I have a friend that’s an architect and he knows how to design what I want. After all, that is what an architect does, you know. Of course you know that. That was sort of a dumb thing to say but anyway. I told him what I want and he checked out the upstairs of my business and said it wouldn’t be a problem at all. He asked what I had in mind and when I told him, he said that he would have the complete plans to me by Wednesday or Thursday at the latest.
He did tell me to check and make sure I could get the permits to do what I wanted. Well I made some phone calls, went down to the tax office and paid for all the permits I’m going to need. It was relatively painless too. They have to come inspect everything once I get all of the blueprints and they have to check them out too. If everything is as they think it should be, we could be building as early as this weekend.
My architect said that he would call around and find the best deal for me on the materials because he can probably get them cheaper than I ever could with his ‘clout’ around here. Hey, saving money is my middle name. He’ll call me tomorrow with the estimate on the materials too. So now that I have the ball rolling, it’s just about time to start shopping for lighting, ceiling fans, appliances……….no I think he even said he could get those at a discount too. Sounds good to me. I’m getting excited about my new project.