Infill layouts

[killramos]

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Your house is cool.

Also I'm too cheap to do a full wide infill so I live halfway to Lethbridge.

The struggle is real

[Buster]

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The struggle is real

You haven't even seen my GoFundMe yet

[benyl]

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You haven't even seen my GoFundMe yet

I need to start one. $350K over budget so far. Never and I repeat, never, go with an Architect that designs Commercial spaces and $5MM+ homes.

So many design items turned out much more expensive, like facia that isn't vertical where gutters are supposed to go. So you need "gutter wedges". Or facia that is 10" so you need custom 22ga steel so it doesn't "oil can".

[killramos]

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I need to start one. $350K over budget so far. Never and I repeat, never, go with an Architect that designs Commercial spaces and $5MM+ homes.

So many design items turned out much more expensive, like facia that isn't vertical where gutters are supposed to go. So you need "gutter wedges". Or facia that is 10" so you need custom 22ga steel so it doesn't "oil can".

PM your architect? My wife has her heart set on one that sounds similar

[XylathaneGTR]

We ended up about 250k over budget on our build (possession was in April of this year). So...you're not alone man!

[RawB8figure]

I like an office at the front beside the entry and then kitchen/dining with living room at back that opens to backyard patio.
Also consider building detached too. We built one attached in the beginning and was fine, but we found the resale on detached was better.

[pheoxs]

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I like an office at the front beside the entry and then kitchen/dining with living room at back that opens to backyard patio.
Also consider building detached too. We built one attached in the beginning and was fine, but we found the resale on detached was better.

Detached neighborhoods will always be nicer IMO. The mess of cars / driveways littering every front lawn just looks poor over time. If people actually parked in their garages it might not be as bad but every person has their driveway full and it usually means there's no street parking either as there will only be a handful of stalls randomly here and there.

Detached houses, wide street, old trees, with a grass divider between the road and the sidewalk is the dream.

[ExtraSlow]

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Detached houses, wide street, old trees, with a grass divider between the road and the sidewalk is the dream.

yep, that's my dream. Cambrian Heights or Rosemont ideally.

[jabjab]

Detached would be ideal but on a 50 ft lot it will be extra narrow. Building on a full sized lot would be ideal but not affordable

[RawB8figure]

Here is a a layout I came up with for a new modern farmhouse with office in front on 25' lot.

[ExtraSlow]

What's the width dimensions on that and why not make the house all one width to maximize floorspace?

[benyl]

You sure those winders are code?

[littledan]

i'ts prob cantilevers to increase the width which I believe you can only have on 1 side on main floor

[88CRX]

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I need to start one. $350K over budget so far. Never and I repeat, never, go with an Architect that designs Commercial spaces and $5MM+ homes.

So many design items turned out much more expensive, like facia that isn't vertical where gutters are supposed to go. So you need "gutter wedges". Or facia that is 10" so you need custom 22ga steel so it doesn't "oil can".

Sounds like you needed a smarter Architect. Or an Architect that at least knows construction and how much silly details actually cost.

[benyl]

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Sounds like you needed a smarter Architect. Or an Architect that at least knows construction and how much silly details actually cost.

oh he does know. But he isn't the one paying for it.

[RawB8figure]

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What's the width dimensions on that and why not make the house all one width to maximize floorspace?

You are allowed 17' wide with 2' projections on a 25' lot.
You are allowed 45% parcel coverage on RC lot and this is sitting at 44.9%, so this is as big as it can get with this development permit.

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You sure those winders are code?

You bet, you are allowed 1 winder and one lander per stair run. What is shown is half stair set going to 2nd floor and half going to basement.

[ExtraSlow]

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You are allowed 17' wide with 2' projections on a 25' lot.
You are allowed 45% parcel coverage on RC lot and this is sitting at 44.9%, so this is as big as it can get with this development permit 55.

I didn't know that, but my house is 21' wide on half a 50' lot. No projections. Seems better.

[killramos]

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I didn't know that, but my house is 21' wide on half a 50' lot. No projections. Seems better.

But you share a wall. Eww

Overall I agree though, those skinny houses are weird.

[ExtraSlow]

On the list of drawbacks to my home, the shared wall is not top ten.

[killramos]

I dislike other people more than you do