The first one's always a throw-away :(

We had a great meeting with the new team last night: Eddie, Machell and Sandra met with Rita and me at Kitchen Studio. It was a very productive session.

In software, we usually say that the first one's a throw away. Unfortunately, Rita and I forgot about this. After nearly 6 months of design we realized there were some major things we wanted to change. All things considered, the team responded really well to this. Eddie is working on the changes now: the stairs going down are being moved, some walls are being reconfigured and some of the extension over the garage is being trimmed to save money.

Welcome Sandra McCauley

We've decided to add Sandra McCauley to the team (http://www.sandramccauley.com/). Sandra is an Interior Designer and we feel that she's the person we need to tie the house/project together.

Too good to be true :(

The "easy" pass through the Architectural Review turned out to be too good to be true. Someone in the neighborhood has raised a concern which triggered the AR into a public hearing (currently scheduled for January 2). I have a feeling I know who the neighbor is.

Grrrrrr

Story poles are up!

Woo hoo! The first physical work in our remodel happened today. The required "story poles" went up.



   

Nice! Architectural Review Board news

Eddie called today and said that the Monterey Architectural Review Board can process the plans "administratively" which means that we don't need a public hearing. Nice! I was dreading that.

The "storey poles" go up next week.

Design Blueprints

Cool - we have our first blueprints, the "design" plans:

HOA seems OK with the design

The HOA President said that he'd put the HOA stamp on the design. Great news! Eddie will submit the design to the city. Next step: getting on the calendar for a public hearing. Hopefully, we'll be on for the first Wednesday in November.