How to make a decision on where to place your house, the long way.
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photo taken by my friend and future neighbor, corey seeman, flying over in his scout
Walk the land. Take the in views.
Bring your buddies out to walk the land with you to get their thoughts. Make sure to bring some beer.
Decide on a general spot for the house, that feels the best.
Have your architect use their fancy sun-simulation software, GPS mapping, and years of expertise to help you find an excellent location for the house.
Grab a friend to help you stake out the house. Thank them with beer.
Go out the next day to walk the land again and look at the views. Obsess about the trees and how mature they are. How they will likely never grow tall enough to block the view, but still.
Question everything you’ve done and feel like it’s all wrong.
Grab a drink with a friend to talk you out of it.
Call your architect the next day and ask them to change the location anyways.
Buy a real compass after realizing the iPhone app doesn’t accurately work.
Go out to the land, walk around, and decide you need to rotate the house 5 degrees west.
Bribe a friend again with some beer to help you re-stake the house plan.
Go out the next day to walk around. Obsess about the trees growing some more.
Question everything you’ve done and feel like it’s all wrong.
Bring your family who is in town for a short visit, out to the land to get their thoughts and help talk you out of it.
Call you architect the next day and ask them to change the house back 5° anyways.
Bribe a friend again with some beer to help you re-stake the house plan.
Go out to the land by yourself, sit down, and take in the views. Make sure to bring some beer.
Obsess about the trees again.
Call your architect and tell them you want to change the location again.
Listen to them say no, and realize you ended up right where you started.
Thank you to Rob, to all my friends, family, and Syd for all their patience and guidance through this process. I think we nailed it.
