Work finally began
on July 21, 2003!

Weekly Photos

Update
December 26, 2007

At the end of this month it will have been four years living in the upstairs apartment built over Mom's house. I have loved every day in my little tree house. The view changes with every season, I enjoy watching the neighbors come and go from the park, and I don't regret a minute(or a penny) spent planning and building this home!

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July 21, 2003
Work has begun!
Watch the progress week to week!

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Pre-Construction Journal

7/8/03 - Seems like we should have been well under way by now, but permits and the loan processing takes forever! We did buy a 25' "escape pad" for mom which is now parked in the driveway and my tent trailer is now in back, just in case I need to escape as well. We got three bids and found our contractor, Cy Lyon. He's pretty willing to work with me on saving money and is up front about the whole process, so I'm looking forward to working with him. We have a storage container coming tomorrow to store antiques, paintings, etc, bascially stuff we don't want ruined or covered with dust. I expect we will be tearing the roof off by the end of the month!

4/17/03 - We got through our prelimiary review with the City of Goleta's "Design Review Board" For the most part, they really liked the design! Only change request was for the upstairs picture windows, they are too "contemporary" WHATEVER!

9/12/02 - Sometime in the future, I will have a lovely upstairs apartment over looking a park. But, not until the architect finishes the drawings, the engineer make changes to the architects plans, the architect redraws them, the new City of Goleta provides all the permits, we hire the contractors, tear off the roof and live through unbearable turmoil in our home. On the bright side, I get to Enjoy the Process!

Check out the
pre-construction
interior drawings
I made in 3D Home.