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SEV
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TEPS TO
T AN EXTRA
E AORDIINARY
Y HOME
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FROM TH
HE DES
SK OF LARRY
Y LANE
E

Welcom me to Expperiencee Architeecture

7 Steps
S to Creating
C g an Extrraordinarry Homee
 

Dear Frieend,

Welcomee to Experieence Architeecture, and congratulatio

c ons on yourr commitmennt to taking your
home and your life to
t the next level.
l As yoou begin thiss program, you
y are taking the first steps
towards transforming
g the level of vitality you
y experiennce within one of yourr most impoortant
investmeents. I am excited to sharre these principles with you
y now beccause they haave represennted a
breakthroough in physsical and em
motional vibrrancy for a countless
c nuumber of fam
milies througghout
the natioon. Experience Architectture is an oppportunity not
n just to wish
w for a beetter place too call
home butt to really liv
ve in an extrraordinary pllace.

Getting to
t that extrao
ordinary plaace has oftenn required hoomeowners to
t endure ann endless nuumber
of challenges. We alll have heardd or have livved through horror stories during a constructionn of a
new hom
me.
Difficulties obtaining permits.
p
ntractor dissappears in the middle of tearing out
The con o everythiing.
Neighborss complain about dust and noise cooming from
m your aparttment.
Costt over-runs.
Constrruction Delaays.
Difficult Building Man
nagers.

All of these isses (an

nd many moore) stack uppon each othher until you feel that theere is no paiinless
way out.

This jourrnal is desig

gned to helpp you navigaate through the design and construuction process by
using a simple seven
n step methodd. I believe that
t there is immense
i value in each of
o the seven

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sections in this journ

nal. This maanual is not meant to bee used as a substitute
s foor the many other
importannt things that
t you will learn from ourr monthly newsletter, at our blog
(www.LaaneArchitectture.blogspoot.com), CD’’s, and DVD
D’s. If there are
a topics thaat you wouldd like
more claarification ab
bout, feel freee to call us during our weekly radiio show whiich is aired every
e
Monday at 5:30 PM EST. Our lisstener call-inn number is 1-646-595-22228. You caan also call (212-
(
594-20077) or fax (212-594-2039)) to our officce with yourr questions.

Since I began
b study
ying the methods that have
h becom
me Experiencce Architectture almost three
decades ago,
a the queestion I havee attempted to
t answer iss how do wee transform the
t quality of
o our
homes – and thus ou
ur lives – at the most peersonal level? Our vitaliity – physiccal and emottional
passion – starts at th
he most basiic level: spaacial percepttion is the fuundamental key to achieeving
every othher dream th
hat we have for
f our ideall home. The “home” thaat this bookleet refers to is one
that is wiithin an existting multi-faamily dwelliing in New York
Y City.

Enjoy thiis program, but

b more im
mportantly, usse it! In ordeer to obtain your
y ideal hoome, you neeed to
bring thiis journal wiith you duriing your hom
me search and
a review it
i throughouut the designn and
constructtion processes. Congratuulations oncce again on making the commitmennt to take acction,
and to crreating an ex
xtraordinary place for yoou and your family to livve. Utilizingg the principlles of
Experiennce Architectture, you tooo can have thhe dream hom
me that you always desired.

Live Welll,
Warmestt regards,

Larry R. Lane
Lane Arcchitecture + Design, P.C
C.

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“M
Mid Pleasures and places
p thou
ugh we maay roam,

Bee it ever soo humble, there’s noo place likee home.”

 John Howard
H Payyne 
(17
791‐1852)

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THE ULTIMA
U ATE OR
RGANIZING PRINCI
P IPLE
Givee yourseelf a goood founndation during Step One O so thhe
Other
O S
Steps wiill be eaasier forr you.
Adheering to the 7 Stteps willl create a home that you deservve!

Gett
ting During
g During
Star
rted Design
n Constrruction
n

1 2 5
Good Founda
ation Schemaatic Desiign Biidding/N
Negotiatting

3 6
Design
D Coonstructtion
D
Develop
pment Addministrration

4 7
Constru
uction Th
he Movee-In
D
Documeents

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Sttep 1:
1 Geetting Started
S d
Clariffy your lifestylle
The desiggn elements that form ouur home couuld be viewedd as a wheell with three parts.
p
™ The
T axial reprresents yourr core emotioons. These raarely changee. They affecct how you
perceive everrything arounnd you.
™ The
T spokes of the wheel is i where ourr radiant attriibutes can bee observed. These are soome
of the activitiies that are formed
fo from our core belliefs.
™ The
T outer edg ge of the wheel is where the “rubber hits the roadd.” These arre the practiccal
isssues that heelp make all other
o parts of
o the wheel function. (T This also describes all spec.
homes).

