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All of the above is what caught the eye of Duo Dickinson,
and why he included it in his new book, "The House You Build" (The Taunton Press, $34.95). Dickinson
is mad for houses. He's an architect possessed with telling people that, yes absolutely, they can get the house they want. Whatever the budget. There's no need to fall under the spec-house
spell, he says. Custom can be had.
Buyers need to be involved and educated about their biggest investment. Dickinson advises them to look at it like
the longest trip you'll ever take, one to four years.
"You find out soon enough, no project ever has enough money," says Dickinson, who has lectured at Yale and Harvard and writes a column for This Old House magazine. "But there's no need to take the client's thoughts and fantasies and treat them like a straitjacket."
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| The spiral winds tight in the central courtyard, where, in pleasant weather, three generations gather to catch up and connect. |
