post #1: The Moberley Project 2015

January 26 2015

We viewed Moberley Ave. Orillia with our real estate agent, Christine Vollick.  We saw:

- a 4 bedroom

- 2- storey house on a

- 100 x 99' lot

- close to the Lightfoot Trail where we

- often walk.

Kitchen with a view of the backyard

 Basement laundry and looking through to the utility room with the furnace and hot water heater

In the next few days, we put in an offer to purchase, but are told another ( higher) offer is also pending.  We wait, and find out that the other offer is rejected.  So we put in another offer, and it is signed back.  We wait, and then decide we really do like the place; even though there is a tarp on the roof, and some lonely pets living there by themselves - four cats, and one lovely little bluebird in a gigantic cage. There may be other critters there too - we just haven't actually seen them.   From the tracks in the snow, there are regular 4 - footed visitors all over the place.

Early February:  our conditions are waived.

Our current home on Regent Street is listed on the market, and we have some people coming into our house for viewings.

A buyer is interested in buying our Regent Street home, so we talk to the bank, telling them that we need to have both houses for a bit of time in order to re-arrange a few things at Moberley.

The buyer wants the house 4 weeks earlier than we had expected, but that is ok, because Harry always says, "We don't need more time, we need a deadline."

The bank was ok with us having both places for a bit.

Our Contractor:  Joel Willms, our nephew from Fonthill, ON says he'll look the place over.

Feb. 14th:  Joel and his wife, Rachel, come through Moberley to talk about the job.  Joel is ok with doing the upstairs reno of making 4 bedrooms into 3, and installing an extra master bathroom, along with a laundry room too.  He's not too keen about re-doing the roof.  There's too much snow out there anyway.  Rachel is ok with Joel staying over at our place for a week or two.

Christine helps us sign the papers.  We will soon own two houses in Orillia - just for a short time.

We shop all over the place for things like:
floor tiles,
wood flooring
bathtubs, shower doors, faucets, toilets, doors, stoves, fridges - oh my!  What a lot of shopping!  And we haven't even picked out our colours yet.  



 the Front entrance from inside.  I like it because it faces south, so all the snow will melt right away in the spring.

Post #4: Sunday September 28, 2014

Post #4  Sunday, September 28, 2014

This week we're looking forward to hearing from our guest speaker and home restoration specialist, Paul Belcourt.  He will join us in class on Tuesday for a brief presentation and a Q&A.

Thursday will be our Neighbourhood Walkabout House Tour during class time.  Be prepared to be outside for the period, and please bring your phone.

Here's the list addresses in advance:

Home Design Walkabout Tour of OD Park Neighbourhood 2014

1.  99 North St. East – Prairie style

2.   319 Laclie. Art deco style stucco. Dr. Shawn Moore.

3.   SE corner of North and Laclie Streets  Northcourt motel. Art deco style.

4.    320 Canice St. Leslie frost home.

5.    148 Cedar st. German style.

6.   166 borland. Contemporary. 

7.   168. Parkview. German style.

8.   154 Brant. Cape cod style.

9.   101 Brant. Prairie.

10. 84 Brant.1880 Mansard.

11.  136 Matchedash. Cedar roof wooden siding 1872.

12. 70 Brant. Queen Anne Victorian. Double porch.

13. 51 Brant. Georgian. Modernized wi stucco

14. 42 Brant. New garage designed to look older.

15. 160 Peter. Gothic Victorian – you will also see a similar Gothic home if you travel a few homes north on Peter past Brant.

16. 127 Peter. Greek revival wi double porch huge columns. Retirement home. Cut glass front doors 

A complete map with full directions will be provided before you leave for this amazing tour of lovely Orillia Homes.

Tuesday, September 23, 2014 Home Design Styles

Tuesday, September 23, 2014  Home Design Styles

Housing Styles

Ranch Style Home  (1966)

Ranch-style housing (also American ranch, California ranch, rambler or rancher) is a domestic architectural style originating in the United States. The ranch house is noted for its long, close-to-the-ground profile, and minimal use of exterior and interior decoration. The houses fuse modernist ideas and styles with notions of the American Western period working ranches to create a very informal and casual living style.

First built in the 1920s, the ranch style was extremely popular with the booming post-war middle class of the 1940s to 1970s. The style is often associated with tract housing built at this time, particularly in the western United States, which experienced a population explosion during this period, with a corresponding demand for housing. The style was exported to other nations and so is found in other countries. Their popularity waned in the late 20th century as neo-eclectic house styles, a return to using historical and traditional decoration, became popular

Bungalow Style House

A bungalow is a type of building. Across the world, the meaning of the word bungalow varies. Common features of many bungalows include verandas and being low-rise. In Australia, the California bungalow was popular after the First World War. In North America and theUnited Kingdom a bungalow today is a residential building, normally detached, which is either single-story or has a second story built into a sloping roof, usually with dormer windows (one-and-a-half stories). Full vertical walls are therefore only seen on one story, at least on the front and rear elevations. Usually the buildings are relatively small, especially from recent decades; although, early examples may be large, in which case the term bungalow tends not to be used today.

The Townhouse

In the United States and Canada, a townhouse has two connotations. The older predates the automobile and denotes a house on a small footprint in a city, but because of its multiple floors (sometimes six or more), it has a large living space, often with servant's quarters. The small footprint of the townhouse allows it to be within walking or mass transit distance of business and industrial areas of the city, yet luxurious enough for wealthy residents of the city.^[2]

Townhouses in Portland, Oregon

Townhouse in East 30th Street, New York

In areas so densely built that detached single-family houses are uncommon or almost nonexistent, ownership of a townhouse connotes wealth. Some examples of cities where townhouses are occupied almost exclusively by the wealthy are New York City, Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, Toronto, Washington, DC, and San Francisco.