Use the previous

p notes page to joot down anytthing else thhat is importaant to have inn your new
home. Thhis will be yoour first annnotated “skettch” of your new home. After
A you write
w down soome
key pointts that are im y you will begin to beetter visualizze what yourr extraordinaary
mportant to you,
home willl become.

All specc homes arre from th

he
“Outer Edge” – Only.
O

Cor re Issues tthat describe the 
inneer you that rarely changes. 

Radiant Issues thatt affect your 
day to day life. 

Oute er Issues thhat contain yo
our 
extrao
ordinary homee. 

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Cor
re Issues:

1. WWhat do you want to feell while in yoour home?

____________
____________________________________________________________________
____________
____________________________________________________________________
2. What
W are you ur fears?
____________
____________________________________________________________________
____________
____________________________________________________________________
3. Are
A you usuaally pressed for
f time? ................................................................ Yes No
4. Are
A you eageer for efficienncy? ....................................................................... Yes No
5. Do
D you cravee conveniencce? .......................................................................... Yes No
6. Do
D you only want
w to deall with compeetent people?? ................................... Yes No
7. Do
D you want your life maade easier? ............................................................ Yes No
8. Do
D you need to have a hoome that youu can be prouud to show colleagues?.. c Yes No
9. Do
D you feel lo
ove betweenn yourself annd others? .......................................... Yes No
10. Do
D you wantt that love exxpressed in your
y home? ........................................ Yes No

diant Issue
Rad es:

1. DDo you enterttain? ….. Yees No If so, how often?o ______________________________

2. What
W are all of o the activitties that you expect to peerform in yoour new hom me?
____________ ____________________________________________________________________
____________ ____________________________________________________________________
3. Do
D you like classical,
c conntemporary, or eclectic innteriors?
____________ ____________________________________________________________________
____________ ____________________________________________________________________
4. Do
D you have any collectioons that shouuld be desiggned into youur next homee? Yes No
D you want pets in yourr home? ................................................................ Yes No
5. Do
6. Do
D you need an outdoor space? s .................................................................... Yes No
7. For a BBQ? ................................................................................................ Yes No
8. For a kid’s poool? ........................................................................................ Yes No
9. For fresh air?? ............................................................................................... Yes No
10. Do
D you cook?? ............................................................................................. Yes No
D you need extra space in the kitcheen? ....................................................... Yes No
11. Do
12. Do
D you like to o relax in a Jacuzzi
J afterr a tough dayy at work?...................... Yes No
13. Do
D you exerccise in your home? h ……............................................................ Yes No
14. Where
W do youu like to readd? ………… …......................................................... Yes No
15. Will
W you be expecting
e moore family members m to liive with youu (new born child c or a eldderly
parent?) …………………… ……………… …........................................................... Yes No

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Out
ter Issues
s:

1. HHow many beedrooms andd bathrooms do you needd?

____________ ____________________________________________________________________
____________ ____________________________________________________________________
2. Does
D it need to
t be close to work, a scchool, opera house, a subbway/bus stoop, etc.?
____________ ____________________________________________________________________
____________ ____________________________________________________________________
3. What
W neighbo orhood do yoou want to liive in?
____________ ____________________________________________________________________
____________ ____________________________________________________________________
4. Do
D you have a schedule of o when you must move into this new w home?
____________ ____________________________________________________________________
____________ ____________________________________________________________________
5. Do
D you have a budget? Iff so, what is it?
____________ ____________________________________________________________________
____________ ____________________________________________________________________
6. Who
W will be makingm the critical
c decissions – you alonea or youur family?
____________ ____________________________________________________________________
____________ ____________________________________________________________________
7. Where
W will th
he resources come from to create andd maintain your y home?
____________ ____________________________________________________________________
____________ ____________________________________________________________________
8. Do
D you have any experiennce in past renovation
r prrojects? If soo, what was successful and a
w was disaappointing?
what
____________ ____________________________________________________________________
____________ ____________________________________________________________________
9. Will
W this be your y primaryy residence? ........................................................... Yes No
10. Do
D you need extra space for storage? ........................................................... Yes No
11. Do
D you want to invest a little extra upp front on syystems that will w save eneergy or bringg
otther operatioons savings and
a paybackk over time?.............................................Yes No

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Whatt to look
k for whhile visiiting proospectivve homes

Your realtor
r will
w be abble to shoow manyy places on o the market.
m Soome
might fit
f the neeeds that you
y just wrote
w dowwn. Here are
a some tips that will
make each
e visitt a lot morre beneficcial for yoou.

