Some days, we're a bit of a mess.
Jeremy lost sleep this week over the covered porches on the back of the house. He was really concerned the house is going to feel dark because the entire backyard side has deep covered porches. We tried to replicate what it would look like, testing different setups. We had blue tape, paper hanging from the garage door, sitting at weird angles on the floor...all sorts of methods to try to replicate what it will look like. And we knew by looking at the plans that any change to the porches would be a major structural deal...new trusses, engineering, etc. I suggested Jeremy reach out the builder with his concerns. They talked and Matt talked him off the ledge. Matt is very good at handling worried customers. He believes trading a little direct light for all that covered living space is a good way to go. Changing it would mean months of re-submittal to the county. And he talked about ways we can make sure it feels bright inside, even with the porches. Crisis averted!
Our general rule is we take turns freaking out about something, but our freak-outs can't overlap. Someone has to keep their feet on the shore and throw out the life ring to whoever is flailing around in the water. So far so good!
I did zip over to the land unexpectedly today because we learned a tree we'd hoped to keep needed to come down. I really, really wanted to keep the tree. But Matt wanted more room to fit the house in and also wants to take down the high spot where the tree was located. It was hard to agree to it, especially since Jeremy couldn't pop over so it was up to me. But I trust the builder's opinion and I didn't want that large of a tree right next to Vivian's bedroom anyway. And like Matt said, it's not like we don't have other trees on the property.
