Waiting for the "green light"
So the design was a no-go. The new stairwell was problematic, we found out the house is skewed on the property and the perimeter of build-able space made it so that we could not create an upstairs bathroom and extension towards the East. The municipal requirement for a two car garage meant we would have to tear out a retaining wall and build outside the set back line.
Monty (Architect) came up with three possible solutions, we chose one and ran with it. The new plan had a three story extension to the South which we now refer to as 'the tower' where three trees would need to be removed and a height variance was necessary. We would still need the variance on the garage as well. We grew ever more anxious as the board of variance date was repeatedly postponed. Thinking positively, we moved ahead with the drawings and the tree removal and our risky move paid off when after a nail-biter of a meeting, the board of variance informed us that we would be getting the go ahead. Much more to come soon...
