Jim found our draftsperson, Dan Czarnecki, on Craigslist - of all places. It was sort of a shot in the dark, but...Dan was very experienced, wonderfully low key, easy to work with - was deliberate and thoughtful - drew the plans for our ideas. This was not the first time we tried to get a plan. A few years earlier we had a company draw up a second story addition - that turned out to look like a stucco turret on top our little Craftsman - the sales guy said - oh not to worry - only the floor and walls are extra- that will be $120,000. sigh. Another guy, an architecture student recommended by a friend, took our $1000 to make drawings and went to Berlin. So, it had been about 2-3 years since we even thought about trying again. Dan was wonderful. And reasonable. And got all the permits and told us about playing volleyball on the beach. Dan drew the room to match what we figured would work - a larger version of the sunroom on the back of the house, with a hallway going from the old to new addition. The room would be about 20x20, with a new bathroom, closet, lots of windows and a french door going out to what was left of the back yard - not much. Dealing with that later! I have an idea in my head though. Though 20x20 may not sound big - it increases the size of the house by half! Pretty amazing.
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