2 weeks renting another house in the area. A great chance to live with what works and what doesn't. It is also really interesting to see how each house fits its particular environment - almost sculpted into the landscape - maximizing light, air, view.
So we met with Robert on Monday and again, sitting with Christianne we talked about the need for storage and alternatives, location of the garage, the placement of electrical panels, the size and location of the pool. This shifted, that shifted - still some work to do to be certain. We left very pleased.
With what was almost final plans, Robert arranged to have the land cut (the six foot razor grass makes it hard to move about on the lot) and the perimeter of the house and car port staked and for us to meet at the lot on the following Tuesday.
Another beautiful Costa Rican morning - 9 am and already over 28C - found us standing on the lot. There it was - our house set out on the lot. We talked about what would be levelled and how much space there would be behind, where the pool would go - you know what - we are too close to the neighbouring lot - let's shift the whole plan over 3m and back from the road 2m. PERFECT!
Back to the office to look at the final plans - - YES YES YES all as we had discussed. A handshake and smiles all around - draw up the contract.
2 days later, on January 28, 2010, we put pen to paper and the contract was done - blueprints will start and likely be April 1, 2010 they will start site work - 10 months to completion - - OH MY GOD - this is real!
And, so here we are planning done - waiting for blueprints and planning for all the decisions yet to come - what colour stain, what is the real layout of the kitchen, what tile, what bath fixture, where do you want the light switch ... All that and more to come.
So here is what we are building.
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