While You Were Sleeping ...

"This will be my dream house!"
Such newbie home builder exuberance is expected.
But ... really?

Let's explore this concept. In dreams, houses tend to morph, mysteriously. Walls dissolve, rooms expand, twisting hallways reveal a whole new wing, your bedroom opens right into a shopping mall. The place you first enter unfolds exponentially, full of recognition and surprise, loaded with meaning,
a sense of homecoming. Or an eerie foreboding.

And yes, your home building experience will be all of this.

But let us be clear: Your "dream" home is not a static vision.  Even if you designed it in first grade and immortalized it by scrapbook. The purple palace you envisioned as a child probably didn't specify bathroom finishes, did it?  So there you go -- change order #1.

Even if your architect has the scrapbook, brace yourself for how he interprets old wishes. (Architects being artists, not transcribers. Envisioners, not enablers. Don't Forget.)  And there it is.  Different.  Do you like it?  Just give it a chance.

You. Will. Be. Amazed. At how your tastes have changed!  And keep changing!  Because, baby, you have opened your eyes:  And. You. Have. Options.

An elevator?  Definitely. (This is your forever home, be proactive.)  Colors, textures ... is it god, or the devil, in charge of the details?  Either way, this is going to take a while.  Ahh, Light fixtures -- welcome to dream houzzzz hell, bwaaaahaha.  And by the way, all those special order switch-plates are going back; what were you thinking?