Why do we call them "Apartments" when they are all stuck together?

 June 16, 2021 (5:27 AM)

Thunder Mountain Apartments. Apartments. Have you ever wondered why they are called "apartments" when they are all stuck together? English is weird. Like driving on a parkway and parking on a driveway. Oh, and when your alarm is going off why do people tell you to shut if off? I mean, it's going off anyway. Let it go. Off. I know, you can get overwhelmed with English. Or underwhelmed if you don't even care. Or maybe just whelmed, which is the same as overwhelmed. Isn't English fun?

Ok. Back to the things that are all connected called apartments. I like to use the word "Togetherment". Doesn't that make way more sense? Sometimes when someone asks what I do for a living I say, "I'm in the Togetherment business." They nod, pause, and then say..."Wait, what?" Then I explain that they know them as apartments. However, the word apartment is divisive whereas the word Togetherment is inclusive. And, we love being inclusive at Bakerson when we create communities which are striving to be safe, functional, durable and clean. Togetherments. 

Here are a few updates for you this week. We chose the layout of the windows and let the architect know. We are almost to the point of applying for permits. Almost. In regards to the windows, we sent our down payment on those. Once they are ready they will deliver the windows to the property and we will have them on hand for when we begin the work. We have also made our next payment to the architect. He should be able to wrap up the bulk of his work soon! 

We are visiting with the electrician, shocking isn't it? Sorry, couldn't resist. Back to the windows for a moment. When I said we chose the layout of the windows above I was ready to write that I prefer Apple. But, I figured it would be lost on Windows folks so I didn't. Don't explain it to them either. The electrician said they plan to be ready to start work as soon as we have permits from the city to do the work. Once we have that we will have to pay our down payment with him. He will buy all the materials at that point and have them onsite. 

Some of you may have been wondering how the combined units will look and what the layout will be. And, some of you may have no thought on it whatsoever. Being as it may, everyone will get an opportunity to get the general idea whether you were wondering or not, whether you asked or not whether you are curious or not. All that notwithstanding, here is a sketch:

In this example above we began with two mirrored units with a doorway in between. As you may notice, the kitchen is on the right with the living room beyond that. The kitchen will go where a bathroom formerly was. The plumbing is all there and ready to use! Well, we will cap off and fill in where the toilet was so we don't have distasteful odors wafting from the kitchen to make you queasy and I am not talking about the cooking either! That would be disturbing. Anyway, you get the idea so don't get all worked up over it. In fact, when we get done it will look very natural and others will not even know the previous layout. We'll keep that little tidbit to ourselves. 

On the left in this example will be the bathroom and the bedroom. The thought is to add the short wall and door closing the sleeping area off from the living area. You know, so you don't have to keep your bedroom clean for when friends come visit. And, I know there are some of you out there nodding your heads!  

Doesn't this look like a wonderful place to call home? We are super excited to deliver some units to the marketplace! As the work gets underway you will all be kept well-informed with data, pictures and wonderful stories. It's so fun creating these communities while manifesting memories. It's great to have you all on this journey with us. 

By the way, you know how they say "a picture is a thousand words"? It's not true. When I took the pictures above and copied them into a document it did not increase my word count. Not one measly word! I smell a conspiracy! I bet "they" are the people who like to take pictures and are too lazy to write. Yeah. It's gotta be those people. 

Lastly, the lender draw was received and deposited into our account so we can reuse those funds. Their system is really good and we are pleased with how it simply processed. 

And that is our project from my corner of the globe. ~Bruce