slacker said:
Thought you might be building the traditional 24-28 foot wide home,my mistake. Good luck in your endeavor.
Well, now that might be interesting. Make the front a traditional 24-28 wide foot home with traditional home functions, then have the halls and bedrooms making up the wings surrounding the courtyard. The complexity is kind of thrilling.
24x56 = 1344 sq. ft., yep, that sounds like a regular home.
Although, this is what 16 feet looks like.
Looks pretty good for my structure, especially with the abundant windows I would have facing the courtyard.
So the central courtyard is going to be 32ftx48ft. With a roof that extends over the walls(And there will likely be a wallway there, maybe 2 feet wide, so a 3 feet overhang?), that'd make the courtyard about 26 feet wide that isn't covered. I wonder if that'll feel "open enough"?
Now this is an idea for the courtyard with a lap pool, a tropical direction kind of like the pearland mall (I love the pearland mall's landscaping. Deep green grass and palm trees.)
I think I'm going to try my hardest to raise enough funds to complete the project next winter and then try to sell it, so I can build another one, and sell it again, lol.
So, that'd actually be technically 1 year? Jeez, that'd beat the 3 year estimate by a WIDE MARGIN, lol.
I should plant the palm trees this winter...
Or maybe next year... house should get priority funding over the palm trees...