A Meeting With The Architect

So last week we met with our architect. We gave him a list of everything we would ever want in a house and asked him to draw it up for us. This is the same architect that designed a nice restaurant on Flores as well as the Burger King and Pollo Campero in Santa Elena. He said it would take a week to a week and a half to have the plans back, so I'm thinking three weeks. He had some really good ideas and repeated things back to us in a way that we know he understands.

He will be drawing up the construction plans, as well as a 3-D rendering. He will give us a Master Plan of the completed vision as well as each individual step so that we can start out with just what we need to move in and then add on later as funds permit. At least Guatemalans are used to this type of construction. He will also have a list of building materials needed for each phase and estimated cost. We get all of this for Q5,000 (which apparently is the "friend rate", ha ha) of which we paid Q2,000 up front. That's $641 total and $256 down for those of you in the States. Of course, after we get the plans there will be the usual and customary editing of those plans (more outlets please).

I'll let you know how close he comes the first time through...hopefully sooner than later.