But by the end of the year, a number of things remained to be done:
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Dec. 2, 2004
Andy,
Hope you had a good Thanksgiving holiday.
After our productive meeting with you and Henry we sent the drawings to Dave Linton our structural engineer to review the steel sizes and firm up what Henry and I have been discussing. We received his structural comments/markups yesterday and faxed them to Henry. He and I spoke briefly about them this morning and will discuss in detail tomorrow afternoon after I
follow up with Linton in a meeting at 11am. The next step is for Henry to firm up his numbers based on the markups and should be able to so this by the end of next week. We can meet again at that point and decide how you and Sara would like to proceed. I'll be in touch later next week to update you and schedule a meeting.
Best,
David
----- Original Message -----
To: "David Jameson Architect" <djameson@DavidJamesonArchitect.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 3:43 PM
Subject: Next Step
>
> David,
>
> Sara and I were very impressed by Henra Kawa, and
> remain very enthusiastic about the project. I suggest
> that we take steps to move to the next phase of the
> project. If Henry has come up with a little tighter
> budget, then I think we would be able to make a
> decision about whether to go with fixed contract or
> T&M.
>
> Let me know when further details are ready, and we
> will head to the credit union to start the mortgage
> process.
>
> Andy
>
>
>
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Dec. 17, 2004
Henry and I are meeting tomorrow morning to review his numbers again as he has looked over comments from the structural engineer. I'll press him to get something together for you next week.
----- Original Message -----
To: "David Jameson Architect" <djameson@davidjamesonarchitect.com>
Sent: Friday, December 17, 2004 8:35 AM
Subject: Re: Next Step
> David,
>
> We should make plans to meet to go over Henry's
> numbers and more detailed plans for the Tea House. We
> plan to go to the bank next week to start the loan
> process once we get some firm numbers.
>
> Andy
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But when the new year rolled around, we were still waiting:
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Jan. 14, 2005
I have been bugging him over the last two weeks to finish up the numbers for you. I'll call him again today and hopefully be able to tell you something early next week. Have a good weekend.
----- Original Message -----
To: "David Jameson Architect" <djameson@davidjamesonarchitect.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2005 8:04 PM
Subject: Re: Next Step
> David,
>
> Any word from Henry? I recall he said that he wanted
> to do the project during the winter, so I would assume
> that would mean very soon now. Do you think that he is
> still backed up with other projects?
>
>
> Andy
>
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By March, we were still waiting for Henry, and we started to get the impression
that he wasn't interested, or perhaps didn't really have time:
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March 10, 2005
David,
Are you sure that Henry Kawa has time for this
project? We are willing to consider other contractors
(though we realize some details might be hard without
him). If he is really willing to put the project
together, we should meet to agree on the final
numbers.
We'd like to keep the budget as close to 100 K as
possible, as a fixed price contract. We are also
willing to eliminate some details if this is not
otherwise feasible.
Let us know your thoughts on this.
Andy and Sara
March 11, 2005
Andy and Sara,
good morning- I am certainly aware of the time Henry has taken to put a final number together for you and talk to him about it every week. He is truly part mad scientist- which while frustrating to get what seems like a simple task of a final price out of him- will be the reason the project will come together and work well. He is working towards giving you the fixed price at a target of 105-115k. To do this he is actually getting samples and mockups of all the tricky things that could prove to be more expensive if not properly thought out at this stage- like the sliding hardware, some new bronze extrusions, etc.
When he and I spoke Wednesday about where he is, he was waiting for final numbers on the metal and hardware, but seems close on everything else.
Hang in there a little longer and I think it will be worth the long wait
David
David
David,
Are you sure that Henry Kawa has time for this
project? We are willing to consider other contractors
(though we realize some details might be hard without
him). If he is really willing to put the project
together, we should meet to agree on the final
numbers.
We'd like to keep the budget as close to 100 K as
possible, as a fixed price contract. We are also
willing to eliminate some details if this is not
otherwise feasible.
Let us know your thoughts on this.
Andy and Sara
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And still we waited. By the end of April, it seemed we could get moving:
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April 29, 2005
at long last Henry is ready to meet and get moving. He has suggested 5pm on Monday the 2nd. Does that work for you both?
David Jameson Architect Inc.
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