Using your own

n senses::
Don’t only rely on
o your eyes to identify problems.
p Y might waant to bring a friend alonng so
You
both of you can listen for anyy noises that may be distturbing - succh as squeakiing floors orr
soundds of street traffic.
t
Use your
y sense of smell. If thhe place smeells damp andd musty, theere might be a waterprooofing
probllem. Musty smells
s and sttains indicatte damp. Cauuses can be hard
h to trackk down, and
treatm
ments are oft
ften expensivve and very disruptive.
d
Yourr nose will allert you to gaas leaks.

The walls can talk…

t
If youu find diagon
nal cracks inn the plaster or brick wallls: that meaan that the flooor is probabbly
saggiing. If you fiind horizontaal cracks: that means thaat there has been
b horizonntal forces onn the
wall (like
( strong winds, saggiing ceiling/rroof, or a shaarp and suddden impact was
w placed uppon
that wall).
w All of these might require a hiigher construuction cost too remedy.
If youu want to en y have enoough room to allow a whheelchair to spin
nlarge the batthroom, do you
withiin a 5 foot diiameter circlle? You will need to com
mply with haandicapped requirements
r s for
anythhing that is altered.
a
Flakiing paint ind
dicates a lackk of maintenaance or imprroper preparration under a fairly new
w coat
of paint. Paint ap
pplied over stteel that apppears rough or
o bubbled, or
o shows russt stains,
indicates corrosio
on. This wouuld require a fair amountt of work to restore painnt to a good
condiition.
Loadd bearing wallls do not sound hollow when tappedd. They usuaally do not have
h columnss in
them either.

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Try all
a doors, win
ndows, lightt switches, ellectric hot pllates and tapps. Have the agent or ow
wner
of thee house dem
monstrate gass appliances in case they are difficultt to turn off.
Turn on the lights and check for bulges inn the ceilingg. Bulges couuld be the results of old
plasteer sagging aw
way from thhe framing annd would need to be repllaced. Generral mould annd
stainiing indicatess inadequate ventilation and condenssation.
Norm
mally, you caan tell if the floors are sloping, but a small level (or even by rolling a maarble)
can be
b useful to check.
c
ndows open and are freee of rot or othher damage. Rotted winddows generaally
Makee sure all win
need to be replaced.
Moveement in buiildings is oftten evident inn door
openiings. Doors tend to be sqquare, but thhe
openiings they aree in may havve moved.
Also,, make sure that
t your furrniture will fit
f
throuugh the doorss and hallwaays.
Are there
t enough
h wall outletss (electric poower
pointts) to serve your
y lamps and
a appliancees?
Check the inside of bathroom
m cabinets foor stain
or moold.
Is theere sufficientt ventilation in the bathrroom?
Operate each toillet and makee sure that thhe flush
goes down quickly and comppletely.
Makee sure that alll the servicees you need, such as pow
wer, water, phone
p and gaas, are availaable
and inn working order.
Check the meter box to see thhe house hass a residual current
c devicce (RCD) forr extra safetyy
ults or acciddents. Safety switches aree compulsorry in houses built after 19992.
with electrical fau
Neveer touch or ho
old wiring. If
I you find exposed wirinng in easy reeach that is not
n protectedd by
b a sign of illegal wirinng and shoulld be looked into.
conduuit, it could be
Turn on each tap and listen foor banging inn the pipes. This is calleed water ham
mmer and is
causeed by loose pipes.
p They may mmer arresteer may need to be
m require securing or a water-ham
installled by a plu
umber.

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Write down
d eveerything that
t you liiked and disliked about
a the apartmennts
that yoou visited. Which ones
o met your needds from your
y notess?
Address Pros Cons

Call us
u to see th
he apartmeent with yoou. Our teleephone num
mber is 212-594-20007.

