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Cue "The Crickets"

I have talked about our first draft but I haven't shared it yet. We gave the designer a whopper of an email full of changes to make so it seems a bit silly to show you the draft that has so many changes needed. What I WILL share is the first draft sketch of the exterior of the house. This too has many changes that need to happen but it is not nearly as far from the end design as the first draft of the floor plan. 





There are distinctly two reactions we get from sharing this drawing. The WOW that is super cool reaction and the polite non-reaction. Every time we get the non-reaction I hear the sound of crickets in my head and it makes me want to laugh. It is a bit like I am playing a movie sound track in my head. Cue "The Crickets".


I completely understand the reaction. It more than qualifies as an unusual house and even the people that think it is cool wouldn't choose to build it. Building a round house is also going to pose many problems in our world set up for all straight lines. Everything from financing to designing the kitchen cabinets will be challenges we have to deal with. 

Financing this unusual house with out any comps is just one of the huge hurdles we need to get over. Monolithic has a few lenders that have worked with people like us in the past to build houses that are unique. We will be getting a cost estimate with the second draft and we will have to make some big decisions on how we want to proceed. Or more accurately, how we can proceed.

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