The House on the Lot on the Lane

Well, that's a mouthful! Really, this is just a sketch of how the house will be placed on the lot (it's lot 8, thus the large 8 on the sketch).  As far as reading the plan, I'm pretty sure you can find the garage.  The house area says "Proposed House FB/WO" which means full-basement/walk-out.  The area in front of the house (it measures 10 x 19.5 feet) is the front porch. Then the deck will be on the back corner.

The builder suggested pushing the house back a bit to leave enough room on the driveway to park a car.  A small detail I hadn't though of, but it's a good idea!


The house is oriented so that the front of the house is facing west, towards the golf course.  The course is across the street (Indigo Lane).  We took lots of time to think through the orientation and really like the east-to-west orientation for a few reasons.

1.  We will get plenty of sunlight, on all sides of the house without too much southern light to roast us (although we will have southern windows, but not tons).
2. The front of the house faces the golf course so we can sit on the front porch and watch all the golf happenings (not my thing, but definitely Eric's thing).
3. The deck in the back (we won't have this right away, but hopefully within a year of building) is protected by the house on 2 sides and is pretty private.  It's also blocked from the harsher late afternoon sun.

We also loved this lot because it's so deep.  We'll still have about one hundred feet of backyard space that extends beyond the house and ends with a row of pine trees.

The trees need a little (okay, a lot) of help.  But it's coming together!  They'll even have it staked out next week.  How cool is that? Cannot wait!!!!