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Sttep 2:
2 Duuring Design
D n - Schhematicc Design
Now yoou have com mpleted sttep one andd have decided whichh apartmennt to buy. Let’sL
transforrm your neew apartm ment into ann extraordinary place! This is where thee fun
really begins. It caan be an exxciting stepp for you iff you folloow the stepps below:

1. Review the
t notes thhat you wrrote on the previous pages p withh your archhitect
so they can better understand
u your lifesttyle and neeeds.
2. Obtain an a alteration agreeement from m your building
b m
manager. The
alteration
n agreemennt will stippulate the rules of the t house. What aree the
permittedd hours of o construcction? Caan the eleevators be used by the
contractoors? Does thet buildinng allow their tenantss to install air conditiioner
ough their walls and windows?? Will theyy allow condensers to
units thro t be
installed on their teerraces or roofs?
r
3. Ask yo our buildiing manaagement
company y for planss of the building.
b Need help
h finding an architectt?
Existing floor planns can heelp your Call 2112-594-20077 for a free CD
C
architect locate pluumbing riseers, load that wiill tell you how
h to choosse
bearing walls,
w and will give clues to and coompensate ann architect.
what typ pe of renovvations maay have
been don ne previoussly.
4. Another place thaat you can find
existing floor planns is at thhe New
York Citty Departm ment of Buuildings.
An expeediter cann assist you y by
researchiing for the drawings for you.
Call us (212-594--2007) forr phone
numbers of expeditters that yoou could
hire. 

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Here is what
w your y a
archit ect shhould be
doinng durring Step
S 2… 2
1. T
They will meet withh you to learnl abouut
y
your needss. A writtten versioon of youur
n
needs is callled a “proggram.”
2. They
T will visit youur new appartment to
t
m
measure th
he space in order too draw thhe
existing floor plan.
3. The
T architect will establish the desiggn
sccope, gen neral conncepts, annd spaciaal
reelationshipps.

Larry LLane 

Here is an Op
ption fo
or Exxperience Bassed Architect

Some
e Home Owners
O s:
Hirre a construuction man nager at th
his time. 
Thiss managerr could be tthe architeect, but it 
iss usually a contractor. A constrruction 
manager willl work witth the arch hitect to 
devvelop consttruction deetails, and wwill work 
withh the homee owner to keep the p project on 
timee, and on b budget. Thiis person mmight also 
become the b builder if the owner cchooses 
not bid the pro oject out too other con
ntractors 
during Steep 4. 

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Sttep 3:
3 Duuring Design
D n Deveelopmeent
After thhe schemattic design has been approved by b you, thhe architect will begiin to
expand upon the approved studies of Step 2 andd develop more detaailed drawiings.
Here aree some of the outcommes that wiill be created during this
t step:

1. Other asppects of thee proposedd design aree illustrateed.

2. Floor plaans show alll the room ms in correcct size andd shape.
3. Outline specificatio
s ons are preppared listinng the major materiaals and room m
finishes.
4. The Arch hitect veriffies that thee design coomplies wiith buildingg codes.
5. Engineerrs are consuulted to design the structure, mechanical
m and electriical
systems.
6. Sometimmes, Step 2 and Step 3 are combbined into one o phase of o
architectuural services called “Design
“ Deevelopmennt.”
7. A model might be builtb in ordder to betteer visualizee the designned spacess.
This mod del might beb built witth card boaard or it miight be a virtual
v moddel
with the help
h of com mputer aniimated softtware.

View a virtual walk‐‐through aat  

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Sttep 4:
4 Coonstrucction Docum
D ments
Once thhe Owner has
h approved the Dessign Develoopment phhase, the Arrchitect
prepares detailed constructio
c on or workking drawinngs. We ussed to know
w of these
construcction draw
wings as “bllueprints.””

1. Compareed to the otther steps, this

t is the step that thhe architecct will spennd
most of thheir time.
2. The consstruction drrawings wiill show thhe dimensioons of the spaces.
s Thhey
will also indicate thhe finishes and the geeneral relattionships of
o the buildding
parts.
3. Specificaations are also
a writtenn in this steep. This may
m be incoorporated inn
the drawiings or it might
m be a separate boook. The specificatio
s ons describbe
the materrials that arre to be used during the
t construuction proccess.
4. The Conttractor willl use the coonstructionn documennts to estabblish the actual
constructtion cost annd build thhe project.
5. These draawings andd specificaations becoome part off the constrruction
contract.

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Reso
ources:
Audio CD
C Larry
y Lane explaaining when one needs ann architect too design theiir dream hom
me
.
DVD- Main
n Street Revitalization.

