Foundation house plan
Sania Ali
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Comments (3)and wherever you go in your design .. double all distances ... IMHO ... a garden is to hide your foundation.... NOT TO BE PLANTED ON THE FOUNDATION ... i grew up in the 60's in a 50's subdivision ... they planted all these HUGE plants.. 2 feet from the foundation ... and the neighbors are still trying to get rid of them ... if it were me... i would make a 6 to 10 foot bed minimum ... and plant trees/conifers at least 5 feet from the house.. and not in a straight line.... when you go googling ... look and see if the pix that please you involve a 3 foot bed at the house ... i bet a buck.. they wont be ... so if you are thinking a 5 foot bed.. make it 10 ... and just drive or bike the neighborhood... and rate each garden you pass ... it wont take long for you to develop an eye toward what you want .... good luck ken...See MoreSummerfield, bevangel and other GW drafters;) Lake house help!
Comments (32)Glad you like so much of it! How funny that I called that wide basement hallway an "art gallery" when your daughter is going to be an art major in college. The wide hallway just "happened" when I put the two bedrooms and bathroom in along the right side of the basement. The leftover space wasn't quite wide enough to be the bar/kitchen area (and besides I wanted that by the windows at the back) and I couldn't see any other use for it. But just calling that wide space a hallway seemed so mundane when it was wide enough that it seemed like it OUGHT to be useful for something. Then I thought, well they could put bookcases along walls or hang artwork so voila it became the "art gallery". Serendipity! LOL! Thanks for posting the exact measurements of the foundation. I was off enough that there will HAVE to be some changes to the design...especially to the main floor bedroom/bath area. But you wanted changes there anyway so that's okay. I don't think the new dimensions will force any dramatic changes to the walkout basement. By wanting the dining area "closer to the lake", I'm assuming you mean that you'd like a view of the lake from the dining room. I don't see any possible way to actually put the dining room along the back of the house without either a) moving the master bedroom to the front of the house somewhere or b) turning the great room by 90 degrees. Option "a" won't work with your foundation unless you're willing to have a really skinny, winding hallway going from the front door, around past the office and master bedroom and bath to reach the public areas at the back of the house. Since you've already mentioned a desire to have a view of the lake from the front door, I'm guessing that's out. Option "b" would turn the "vaulted" ceiling of the great room so that it faced towards the side of the lot instead of towards the lake. Pretty sure that is out as well! So, no way to actually put the dining room at the back of the house. BUT, I could basically swap the kitchen and dining room areas so that you would be able to see the lake thru the great room windows when seated at the dining table. However you wouldn't have as good a view of the lake from the kitchen if I do that. So, which one do you prefer? I can easily open up the view from the front door by getting rid of the office closet and the entry way closet. You don't HAVE to have either closet. I might be able to fit in an entry way closet if I change the staircase from a tight U to a loose U. (i.e., have two landings instead of one big one with some steps between the two landings.) Actually, since that space I'm putting the staircase in is almost two feet narrower than I thought, there isn't going to be room enough beside the stair for a chair so a loose U that spans the whole 10'-6" ft wide (interior measure) space would probably look better anyway. I'll play around with it and see what I can come up with. I THINK it might be possible to move the laundry room to where I currently have "her closet" and then put the two bedroom closets between the bedroom and bath. The laundry room would probably have to be a bit smaller but you would still be able to have a window in it. But, before I do too much rearranging, could you verify a couple of other foundation measurements? (the ones shown in red below) These will affect exactly how much room is available for the master bath/mudroom area and with plumbing, sometimes inches can be critical. So I want make sure I have the available dimensions right. As for getting cross breezes through the house, for really good breezes you need windows directly across from each other that are oriented in the direction of the prevailing winds. Obviously this works best in skinny houses that are only 1 room deep and your foundation isn't right for that. But you can get reasonably good breezes by having windows on two walls in most rooms. Even if the walls are perpendicular to each other and neither faces the direction from which the wind blows, you'll still get some breeze. And, you can improve the flow of air thru a house by installing operable interior transom windows above doorways so that even when interior doors are closed breezes can flow thru the house. Or you can use ceiling fans to stir up a breeze artificially....See MorePlease critique the foundation plan (New England)
Comments (6)scone911--it will go to a structural engineer, but as you know there are numerous ways to meet code. There are always other considerations including cost, issues down the road with one choice vs another that may not be immediately apparent. I posted this to solicit the sort of helpful insights from well informed homeowners and professionals that would assist in deciding between options when either might be recommended by a professional, for example, rigid foam vs closed cell insulation, or gypsum vs concrete board. Both are acceptable and both meet code and any given architect or engineer may specify one or the other but that does not imply that they are interchangeable. In general, as I think this and other boards demonstrate, the polite exchange of thoughtful and informed opinions can be very helpful in coming to a good decision and asking the right questions of the professionals one hires....See MoreHow to make a stock plan fit an existing foundation.
Comments (25)Yes it is in a high COLA area. Average cost per SQFT foundation is $ 33. Average cost to build a new home here is $ 300 per SQFT. Foundations here also include two car garage footings, garage slab and double wide cement driveway. The price of a home here is very high, but as it is a desired retirement/resort area with single family houses selling in 2- 3 days. I was fortunate to get into this market 27 years ago when this place was not popular. Now everything is a a premium as builders cannot build fast enough to meet the demand. I got two quotes on the existing foundation replacement and then checked those numbers against the local building commission. Last time I built here was in 2001 and it was a shock to me also how much everything had increased in price....See Moreworthy
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