A Frame House

An A-frame house is an architectural house style^[1] featuring steeply-angled sides (roofline) that usually begin at or near the foundation line, and meet at the top in the shape of the letter A. An A-frame ceiling can be open to the top rafters.

Although the triangle shape of the A-frame has been present throughout history, it surged in popularity around the world in the post-World War II era, from roughly the mid-1950s through the 1970s. It was during this time that the A-frame acquired its most defining characteristics.

Georgian Style House

Georgian buildings, popular during the reign of King George III were ideally built in brick, with wood trim, wooden columns and painted white. In what would become the United States, however, one found both brick buildings as well as those in wood with clapboards. They were sometimes painted a pale yellow. This differentiated them from most other structures that were usually not painted. Mostly box shaped with muiltiple chimneys.

A Georgian colonial house usually has a formally defined living room, dining room and sometimes a family room. The bedrooms are typically on the second floor. They also have one or two chimneys that can be very large.

Log Style Home

A log house (or log home) is structurally identical to a log cabin (a house typically made from logs that have not been milled into conventionallumber). The term "log cabin" is not preferred by most contemporary builders, as it generally refers to a smaller, more rustic log house such as a hunting cabin in the woods, or a summer cottage.

Mansion Home

A mansion is a large dwelling house.  Built in Renaissance Revival style,The Breakers in Newport, Rhode Island, is one of the best known 19th-century mansions in the United States. 

Saltbox House

A saltbox is a building with a long, pitched roof that slopes down to the back, generally a wooden frame house. A saltbox has just one story in the back and two stories in the front. The flat front and central chimney are recognizable features, but the asymmetry of the unequal sides and the long, low rear roof line are the most distinctive features of a saltbox, which takes its name from its resemblance to a wooden lidded box in which salt was once kept. 

Spanish Style House

The Spanish Colonial Revival Style is a United States architectural stylistic movement arising in the early 20th century based on theSpanish Colonial architecture of the Spanish colonization of the Americas.

The Panama-California Exposition of 1915 in San Diego, highlighting the work of architect Bertram Goodhue, is credited with giving the style national exposure. Embraced principally in California and Florida, the Spanish Colonial Revival movement enjoyed its greatest popularity between 1915 and 1931.

Frank Lloyd Wright

One of Wright's most famous private residences was built from 1934 to 1937—Fallingwater—for Mr. and Mrs. Edgar J. Kaufmann Sr., at Mill Run, Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh. It was designed according to Wright's desire to place the occupants close to the natural surroundings, with a stream and waterfall running under part of the building. Wright wanted the new residents to live with the waterfalls, to make them part of their everyday lives. He didn't want them to just look at them every now and again. Constructed over a 30-foot waterfall, the house may look very big on the outside but on the inside it is quite small, which surprises some visitors.^[51] It was made with three bedrooms, a massive living room and a dining room. The house was more of a design for a family getaway, not for a live-in family.^[52] The construction is a series of cantilevered balconies and terraces, using limestone for all verticals and concrete for the horizontals. The house cost $155,000, including the architect's fee of $8,000. It was one of Wright's most expensive pieces.^[52] Kaufmann's own engineers argued that the design was not sound. They were overruled by Wright, but the contractor secretly added extra steel to the horizontal concrete elements. In 1994, Robert Silman and Associates examined the building and developed a plan to restore the structure. In the late 1990s, steel supports were added under the lowest cantilever until a detailed structural analysis could be done. In March 2002, post-tensioning of the lowest terrace was completed. 

Post #2 Tuesday, September 09 2014

Post #2 Tuesday, September 09 2014

This week's topic:  Dream Homes

Monday:  write a three paragraph journal describing your dream home.
Tuesday:  explore the Princess Margaret Hospital Dream Homes online and choose one to view more closely  http://www.princessmargaretlotto.com/two/cottage.php

   

check the student common drive for your complete assignment

Wednesday:  take up questions about the social needs that housing fulfills.

Thursday: computer lab 212 to try out google Make Sketchup and maybe CAD

Friday: create your dream bedroom using old school paper and pencil, or a software of your choice  -- computer lab 212.  

Saturday and Sunday:  Princess Margaret Hospital Dream Homes:  Muskoka Cottage in Gravenhurst and Simcoe County Country Home at Dalrymple are open for viewing.  Check out these new designer homes with modern trends in beautiful central Ontario settings.

Monday:  review personal and social needs that housing fulfills.

Tuesday: Housing and Needs test.

Post #1 HLS3O Housing and Home Design 2014

Post #1  HLS3O  Housing and Home Design

Grade 11

Period 3 HOUSING & HOME DESIGN Room 217

This course introduces students to a range of issues related to housing and home design. Students will learn about the needs that housing fulfills; housing options; home maintenance and safety; and environmental, economic, legal, and social considerations related to housing. They will use the elements and principles of design to analyse design and decorating decisions. Students will develop research skills as they investigate issues related to housing and home design.

UNIT 1: Meeting Housing Needs UNIT 2: Housing for Specific Needs UNIT 3: Factors in Housing Considerations UNIT 4: Social & Legal Issues in Housing

Course Outline Download File

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Bedroom Floor Plan Project Download File

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UNIVERSAL DESIGN is a philosophy in which interiors and products are designed to accommodate all people with a variety of requirements, needs, and abilities. Assignment DUE Friday September 19 2014

Universal Design Assignment Download File

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Link to HOUSING STYLES: http://architecture.about.com/od/periodsstyles/ig/House-Styles/
HGTV Architecture Style 101: http://www.frontdoor.com/home-styles/

Rethinking the Home Ownership Dream (Sept 4, 2014)
http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/rethinking-the-home-ownership-dream-1.2519201

Human Needs/Wants When Choosing Where to Live Download File