Archive for August 4th, 2005

The plan, the plan, the plan

Thursday, August 4th, 2005

After you get the fixer upper, after you get the mortgage (more on that), you must then develop the plan. Well not the plan like a gant chart, the plans of the house.

Thinking I am a pretty handy do it yourselfer, I decided to measure the house myslef, and draw up the existing plans myself. Here it is:

http://route27.net/images/4317AlbanyPlan_v2.jpg

Take a closer look - keep in mind I am NOT an architect, thats right!

Well, my plan to save hundreds of dollars by avoiding the architects come in and measure almost worked. Except that upon comparison to the survey it turned out that the house I measured from the inside was six feet (thats right, we’re talking feet) not inches longer than the outside of the house. Sometimes you are bigger on the inside than you are on teh outside… huh?

Back to plan A…