DVD – Go Where
W the Mooney Is, Marrketing Yourr Downtownn to the Affluuent.

DVD – Secreets of Successsful Historicc Storefrontss.

Checklisst for CO
OOP Owners

Checklisst for Co
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R Estate Innvestors

Weekly Podcast
P at www.LaneA
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m

Call‐in to ourr weekly radio
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Sttep 5:
5 Biddding//Negottiation
This steep will usee the consttruction doocuments to
t select a contractorr and to obbtain
permits to build thhe project.

Sele
ecting a co
ontrac
ctor (iif you deecided noot to go the
construcction manaager route during Steep 2):

1. The Arcchitect cann help too prepare bidding documentts as well as

invitation
ns to bid and instrructions too bidders,, the condditions off the
contract, and the form off agreemennt betweeen the Ow wner and the
Contractoor.
2. If the Owner is invitinng severral
Contractoors to bidd, the Arrchitect caan Cosst Cutting Tips:
review thhe bids andd advise thhe Owner as
a Whe en a project is sent out to
to which Contractor to hire. several genera al contractoors for
3. The Ow wner seleects and hires thhe a competitive
c bid, the Owner
O
Contractoor. Therefo
fore, the Owner
O has a can obtain more re eliable
separate contract with
w the Arrchitect annd con struction costs if
f the
construction documentss are
another with
w the Coontractor.
thorrough a
and deetailed.
Otherwise, all of the bid ds will
be pricin
ng diffferent
assumptions and willl be
difficult to co ompare to o one
Ow
wner anoother. Also, some
contractors intentionally leave
out certain co onstruction costs
so they
t can add them in nto the
projject at a hig
gher marginn once
thatt receive the contra act to
Arcchitect Contractor build.

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Subm
mitting
g Dr
rawinggs to
o Yo
our Building
Mana
agement for
r their
r review
w and appro
oval:

1. Before you can subbmit any of o the draw wings, you will first need
n to haave a
representtative of thhe buildingg sign-off upon
u the Department
D t of Buildiing’s
forms.
2. Our officce has a coomprehenssive checkk list that we w use to make it muchm
easier forr architectss to submiit their draw
wings to thhe building managem ment
and get them
t approoved durinng their firrst review.. Call our office at 212-
2
594-2007 7 for your copy.
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Obta
aining Permit
ts:
1. Expediterrs are peoople who know k w and where to file for permitts in
how
NYC. Th hey create the paper work thatt the Depaartment of Buildings and
the Land dmark Com mmission require.
r Thhey spend endless hoours waitinng in
lines at th
he municippalities in order
o to prresent the paper
p workk to the corrrect
bureaucraat. Expeditters do thiss brain num mbing worrk for a feee and they earn
it. Hire one
o and yoou will bee able to obtain
o yourr permits without loosing
your san nity. Your architect should be b able to help youu find a good g
expediterr for your project.
p
2. In the NY YC Departtment of Buildings (D DOB), therre are two different tyypes
of appliccations forr interior alteration
a permits. One
O is callled Alteraation
Type 1 an nd the otheer is Type 2.
a. Alterration Typee 1 is requuired when there is a change to the Certifi ficate
of Occcupancy of o a buildiing. The Alt.
A 1 appliication is used
u to chaange
the maximum
m n
number f a spacee, to changge the area, to
off persons for
chang ge the occupancy or use groupp of a spacce, and/or the t changee the
descrription of a space. This
T type of
o permit must
m be siigned off by
b a
build
ding officiaal – a bureaucrat. Thhings progrress at a buureaucrat pace,
p
you probably
p w not reeceive the sign off too suit youur schedulee but
will
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b. Alterration Typpe 2 may be used when therre is no change too the
Certificaate of Occupancy. During
D the majority
m of the
time, ann Alteratioon Type 2 is filed under Direcctive
14. Thiis is whenn the appplicant or another NYS N
Larry Lane intervviews an
Registerred PE/RA A may signnoff the appplication with
expertt NYC Expeediter a Directtive 14 Finnal Inspectiion.
who discusses
d th
he 3. The
T permitt fees thatt the DOB B chargess are
differeent types of
o permit currently based upon u the actual consstruction costs.
appliccations thatt are in So, if you
y have gold g platedd bathroom m fixtures,, the
the City. Downlooad your permits will costt more thhan if youu had cheeaper
finishes. The DO OB will probably ask for your y
podcast at: 
contracttor’s bills to verifyy the accuuracy of your y
www.LaneArch hitecture. declaredd constructtion costs.
blogsp pot.com.  4. A permit cannot be b “pulleed” until the
applicattion for a permit haas been appproved byy the
municippalities. It might
m takee a few weeeks to recceive
an approvval of the permit
p appplication froom the Lanndmark Coommissionn and
from the DOB.
How do
d you know
k if you
y need
d to file
e at the New
N Yor
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a the Neew
York City
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partment of Buildings?

