Well, your all going to be welcome to come by. Maybe throw a football in the front yard too!
This place is only a 25min drive from the GW bridge, & there's a train from hoboken that stops close by.
This was a pretty simple process to design. I had to supply George with exact measurements & dimensions of th garage & attic.
The Biggest challenge was to decide if it would be beneficial to break through the attic to gain more hight, or find reasonable access to use for storage.
My carpenter discovered that the peaked roof was not the original roof, it was added at a later time on top of the flat roof that is now the attic floor. The weight of the newer roof was being held up by the cross beams of the garage ceiling & not the cinerblock walls. This discovery, & the fact that George didn't feel a pyramid roof was good for acoustical issues just reserved the attic for the future air ducts.
What i really like about George is that he will give you 3 or 4 well thought out options from what he feels is best to worst for one to choose.
Beyond the attic issue, he just gave me two concepts of studio design & shape to choose from. With only a few small changes the design was done.
After the new structure is signed off by town inspectors we will attack the garage & George's design. I'll post some drawings & photos at that time.
One of the fears I have at this point, is not knowing when i'll be ready to use the new space. i have to leave my current space by mid march & i don't think it's enough time.
I'm hoping some of you NY ME's help me out with your studio if i have no studio at that time. I'm sure something good can be worked out.
Ed
