Before the design of our home can begin, there’s a few things that we need to take care of over the next couple of weeks.

1. The first thing is getting an approved Critical Area Designation with King County. In short, because we have a wetland on our property we’ll need to have the wetland and buffer boundaries determined by a biologist. We need to determine how much land King County will allow us to use inside the wetland buffer area as a backyard. This really affects both our home placement on the property as well as the shape of the home. The more space we have as a backyard, the wider the depth of our home can be.
2. We also need to get the property surveyed. Because our site isn’t flat, it’s important for us to understand the slope of the property. This will enable us to have a home designed that will work well and take full advantage of the contours of our property.

Although we’re excited to have Mike Blondino design our home, we really feel that having all of the necessary site information first will make the process go a lot smoother. Knowing everything we can about the site is sure to make for less revisions to the design in the future. After we get both the Critical Area Designation and the property surveyed, I think we’ll be all set to have Mike design our dream home!