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Great content! Thanks Chris.

Sooooooo....build an addition for your half bath or don't put one on the 1st floor. That's truly misguided.

I'm glad I found your channel. You are saying things I've also thought! Thank you! You have a new subscriber! I'd like to add one other major consideration. Consider that we all age and with that comes health issues that affect movement or you might be in a accident and have to use disability equipment temporarily or permanently.

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Your number 3 was obvious, don’t put the shitter in the master bedroom. Why did you do that?

This is good advice. Lastly, he's spot on...the moment you have to cut into a wall later to replace insulation or wiring or plumbing, you've already spent as much as any appliance or countertop. Getting certain things done right in the beginning will save time and money later.

Interesting tips on daily routines. I originally designed the shared spaces more open planned for entertaining. But, I'm an introvert. I like being tucked away in distinct spaces, like nooks and alcoves, away from the main spaces deep in contemplation. Changed that up real quick!

Our house the sun hits the bedrooms in the evening and it really sucks in the summer. The house faces North, and our weather and prevailing winds means all the snow piles in our driveway. It's a pain.

If the toilet shouldnt be near the entrance, then how do you avoid guests from getting into private areas of your home

Thanks for the great points about design mistakes to avoid!

Tx for your great videos. Where can one download your client questionnaire?

Rule number 1: Unless you live in a big house, do not have a first floor bathroom. It can’t be by the door, by the kitchen, by the dining room, it can’t be anywhere. Put it outside.

Talking about acoustics, I found the music background too loud :). Great content and advice otherwise.

Very nice design functional and beautiful thanks for sharing

Thanks for providing this insight! As a residential interior designer, I'm disappointed that you only made 1 reference to this role in a new build project and didn't include it when calculating total cost. Is there a reason for that?

We had someone tell us our plan was choppy and would end up costing us more per sqft 🤔. But I can’t understand what’s choppy about it the flow makes sense too me.

10 TH-cam video mistakes to avoid. Number one. No stupid music in the background.

I had to pause this at 10 minutes. The music used is too loud and distracts from what is being discussed. The volume needs to be lower and maybe even change the music to something else.

You're a master of your trade buddy! I've been cranking away at your videos and I am impressed with the depth of your knowledge but also the depth of thought and planning that goes into each phase. Well Done!

If your using an architect for a full custom home only interview builders that have built multiple homes designed by the architect. The Architect wont recommend a builder that's messed up.

make sure you list the conditions of what the builder is bidding. that way if any extras are in the plan you know it's included. Things like landscaping, which I wouldn't recommend unless you worried about cost.

#11: Poorly located light switches and/or insufficient number of three- and four-way switches.

Very good practical suggestions, somewhat in the tradition of "A Pattern Language". Christopher Alexander's co-authors have written two wonderful books covering residential design in great detail: "The Good House" by Max Jacobson, Murray Silverstein and Barbara Wilson, and "Patterns of Home". Highly recommended. In interviews I've seen, Christopher Alexander himself was annoyed at residential builders who over applied his pattern: cascading roofs, which you also mention as a design element to avoid. --- For those considering Residential PreFab Modular --- I am not an architect, however my project in retirement is to design affordable kit-homes, with the first prototype being sited on my wife's and my 20 acre mountain property. Was not smart enough to achieve affordability using prefab modular techniques so popular with architects today. Then I noticed many prefab modular firms were going bankrupt: Glidehomes (Michelle Kaufmann AIA $350m VC investment), Katerra (4,500 employees, $3b VC investment) and many others. Stopped designing until I felt that I understood the issues and how my small efforts might achieve different outcomes. For me, prefab modular in reality is just "stick-built" construction on two sites: the "indoor assembly line" (which isn't one really) and then yet more stick-built on-site work. The stick-built residential construction process is extremely successful and versatile. Problem is ... there are just too many sticks for it to be inexpensive in our current era. The need to stage trades and the shear number of parts takes months of effort, even using large crews. An affordable solution for housing must drastically reduce both the number of parts and the time required to under 30 days with a small manufacturing and assembly crew. My way forward is a steel structural skeleton as the basis of design. My father was the engineering co-founder in 1962, of a successful aerospace metal forming company here in Seattle WA (NW corner of United States), so I am most comfortable with metal structural elements, though I appreciate the unique contributions of wood in building and rock wool for insulation. The approach I have chosen uses rigid steel portal frames as a structural skeleton overlaid with exterior prefab panels, window and door elements. Floors and roof are also rigid prefab panels. Working well so far. Steel portal frames allow me to use concrete pier foundations to simplify the on-site work. Admittedly the concrete work has it's own timeline, though it is extremely simple and might be amenable to prefab. Could not make progress without using Finite Element Structural analysis (FEA) tools from SkyCiv to test the ability of my various designs to handle loads successfully... highly recommended. The prototype kit-home design will be submitted to a local structural engineering firm for analysis and approval, but SkyCiv is helping me understand structural issues before submittal. I will likely look to hire ASIRI Designs to evaluate the kit-home prototype for energy and water management issues.

