We met with John Croom, the designer, today and made a couple of tiny changes to the plans. We didn't really like the bump out on the front because we felt like it made the front look to fancy. We decided to go ahead and make the plans with a rafter'ed roof for a couple of reasons- more room, more storage, and perhaps even a little bit cheaper than trussed. I talked to a builder today and he told me on a simple gabled roof like ours that it make come out cheaper to cut the rafters because it is basically the same cut over and over.
He's supposed to give us our new drawings in the morning and I hope that we will be done after that. This afternoon, I drove around and looked at the "not for sale" lot on Warlick and discovered that the front is about an 8 foot dropoff to the road. We would have to clearcut the land to be able to grade it down to a more gently slope on the front.
I made a call to the owner in hopes of talking him into selling the lot... the call went well. As it turns out, he knows my parents and we are hopeful that might get him to sell us the lot. It is definitely an inferior lot to the Masters Lane lot, but could be significantly cheaper (probably around $125,000).
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