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buildinng is on th
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The
T Sevvenn Sttepss
To Creatiing an Extraor
E rdinaryy Homee

● ● ● 

“Home a  a place no ot 

only o of strong  
affectioons, but o of 
entire unnreserved d; it 
is life’ss undresss 
rehea arsal, its 
backrroom, its  
dressin ng room.”” 

Harriet Beeecher Sto
owe 
● ● ● 
 

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The
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E rdinaryy Homee

Sttep 6:
6 Coonstrucction Admini
A istratioon
While the
t Contraactor will physically
p build the project, thhe Architeect has sevveral
servicess to offer to
o the Owneer.

1. The Arch hitect can assist

a the Owner
O by making
m sitee visits to observe
o thee
constructtion to deteermine, in general, iff the projecct is being built
b
according g to the plaans and speecificationns.
2. The Arch hitect may also review w and apprrove the Coontractor'ss applicatioons
for paymment, processs change orders,
o andd generallyy keep the Owner
O
informed d of the prooject's proggress.
3. The Arch hitect may need to obbserve certaain things that he is committed
c to
include inn a report. This reporrt is part off the Direcctive 14 thaat was
discussedd in Step 5.
4. The Conttractor is solely respoonsible forr constructiion methodds, techniqques,
scheduless, and proccedures.
5. The Own ner can prootect themsselves and their buildding from thhe being suued
for unpaiid invoicess that the geeneral contractor receives from m their sub--
contractoors by insissting that thhe general contractorr submit a lien
l waiver.
This lien waiver should be siggned by alll contractors prior to being paidd
any paym ments from m the Owneer.
6. Some con ntractors asked
a to be paid a perrcentage off their overrall
constructtion costs when
w certaain phases of
o construcction are coomplete.
Another way
w to com mpensate thhe contractor is by using the Am merican
o Architecct’s forms G702 and G703 Appplications for
Institute of f Paymennt.
This formm keeps traack of eachh individuaal subcontrractor’s prices,
percentagge of each completedd task, and the amounnts that is held h back fromf
being paiid until thee final paymment. Clickk on the AIIA Docum ments link at
a
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Jouurnal
While it is fresh on your
y mind, write
w down what
w you enjooyed during the construcction process and
what yo
ou could be improved. Share
S this feeed back withh your archittect.

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E rdinaryy Homee

Sttep 7:
7 Moove In!
If you followed the
t first siix steps, then you should
s now
w have ann extraordiinary
home - a home off your dream
ms.

Penthousse near SOHO, NYC

Fifth Ave.
A Aparttment, NYC
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The
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“In oveer a decad de of inveesting in real
r estate,, I have NEVER
N encounteredd an
architecct of the caliber off Larry Laane who is i proactivve about informing
i and
workingg with me as an invvestor! All the otherr architects I have ever e dealt with
were veery passivee and showwed no inteerest in fullly engaginng with mee as a cliennt to
help mee make my y project a success
s byy saving mee time andd money. HowH refresshing
it is to meet
m a pro ofessional who actuaally cares about
a my needs
n as an
a investorr and
who takkes the time to get mee up to speeed on critiical success factors foor my project.

The cooolest thingg about working

w wiith a true professionnal like Mr.
M Lane, who
actuallyy cares aboout the suuccess of my
m project, is the comfort
c off knowing that
someonne with traained eyes is lookingg out for mem and myy project’ss best interrests
from thee very beg
ginning. Thhis is so much
m better than only relying onn the contraactor
or my expertise,
e because thhere are soo many deetails that we don’t know wheen it
comes tot a buildiing’s consttruction annd design. I stronglyy recommeend that iff you
are worrking on a residentiall or commeercial project do whaatever is neecessary too get
Mr. Lanne on your team from m the very beginning!
b !”

Marlene Green
G
Real Esta
ate Investor/Entrepreneur, Jersey City, NJ
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