t not have necessarily a good website for submittal requirements. One requirement that I saw required a site plan the site survey probably won’t be enough. There are gaps in the drawings but it is hard to say how hard they will review the stuff. I am hearing some bad things from other architects, but I think we just need to get it into the system and take our hits.
Demo plan
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An E-mail to Thor and Liz from Matt:
Bathroom idea
Here is some more work. The tub move currently is only giving us a 30×60 tube and requires us to make the door 30″ and move it closer to the toilet and generally is pretty tight. It will be import to verify the exact location of the toilet. I am showing a short depth toilet like in the basement here to minimize the interference with the door. But we will need to verify the location of the collar to confirm that the small toilet will work.
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The permit process in Oak Park is a long and agonizing one. Sometimes it feels like you need a permit from the village to even look at your kitchen. I will say for the village that they are very helpful during the application process, because they want you to improve your home.
So in order to get a head start on things before we move in, Thor, Matt, and I met tonight to draw up plans and, well, make a plan. First project is definitely going to be kitchen remodel.
The Sunshine Nightmare
There are no appliances in there right now, and the whole thing looks like it came out of a lemony sunshine 70′s nightmare. But… how to do it? and how will this fit in with our long term goals for the house? and what are our long term goals? (more…)
