It’s finally time to build the home you’ve been dreaming about. After cutting out pictures of houses, keeping mental notes on your favorite floor plans, imaging a design and selecting a property, it is time to make your ideas a reality. Building a home can be a long and arduous process. If you are looking to…
Running water is an essential asset to modern homes. Most of us don’t want to fill up our bathtub from the creek. Two knobs, one hot and one cold, is as much effort as we want to make. If asked where their water comes from, many New York City residents may answer simply, “it comes…
In the western world, a signature is a legal binding contract. In the professional realm, often times a seal is required as proof of professionalism in addition to a signature. This idea dates back into ancient civilization when kings would send out official proclamations marked with their signet ring, or symbol embossed in wax that…
Blueprints are packed with information on your house. They are made for a design team and construction crew but they easily be read by a home owner or anyone interested in the plans for a building. All you need is a little knowledge on where to look for relevant information. While every firm has a…
Designing a home means sets of drawings, blueprints and descriptions. Designing your own house is an exciting process that allows you to put together your favorite things from buildings you have seen throughout your life. But sometimes it can be hard to visualize. Seeing it on paper is completely different than what the completed building…
Hiring an engineer, an architect or a land surveyor can be intimidating. Whether you are thinking about designing your own home or want to find out licensing information for firms you are considering, you want to do your research. It can be hard to find information if you don’t know what you’re looking for so…
Waterfront property is often prime real estate. Being right on the beach, lakefront or river makes for great views to wake up to every day. Of course, living next to a body of water can be a dangerous venture. Even tamer ones like a creek can be in an area that can receive significant run…
Hired as a Surveyor, Work as a Detective Hunting down legal descriptions, field work and piecing together a map to legally represent a property. The help wanted ad doesn’t include detective work in the description. But it certainly could have. Stage 1 Getting Acquainted: Meet the client, meet the property. Besides gathering contact info and…
Blueprints are synonymous with design plans and directions on how to build something. It is used in motivational speeches titled something like “What’s the blueprint of your life?” The term is a common description for the directions in IKEA products and, of course, the original use still stands; a drawing for a house. Except blueprints…
When it comes to designing a dream home, an eye catching store front or a prime real estate house, picking out the right team for the job is essential. It can be overwhelming to wade through the engineering firms. Of course a good price is always a great bargain. But quality shouldn’t be sacrificed when…
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