You might wonder, are we the kind of people who are impossible to deal with in restaurants or other retail situations. After all, we’ve fired two architects already and we haven’t even broke ground.
But we really aren’t. We’re nice people. Honestly.
Our first try at the architectural profession was Robb. We refer to him as Robubub. […]
Archive for September, 2006
We’ve fired Architect #2.
We were initially happier with him than with Architect #1, but as things progressed, we realized we still weren’t really being listened to. We still weren’t entirely happy with the plans. And we weren’t happy with the information we’d received from his references and his lackadaisical attitude toward design.
We’re working with someone […]
We had a meeting today with an interior designer who was highly recommended by a very trustworthy acquaintance.
The meeting was fantastic. We sat down at the kitchen table with the plans and she pointed out and fixed all of the things that the architect had not quite got right. They weren’t major structural changes, just […]
Have we talked about our financing plans yet? Well, they were very convoluted. We were working with our mortgage broker -yes, broker - on this construction to perm loan where you borrow what you need to pay off the mortgage, what you need for the construction and what you need to pay off any other […]
We will not be sad to see you go.
I spent the girls first day at preschool at Albano, picking and pricing appliances. Those of you paying attention may notice that there is no induction cooktop on the list. David will have to suffer with the Miele. And so, in no particular order:
LG French Door Refrigerator with External Ice/Water - $2,449.95
Miele 36” Touch […]
There is definitely something akin to the 5 Stages of Grief in this process. I think I’ve moved past Denial (Sub-Zero 48″ fridge! Miele, miele, miele! Concrete everything! Diamond floors! Crystal chandeliers! Whole house automation! Flat screen t.v.’s in the shower!), through Anger (Why CAN’T I have three dishwashers? Why, why, why??) and have now […]
It all seemed to good to be true. Everything running smoothly along. Until I discovered that I know, from a mutual kids’ activity, one of our architect’s former clients. And I had to go and email her.
It’s time to have a sit-down with the architect and hear his side of the story. The sad story […]
From my days as a high school and college music geek / d-j / pack rat, I’ve managed to accumulate a few hundred (probably closer to thousand) record albums. Sue also came with her share of prime 80s new wave LPs and along the way we’ve some how managed to accumulate even more.
For the exact […]
We’ve been shopping… dragging the poor children from one appliance store to another… answering questions like “How to you prepare your food now?” (Open pit) and “Would you like to try out the cooktop?” (No, but can I test out the shower? Here, hold my pants.).
We kept hearing about induction cooktops. The kind that you […]
