Notes regarding the Floor Plans based on the 29 January 2000 Alumni Meeting.

Some rooms are referred to by direction.  The front of the house faces WEST.

(1) The drawings are not necessarily to scale.  Although I have tried making
them accurate and at 1:128, I only worked from a scan of the architect's
drawings, not from actual dimensions.

(2) To the best of my ability, these drawings represent the group consensus
that was reached at the January 29th alumni meeting.  If you don't like it,
you should have been there.

(3) Some windows and doors are placed approximately, but all will be near
where they are drawn.

(4) The fire escapes and roofs are not shown.

(5) Not all appliances are drawn.

Basement:

(6) A drain of some sort (a dry well?) will be added at the bottom of the new
stairway.

First Floor:

(7) The new rear bedroom will be reduced in size to increase kitchen area.
The wall should be roughly flush with the front of the cabinets in the
kitchen.

(8) The closet bedroom doors for the new rear bedroom will open away from the
room's door.

(9) A window will be added to the rear wall of the kitchen.  This will aid
ventilation.

(10) Both doors to the kitchen will be held open with magnetic locks that
will shut when a fire alarm goes off.

(11) The stove will be placed against the kitchen's outside wall further away
from the dining room.

(12) The existing first floor bedroom's closet will not be changed.

Second Floor:

(13) The odd 'divot' near the new rear door should be remove if allowed by
code.

(14) The upstairs hall closet should have a solid door that is reasonably
secure (such as a bedroom door as opposed to a closet door).

General:

(15) It would be good if new interior walls had some insulation for sound
reduction.

(16) A 8'x10' concrete slab will be placed somewhere on the property.  This
will later hold a small shed for recyclables and garbage.  The shed will be
dealt with after the house expansion is done.

(17) If convenient, the existing upstairs stairway door should also have a
magnetic lock that will shut when a fire alarm goes off.

(18) All new rooms should be wired with multiple blocks contain telephone,
cable, and network cables (plus plenty of electrical outlets).  Various
brothers (Rob and Etienne included) volunteered information and goods towards
the house network.  The network cables should be routed such that it is easy
to install a router or other hardware in the basement or in the upstairs
hallway closet.  Perhaps it will be possible to have a single cable drop
running through the water pipe space next to the first floor bathroom.

(19) The rear foundation wall must be waterproofed before the new slab on
grade is built.