Please design and build me a house. I am not
quite sure of what I need, so you should use your discretion. My house
should have between two and forty-five bedrooms. Just make sure the
plans are such that the bedrooms can be easily added or deleted. When
you bring the blueprints to me, I will make the final decision of what I
want. Also, bring me the cost breakdown for each configuration so that I
can arbitrarily pick one. Keep in mind that the house I ultimately
choose must cost less than the one I am currently living in. 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, and the
walls don't have nearly enough insulation in them).
As you design, also keep in mind that I want to
keep yearly maintenance costs as low as possible. This should mean the
incorporation of extra-cost features like aluminum, vinyl or composite
siding. (If you choose not to specify aluminum, be prepared to explain
your decision in detail.)
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. Be
alerted, however, that the kitchen should be designed to accommodate,
among other things, my 1952 Gibson refrigerator.
To ensure that you are building the correct
house for our entire family, make certain that you contact each of our
children, and also our in- laws. 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. Make sure that you weigh all of these options
carefully and come to the right decision. I, however, retain the right
to overrule any choices that you make.
Please don't bother me with small details right
now. Your job is to develop the overall plans for the house: get the big
picture. At this time, for example, it is not appropriate to be choosing
the color of the carpet. However, keep in mind that my wife likes blue.
Also, do not worry at this time about acquiring
the resources to build the house itself. Your first priority is to
develop detailed plans and specifications. Once I approve these plans,
however, I would expect the house to be under roof within 48 hours.
While you are designing this house specifically
for me, keep in mind that sooner or later I will have to sell it to
someone else. It therefore should have appeal to a wide variety of
potential buyers.
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.
I advise you to run up and look at my neighbor's
house that he constructed last year. We like it a great deal. It has
many features that we would also like in our new home, particularly the
25 meter swimming pool. With careful engineering, I believe that you can
design this into our new home without impacting the final cost.
Please prepare a complete set of blueprints. It
is not necessary at this time to do the real design, since they will be
used only for construction bids. Be advised, however, that you will be
held accountable for any increase of construction costs as a result of
later design changes.
You must be thrilled to be working on as
interesting a project as this! 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.
Contact me as soon as possible with your
complete ideas and plans.