Scope Creep... and High School Flashbacks

As we thought about creating partitions in the basement, it wasn't long before "Basement remodel" became more formalized. Since it's already in the building permit application, and since we've already paid for the square footage, we might as well plan it out in detail...

As we thought more about expanding the kitchen into one of the bedrooms and moving the doorway, it wasn't long before "Kitchen remodel" became more formalized. Since we've already paid for the square footage, we might as well plan it out in detail and add it to the building permit...

So today Jay took the day off work, and summoned up architectural drafting skills not used since 1993. Wow. Ten years. Although he won a statewide competition in high school for a wall section drawing (mostly because he was the only one that put in a border and title block), he was uncomfortable making changes to the drawings his mom had made. But once things heated up, he took off.

Jay drew up the elevations that the Zoning dept wanted (how the house looks when standing in front, and when facing the dormer), and also modified the basement/foundation plan and added a first floor revision plan to reflect the kitchen redesign.

One thing Jay realized after drawing the elevations was that there would not be adequate headroom in the shower area for the dormer addition. Doh! So he had to flip the toilet and shower upstairs, and the eraser dust was flying!

Long hours and lots of lead was spent today, but we finally have the revised "final" plans to take to the village tomorrow morning. Can't we just work on our house? This red tape is becoming suffocating.