You essentially just dont seem to respect anyone that isnt rich. 99% of people in US the best they'll ever be able to do myself included is buy a production home, because i cant afford to pay $1m dollars for a house

I can relate with what he is saying, I've bought now four new homes over the years and there are always things the builder cheaps out on or otherwise fails to consider how a human being will eventually need to live in there, my latest home I'm just moving into now seems to be a bit of the exception as it seems to be well thought out

The slanted soffit is clean-looking, but it wouldn't accept gutters if you needed them. I just bought a house thay had water POOLING in a back corner, and installing gutters solved all that.

The first home you show seems to have boxed gutters, so the porkchop is also part of the gutter ends.

Calling the most down-market materials and details "builder grade" really is an insult to builders. Why do you do that? Do you want builders to despise architects as people deliberately trying to destroy the industry, or what? Maybe you don't want your clients to be able to find a builder to turn your drawings into reality? I don't get why you do that.

AKA bird box. Often the first part of the eve to suffer water damage. The seam between the fascia and the triangle part opens and water enters and sits there. Often the framing is not substantial enough to hold the two [pieces flat. I don't dislike the design aesthetically. If you call them bird boxes instead of pork chop you might be happier with them. But the implementation requires more care than it ever gets. So they often fall apart

Ah, the pork chop! Brent Hull talks about this too. The pork chop is apparently NOT a traditional detail (yet--it's prevalent today). I can see how the detail is often left off the plans, but the exterior elevation should deal with it somehow. I'm guilty of one but it has a curve in the fascia, it's actually all flush, part of the fascia. The roof had a flat soffit which I usually don't do. I would do it differently now. It was a small one story addition on a Victorian and I really should have used a hip roof. Maybe it was the client's fault. Yeah, that's it.

Have you ever had builders that don't install drip edges? I find the look of asphalt shingles curing at the roof eaves hideous looking.

Personally, function before form, please. Interesting topic. Thanks for sharing.

This is interesting, but I noticed that there are no gutters and downspouts for some these designs. Are they just for illustration purposes?

Im looking for a ranch home on a slab with the utilities right in center of home so there are very short runs for all water lines and hvac runs

Really enjoying this series. Very helpful and informative. Thank you.

On stone counters? I have 2 pet peeves. One, if I slip in the kitchen and hit stone? I’m dead. Two, my family owns quarries and we produced headstones. Every model home I looked at, once in the kitchen, I shocked my Agent when I said “We use this same stone on our family mausoleum!” We couldn’t leave fast enough. As tacky as my custom-handicap adapted home is, plastic laminate can save my life.

My VA ordered a replacement for my power wheelchair. Sadly, they ordered the wrong model. They shipped a 45 inch wide power wheelchair. When I called the VA to explain it was not correct. I told them I couldn’t get through the front door. Their answer? “Push Harder!”

Very informative, and I appreciated the photos that showed what he was talking about! I especially liked the tips on powder room location and ways to maximize/control sunlight in the home.

Thank you for your advice. Most of it makes sense. I have 2 questions for you. One regarding the width of the house, would large windows on either south or north facing house fix the issue with sun light? Would the sun light reach inside? Assuming the house is 45 ft. wide. Also, I never understood completely the sun orientation. I understand that south facing homes get lots of sun light from E, W and S sides. But what about the north side? Where is the best place for a porch in this design? It seems that if you add a back porch on the north side, the rooms then will get no or little light which cause it to be really dark specially during winter. If you add a porch on E or W sides then it gets used either in the mornings or afternoon but not both. Would the north be the best option? Thank you!

I understand that this is an advertisement so I get that you’re stating that the only likely way to get blueprints if you dont have them is to use a company like yours. Is it true that city departments only keep a record of blueprints for 8 years? If true, that’s disappointing. I feel like they keep them longer because seems like lots of fold end up finding theirs and 99% of homes are way more than 8 years old

Bro, BLINK!! ur eyes will get strained great vid btw

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Well done! I’m thoroughly enjoying this series. You are not only a good architect, you are a good educator.

Just found your channel and find it very informative and educational. By education, I’m an engineer and have been in the facilities, infrastructure, and public works business for over 30 years. Worked with many architects who’ve told me I missed my calling and should have gone to architecture school instead. At my age, probably not. But who knows? I’m not dead yet. I just started working with an architect friend to design my house. Your videos are very helpful in preparing me before going into his studio to really start. I know my friend is a great architect, I’m just one of those people that wants to be as fully prepared, informed, and educated as possible before starting a project. And since this will likely be my “forever” home, I want to get it right from the start. I really appreciate the effort you have put into these videos!

The background music is too high, but nice video very educative

I visit your youtube channel .I'm working as a TH-cam expert with 5+year's Experience. I'm highly interested in connecting with you to chat about growing your TH-cam Channel.

Everything you complained about TV shows doing, TH-cam home shows do the same thing. I love Matt R, but he clearly shills for manufacturers a little too much.

light issue can't be solved with overhead windows

You are TN sir ; )

Hi I noticed you speak straight with practical advices without the abstract ideals most architects who constantly congratulate themselves sometimes with abysmal designs.👍