"Almost There" — So they think.

The dream home bloggers have a design and they think that they are Almost There with the design stage of the project.

Alison, who is much better at picturing how floor plans will look in real life, was equally impressed. “Before we start tweaking this,” I said, “why don’t we show it to the builder to see if he thinks it is doable? If Johnny thinks it looks O.K., you guys can get to work on what could be the final plans.”

But an obviously-experienced reader comments:

The last line in this installment is the perfect lead-in to the next.  I suspect we will soon hear that Johnny took one look at these plans and threw a lot of cold water on them, namely, this thing is lovely but maybe double or more your original budget, and that’s before the inevitable cost escalations that you will experience.  That’s fine if you have the money and want to spend so much on the project, but this thing is a long way from a beach cottage.