Our windows are supposed to arrive on Friday, so i thought I’d update you with what we’ve ordered. When Matt and I got together I already had an idea of what I wanted and what style. The front and back windows would be the same - a picture window with two casements on the side. The casements would have mutton going across about 1/4 of the way down with a line dividing that rectangle. Matt has started calling this the cottage style. Although I love prairie style (a wide grid that runs just inside the frame) - I didn’t think it would be right for our house. We also both agreed that we would add trim around the windows and on the house. Currently the windows are just set in the stucco. Along the side of the house, the double hungs would be replaced with double hung windows, but the ratio of the two panes would be 40/60 instead of 50/50 with muttons running down the middle of the top part.
We wanted to go for a walk around the neighborhood to see what we liked, and literally the exact moment we stepped out the door it started raining. We were pretty confident with our choices, though and Matt ran home to add them to the drawings. We are both really happy with the way things turned out.
Windows in the back/North side of the house with bedrooms
North side of the house with bedrooms
If all goes well and there is enough time this weekend, in addition to putting a new roof on the back sunroom, we’ll also be able to start putting the windows in.
So we submitted our plans today, and it was not so bad as Matt thought. The initial stages are actually pretty easy. Looking at the Village’s website, it looks like you have to have everything ready when you go in–drawings done and electrical and plumbing permits signed off by the professionals. It’s a little overwhelming, and after looking into it I could start to understand Matt’s stress.
After an expensive and hurried trip to Kinko’s, I went down to the Village Hall with Matt. He claims that once those people find out you are an architect, they love to start giving you a hard time, where as home owners can basically get away with anything. We took a number and sat down to wait. (more…)
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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