The Coffee House

[JonA_CT]

I spent my entire day under a "shelter-in-place" protocol at my school because an unfired bullet was found in a classroom down the hall from me.

It was a nightmare, but after searching roughly 600 lockers and interviewing the 60 kids that were in the room before it was found, it was determined that there was no imminent threat at the school. That took 5 hours. The kids were great for the most part. We were able to quietly get them to and from the cafeteria, and we were able to keep them out of the hallways where the searches were active. The toughest part was that we couldn't tell students why we were in the protocol for security reasons.

Then we had an hour-long faculty meeting to debrief. It's been a day.

Exhausting ... but it would have been much worse than exhausting if the search had been short, less than complete and someone got hurt.

Our secretary took the biggest beating honestly -- she received over 300 phone calls during that 5 hour period.

 

[jcdeboever]

I got my Nikkor 16mm f2.8d fisheye today. Beautiful. Look out tractor shows, here comes my Nikon F and the fish. Sweeeeeeeet

 

[davidharmier60]

No fisheye lens for me. Whatever 19 factors out to on a Canon is as short as I have and am likely to have.

Y'all have a great night and a spectacular tomorrow.

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[Frank F.]

de-fished three shots for my architect today...

 

[smoke665]

de-fished three shots for my architect today...

Couple questions. All the houses appear to be 4 stories, is this a restriction? Are you going to have off street parking? Will this be a single family home? What's the average square footage for single family 3 bedroom?

 

[DakotaHolter]

Hello from Northern Minnesota! Hope everyone had or has a great day!

 

[Frank F.]

de-fished three shots for my architect today...

Couple questions. All the houses appear to be 4 stories, is this a restriction? Are you going to have off street parking? Will this be a single family home? What's the average square footage for single family 3 bedroom?

My current plan is to build 6 units of 3*65sqm 1*75sqm 1*105sqm 1*145sqm plus 3 e-car sharing spots plus bike parking etc. All to rent to people or sell per unit.

 

[davidharmier60]

Chances are about 50/50 that we will live here until death. The other chance is to not pay the note and get thrown out.
Happy Wednesday y'all.

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[snowbear141 72]

Hello from Northern Minnesota! Hope everyone had or has a great day!

Welcome aboard. Sit down and have a cup - there's pastries, too.

 

[smoke665]

de-fished three shots for my architect today...

Couple questions. All the houses appear to be 4 stories, is this a restriction? Are you going to have off street parking? Will this be a single family home? What's the average square footage for single family 3 bedroom?

My current plan is to build 6 units of 3*65sqm 1*75sqm 1*105sqm 1*145sqm plus 3 e-car sharing spots plus bike parking etc. All to rent to people or sell per unit.

Interesting. That's a little small for my taste, our master bedroom suite is bigger than the smaller ones, but we've encountered floor plans in some of the high density condos we've looked at that are in the same range. I am assuming land is at a premium? That's why I asked if there were height restrictions. Here when the land price goes up, so does the height.

 

[Frank F.]

de-fished three shots for my architect today...

Couple questions. All the houses appear to be 4 stories, is this a restriction? Are you going to have off street parking? Will this be a single family home? What's the average square footage for single family 3 bedroom?

My current plan is to build 6 units of 3*65sqm 1*75sqm 1*105sqm 1*145sqm plus 3 e-car sharing spots plus bike parking etc. All to rent to people or sell per unit.

Interesting. That's a little small for my taste, our master bedroom suite is bigger than the smaller ones, but we've encountered floor plans in some of the high density condos we've looked at that are in the same range. I am assuming land is at a premium? That's why I asked if there were height restrictions. Here when the land price goes up, so does the height.

height restrictions in Germany are pure ideology in that they do not help the city grow to its needs and reduce the footprint per uint along the way

ecologic restrictions are mostly ideologic in that they do not help the ecosystem

My knowledge it cutting edge research and best practice worldwide and I cater to that knowledge

We are talking sale price of 4500€ per sqm minimum in this spot, so land price is a premium, although absolutely supportable and sensible plus a lot of added stupid ideological building restrictions hinder me from building more sustainable, more ecological. We build as sustainable and ecological as the building authorities let us.

A big problem are fire protection restrictions and height restrictions not allowing us to use certain materials, even if we pay a premium price.

Do not know where to start and where to end. My building will cater to all laws and restrictions and be as ecological and sustainable as possible within this framework.

 

[smoke665]

Do not know where to start and where to end. My building will cater to all laws and restrictions and be as ecological and sustainable as possible within this framework.

I suspected that was a problem. There as here, it's location. We looked at some condos in an exclusive high rise on the beach at Marco Island, Fl. The starting price for a 400 sq ft unit was $750k. Two bedrooms were over $2 million.

If you sell the units do you have home owners association fees to cover maintenance of common areas.? Here the HOA dues can become excessive.

 

[waday]

de-fished three shots for my architect today...

Couple questions. All the houses appear to be 4 stories, is this a restriction? Are you going to have off street parking? Will this be a single family home? What's the average square footage for single family 3 bedroom?

My current plan is to build 6 units of 3*65sqm 1*75sqm 1*105sqm 1*145sqm plus 3 e-car sharing spots plus bike parking etc. All to rent to people or sell per unit.

Interesting. That's a little small for my taste, our master bedroom suite is bigger than the smaller ones, but we've encountered floor plans in some of the high density condos we've looked at that are in the same range. I am assuming land is at a premium? That's why I asked if there were height restrictions. Here when the land price goes up, so does the height.

height restrictions in Germany are pure ideology in that they do not help the city grow to its needs and reduce the footprint per uint along the way

ecologic restrictions are mostly ideologic in that they do not help the ecosystem

My knowledge it cutting edge research and best practice worldwide and I cater to that knowledge

We are talking sale price of 4500€ per sqm minimum in this spot, so land price is a premium, although absolutely supportable and sensible plus a lot of added stupid ideological building restrictions hinder me from building more sustainable, more ecological. We build as sustainable and ecological as the building authorities let us.

A big problem are fire protection restrictions and height restrictions not allowing us to use certain materials, even if we pay a premium price.

Do not know where to start and where to end. My building will cater to all laws and restrictions and be as ecological and sustainable as possible within this framework.

I'm curious.

From both height and ecological/environmental perspectives, what specifically do you want to do that's not allowed by the governing agencies that you feel should be allowed?

 

[Gary A.]

@ waday: Typically and presently, most European cities have a height requirement merely for uniformity and appearances. As European cities are much older than U.S. cities, much of their requirements are sorta grandfathered in as modern materials, modern construction methodologies and modern technology (i.e. elevators) did not exist when the cities were first "regulated".

 

[waday]

@ waday: Typically and presently, most European cities have a height requirement merely for uniformity and appearances. As European cities are much older than U.S. cities, much of their requirements are sorta grandfathered in as modern materials, modern construction methodologies and technology (i.e. elevators) did not exist when the cities were first "regulated".

Understood. But, I’m just curious as to what Frank wants to do specifically.