Vote for my house addition

[cowtown]

Weed-whacker, man, weed-whacker!

[competentone]

I voted "They're all ugly, hire an architect."

Looking at the picture, I'm also wondering if that's asbestos siding? If it is, you may not be able to afford too much demolition since the cost can get pretty crazy. You may have to formulate a plan that puts an addition on with the least amount of disruption to the siding.

[fastpat]

Figure that an architect will run you from $1500-2000.00 for this job, more maybe, but not more than $2500.00. A small part of the extensive work you intend to do, and the outcome will be much better from every aspect.

My architect, who was the designer of this house for the previous owner, sat down with me, walked all around inside and outside the house, asking me a steady stream of questions to find out what it was we wanted to accomplish, what changes we wanted, and even how much we planned to spend or our spending limits for the remodeling/additions.

He's drawing up initial proposals now and will likely contact us to go over those in a few days or couple of weeks.

[tdatk]

Originally posted by Aurel
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Aurel

Aurel,
Why is it that the grass grows better in the concrete rather than the lawn? Only kidding.....

[fastpat]

Originally posted by tdatk
Aurel,
Why is it that the grass grows better in the concrete rather than the lawn? Only kidding.....

The lime in the concrete is leaching into the soil, reducing acidity and encouraging growth.

He needs lime on the rest of the yard.

[M.D. Holloway]

Move down here to Texas! Thyere are a few good Universities that would love to have you and you can get a heck of a deal on a home for what you can sell that one for.