The job-site notebook

Notes from the job site.

On lots, plans, code and what a rebuild really involves. Sample posts for this preview.

New homes · Sept 2026 · 5 min

Your plans or ours: how to start when all you have is a lot

A drawing from a catalogue, a sketch on a napkin, or nothing at all. What each one means for the first three months, and where an architect on staff saves the most time.

Restoration · Aug 2026 · 4 min

After a fire, the building you get back is not the one you lost

Separation walls, draft stopping, fire collars. Why a rebuild is held to today's code, and what that changes behind the drywall.

Site work · July 2026 · 4 min

What a boulder wall does on a sloped lot

The house on Deerwood Road sits on a hillside held by stone laid course by course. How grade decides the house before the plan does.

Sample posts for this preview.

Rather walk the lot than read about it?