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1 Adam Toering From:Adam Stump Sent:Thursday, March 9, 2023 8:03 PM To:Adam Toering; Ross Van Overberghe Subject:Re: Application and Renders Ok sorry for the lack of detail wasn’t sure on how to put all the detail in the brief lines provided in description box of the application. For the reasons of why we are trying to pull permit to preform the major work is to create move living space in the house for our large family of 24 members. The addition will be creating more space in the kitchen and dining room where we all gather. There has been no updating on the house and we are try to make it better for growing family for more years to come. This is a home that we are going to live in and then hopefully one our kids will take over after we pass and this is the time that we can make it right to keep the structure of the home from rotting. Reasoning for changing the windows out for new vinyl windows is what most of the windows have been replaced with vinyl windows already and some windows have not been replaced. We want the windows to be the same to match the inside design of the house. Also the windows now are all custom sizes so our thoughts are to change them to standard size vinyl windows that are all energy efficient that will help with the cost of the project and the cost of our electric bill over the next many years. We choose to do the double hung windows side by side for this allows all the natural light to come and also the house is facing the big oak tree with a swing on and the play set for the kids so we want to be able to view the outdoors as much as possible. The exterior doors will be metal that are fire proof and the exterior door on the east side of the house is crack and broken and again these doors will make the house more efficient. For the siding we are want to put on the 8” vinyl siding this will have the look as the 8” aluminum that is on there now. There are spots on the aluminum siding that are missing or damaged causing there to be water damage and this is the time to make it right. The vinyl siding is also being used for cost reason and when the contractor tells me it’s the best product to use for the life of the house that the option I would want to take. For the garage it’s is being added for a place to protect our vehicles from the weather and obviously a place for storage. There is also a Rec/ storage room above the garage the renders just don’t show the window above the garage doors just because it was missed in the drawing. Also in the drawing it shows the addition roof line not attaching to the second story of the home and that was just also missed when the drawings were done but the roof will attach to make it look as if it was always there. For the craftsman work in the cables the east side is the only side that is somewhat still standing both the north and south side are basically non existent and to rebuild them would most likely cost more then the cost to do the addition. The contractor said we could do a fancy detail in the gables we just need more time make something. We would love to be able to keep what is there but they are past the point of fixing that the cost it would take to do. The drawings do a good job of what my wife and I idea of a dream home would look like and I trust the contractors to make the major work look like it belongs sense 1900 it will just have the modern materials that are design to be better. We are taking on this project and choosing the products that we have choose to make the structure of the house be protected for years to come. This is the time that my wife and I can make the farm house a dream home for our family and to make it function the way we want our home to function. Adam Stump On Mar 9, 2023, at 4:32 PM, Adam Toering <atoering@southbendin.gov> wrote: Adam, Joas – Thanks for submitting the drawings and application. Here’s some feedback: