Okay, confession time - one of my dream jobs would be to consult for architects and builders on what layouts do and do not make sense. So, if any of you out there need a sounding board, my fee is reasonable! I'd love to help! Just message me (email in the about page).
I initially went to school for architecture because I wanted to build homes. Genuinely. But I realized the amount of schooling and the income proposed for new architects and what I wanted out of my life didn't match (worked out too, because I graduated during the 2007/8 recession and it would have been a nightmare).
Still, I have loved homes and we've built a semi custom house and redone two other place. I find it so fun. And I'm good at it. So much so that my standards are super high and every time we talk through a house (because we enjoy spending our weekends touring open houses to see what's out there, what's new, what's trending, and what people are doing) all I do is critique. Most of the time it starts with "What they should have done is...." This is for anything from $300K to $2M. There's always something the builder or renovator did that makes no sense. A little extra though or a twinge extra cash to do something more appropriately would have made all the difference.
So, who knows? Maybe someone wants a little extra help, and I can be that for them! But I do think builders, architects, and renovators need to be more thoughtful about how folks actually use spaces and not just what may or may not fit on paper.
Now, to go look at some more open houses!
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