The architect comes through

I wasn't really sure about the gabled roof. It does fit in the neighborhood but I didn't like the way it looked so much. It is, however, a requirement for the city that the house be 25 high. The peaked roof solved that problem. Now it has to be approved by BOZA. Board of zoning appeals. The guy at the city, Yves, says this will not be a problem. Me, I see problems everywhere.

But I like this design.

First rendering

The architect told me that he'd have a 3D rendering last week which was sorta true. It was something you could spin around and look at but it wasn't done. Considering he has billed me for the month and whatever it is he was doing didn't look all that complex (except that since it is a PC based program it's 40 times more complicated than an Apple program) I was disappointed. I asked for some screen shots of it but he said he was going to "finish" it and than send them to me. That will be a week, tomorrow.

In the meantime, I am seeing bags with $ on them flying away.

Computers are miraculous. I drew this on a Post-it, photographed it with my iPhone, imported it into iPhoto, dropped it into photoshop, adjusted the contrast and uploaded this in under a minute.

Imagine the sound of bouncing ducats and flapping wings.

The garage will be unattached

It's not the end of the world. It is disappointing because it was #1 on my list of wants (as opposed to needs) but there is not much to be done about it. And, I suppose if it is too much of a problem I can enclose it later. For another gabillion dollars. In the meantime it will be a sheltered walkway, side fence and roof.

On the upside I got the topographical survey although I have no clue what I'm supposed to do with it. It looks very official.