The tension between wanting a home and being able to afford one is something you encounter all the time. It’s the tug-of-war between emotion (wanting) … Read More

Measuring Walls: To get an estimate of the amount of paint you will require, you must measure the area, starting with the walls. Measuring is … Read More

On paper, an apartment might seem large, until you start putting in furnitures. Sure, it has the right square footage, but something about it still … Read More

At first glance a parcel might seem big, which is why you bought it. But once you take away everything the city won’t let you … Read More

The land, or so goes the thinking, is why you bought the house; the house itself is just the container that holds it all together. … Read More

Until someone pulls up the zoning map most folks think they know how much house they can build. But in reality even if you have … Read More

So there you are: you have a sketch in one hand, a zoning ordinance in another, and you’re standing in your own backyard wondering if … Read More

You stand on a corner lot with a phone in one hand and a survey map in the other, wondering if there’s enough space for … Read More

Find that weird spot between the wall and the roof line. That’s a triangle of floorspace. A triangular hole in the room. It is hard … Read More

Rooms are usualy measured with a tape measure. And everyone think they’re rectangular (they’re not!). This is fine for your normal rectangular room, but when … Read More