Budget Crunch

Well, it has been a BIG week...it appears we are significantly over budget and are having to take a lot of our ideas to the chopping block. Our biggest and saddest loss is the geothermal heat system. This is so unfortunate because it really is the best way to heat our home on this site. However, Tim assures us that our house will be so "tight" because of the SIPs construction that our heating and cooling systems will still be a lot more efficient than the typical house. Other items to be changed are the exterior siding (from cement board to metal clad - sounds strange, but I'll try to post an updated sketch...Matt really likes this change!), the chimney (from stone to possibly stucco), eliminating some upstairs windows, and various other things. We're hopeful that most of the changes will not affect the integrity of Matt's design and that we can still shoot for a December completion date. More to come...