18/08/2025
_*If Architects Had To Work Like Web Developers...*_ ๐คฃ
Dear Mr. Architect,
Please design and build me a house ๐๏ธ with between 2 & 45 bedrooms. I am not quite sure of what I need, so you should use your discretion ๐ค. Just make sure the plans are such that the bedrooms can be easily added or deleted ๐.
When you bring the blueprints to me, I will make the final decision of what I want ๐ค. Also, bring me the cost breakdown for each configuration so that I can arbitrarily pick one ๐. Keep in mind that the house I ultimately choose must cost less than the one I am currently living in ๐ธ.
Make sure, however, that you correct all the deficiencies that exist in my current house (the floor of my kitchen vibrates when I walk across it ๐คฏ, and the walls don't have nearly enough insulation in them โ๏ธ). As you design, also keep in mind that I want to keep yearly maintenance costs as low as possible ๐ฐ. This should mean the incorporation of extra-cost features like aluminium, vinyl, or composite siding ๐๏ธ. (If you choose not to specify aluminium, be prepared to explain your decision in detail ๐).
Please take care that modern design practices and the latest materials are used in construction of the house, as I want it to be a showplace for the most up-to-date ideas and methods ๐ฅ. Be alerted, however, that kitchen should be designed to accommodate, among other things, my 1952 Gibson refrigerator ๐ฝ๏ธ.
To insure that you are building the correct house for our entire family, make that you contact each of our children, and also our in-laws ๐ช. My mother-in-law will have very strong feelings about how the house should be designed, since she visits us at least once a year ๐ฌ. Make sure that you weigh all of these options carefully and come to the right decision ๐ค. I, however, retain the right to overrule any choices that you make ๐.
Please don't bother me with small details right now ๐
โโ๏ธ. Your job is to develop the overall plans for the house: get the big picture ๐ธ. At this time, for example, it is not appropriate to be choosing the color of the carpet ๐๏ธ. However, keep in mind that my wife likes blue ๐ต.
Also, do not worry at this time about acquiring the resources to build the house itself ๐๏ธ. Your first priority is to develop detailed plans and specifications ๐. Once I approve these plans, however, I would expect the house to be under roof within 48 hours โฐ.
While you are designing this house ๐๏ธ specifically for me, keep in mind that sooner or later I will have to sell it to someone else ๐ธ. It therefore should have appeal to a wide variety of potential buyers ๐ค. Please make sure before you finalize the plans that there is a consensus of the population in my area that they like the features this house has ๐.
I advise you to run up and look at my neighbor's house he constructed last year ๐ . We like it a great deal ๐. It has many features that we would also like in our new home, particularly the 25-metre swimming pool ๐โโ๏ธ. With careful engineering, I believe that you can design this into our new house without impacting the final cost ๐ธ.
Please prepare a complete set of blueprints ๐. It is not necessary at this time to do the real design, since they will be used only for construction bids ๐. Be advised, however, that you will be held accountable for any increase of construction costs as a result of later design changes ๐ธ.
You must be thrilled to be working on an interesting project as this! ๐ To be able to use the latest techniques and materials and to be given such freedom in your designs is something that can't happen very often ๐คฉ. Contact me as soon as possible with your complete ideas and plans ๐ฒ.
P.S. My wife has just told me that she disagrees with many of the instructions I've given you in this letter ๐. As architect, it is your responsibility to resolve these differences ๐. I have tried in the past and have been unable to accomplish this ๐
โโ๏ธ. If you can't handle this responsibility, I will have to find another architect ๐.
PPS: Perhaps what I need is not a house at all, but a travel trailer ๐. Please advise me as soon as possible if this is the case ๐ค.
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