1. Winter Haven
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 win·ter [win-ter]  hav • ven [hey-vuhn]
 noun  noun
 1.the cold season between au  1.a harbor or port.
tumn and spring
 2.any place of shelter and saf
ety; refuge; asylum.

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KYC (know your client)
Who are Chris and Nancy
Sigerson?

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What is important to Chris and
Nancy Sigerson?

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6. +  Why this project?
 It all began with a dream…
It takes hands to build
a house, but only
hearts can build a
home. ~Author
Unknown

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Looking for that peace we found

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And in Delhi we found 57 acres of
paradise…

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2005 Plans were made, plans
changed, life marched on. Delhi
remained.

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Change always comes bearing
gifts. ~Price Pritchett

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Change brings challenges. Now the
need for solutions.
2011

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This is where YOU come in.

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Why not sponsor a competition and
have the SUNY – Delhi students
help us design a house?

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What do we need? What are the
parameters? What are the
possibilities?

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Whatever good things we build end
up building us.
Jim Rohn

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What do we need/want? We want to
build our dream house but also
provide a home for our extended
family.

18. + For years we have been a gathering place for friends
and their families as well. We want to continue the
tradition of being a welcoming place of fun, family,
refuge, beauty, and peace.

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Nuts and Bolts

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When a man’s home is born out
of his heart and developed
through his labor
and perfected through his sense
of beauty, it is the very
cornerstone of life. ~ Gustav
Stickley

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22. + Your goal should be not to design
your best house. Your goal should
be to design the best house for us!
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Rule #1

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Rule #2: It’s all about the details.
“Explore some of the details that lift a
house above the ordinary, such as
thick walls, providing something
unexpected, the importance of
nostalgia, zones of retreat, flow, light,
and designing with the third
dimension.” William J. Hirsch, Jr.
AIA

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Rule # 3: Read our wish list. The
wish list contains a number of items
that are not relevant to the actual
design of the house but which will
help you understand the overall
picture.

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Rule # 4: Sometimes knowing what
a client does not want in their house
helps you understand more fully
what they do want. Here are some
things we absolutely do not want in
our home:

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1. No “contemporary” architecture.
2. Nothing that would inspire you to
mount a dead animal head on.
3. We do not want a log cabin look.
5. Nothing that will look dated in 20
or more years.
6. No bathrooms near the dining
room.
7. Nothing ordinary, boring, or plain.

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Absolute must haves:
1. Use of superior walls in basement and
upper floors.
2. Masonry stoves in both houses. (must
design foundation and floors to support these
very heavy stoves)
3. Wide staircases and doorways.
4. Lots of light. Lots of windows.
5. Thick walls. Thick arched openings.
6. The design must flow from one space to
the next.
7. Angles, arches, architectural detail

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7. It is all about the view!!
8. Handicapped/elder friendly
9. Energy efficient and as “green”
as possible.
10. See the handout!
11. Question: Can you design a 2-
story house that is elderly friendly?
12. Two main floor master suites.
13. PIZAZZ!!!!!!!!!!

30. + Now for some visuals to give you a
“feel” for the styles we like:

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Cased
Openings

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Interior Considerations:
Masonry Heater

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If you go to work on your
goals, your goals will go to
work on you. If you go to
work on your plan, your plan
will go to work on you.
Whatever good things we
build end up building us.
Jim Rohn

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61. + Home.