Right before my last long business trip in September, Andrew from Stillwater sent me a set of electronic documents that included detailed designs and building information as well as finish package recommendations – all for the purpose of pricing. While I had limited time to review while traveling, when I finally returned home, a printed set of the documents were waiting for me and that really brought things to life in a great way.
Although I usually hate paper, but seeing the heft of both documents and the detail that went into them made me finally grasp that we have entered phase 1.5, the pricing of my project – and I think I’ve been smiling ever since. For this post I’m going to concentrate on the Pricing Drawing Set, which included lots of artifacts I’ve never seen before, as well as the most complete design yet, incorporating all the engineering and geology recommendations. In a later post I’ll go through the other document, the Standard Outline of Recommendations (SOR) which goes further into finishes and fixtures.
I’ve mentioned a slope analysis in several past posts, and I knew Coast Engineering was doing one based on the detailed survey. This analysis breaks down how the various degrees of the slope of the property determine how much square footage of structure can be built on it. The graphic below shows how we arrived at the 1537.9 sf of allowable heated space for the house.
The document also contains full floor plans of each level with various overlays for grading and utility, drainage, electrical and highly detailed dimensions (a few examples below to show the level of detail).
The elevation drawings with some color suggestions were also interesting in that they give the most clear view so far of the house on the site from all sides.
Lastly, there is a ton of detail around floor and wall assemblies, roofing, entry canopy, window installation, decking, stairs, etc. All things that are probably common to most Stillwater homes and included here for completeness to aid in construction pricing (some samples of these details below).
I will dive deeper into some of the elements shown above in the future, but this document will now be used to get an estimate for the components coming from Stillwater and for a general contractor to estimate the site work and overall build of the house. More to come.