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\\nShow Notes:
\\nProper positioning your home on your land adds to the home\\u2019s value and enjoyment.  Setting the floor plan up for entertaining and family enjoyment.  Can a home be \\u201cwheelchair friendly\\u201d, ADA compliant?  Cathedral ceilings add to the style of the home.
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\\nInterviewer: Hey everyone and welcome to the Panelized Prefab Kit Home Building Show. With me as always is the President and Founder of Landmark Home and Land Company, a company which has been helping people build their new homes where they want exactly as they want across the nation and worldwide since 1993. Steve Tuma. Steve, how are you doing my friend?
\\nSteve Landmark: Excellent. How are you doing today?
\\nInterviewer: Good.  I thought today we might hit upon the topic of design ideas and just the best \\u2013 the way to get the best home possible when you start out and start thinking about how you want to plan your home project.
\\nFor one thing, we always talk about facing windows the right way, things like that. So I would like to get your opinion on how best to take advantage of let\\u2019s say the views around your land. Positioning the home itself on the land with windows, porches, things like that. So why don\\u2019t you run by some ideas for us on how Landmark can help us make that happen.
\\nSteve Landmark: Yeah, we\\u2019re very flexible in the planning processes. But I think the point that needs to be made is typically a land will have a focal point, whether it\\u2019s in a city lot. Maybe it\\u2019s just the location. It\\u2019s easy to get somewhere. Maybe it\\u2019s literally a focal point of a mountain range, a waterfront situation or whatever it is.
\\nSo it\\u2019s good to take time in the planning phases to make sure that the value of the lot is achieved and the lakefront or waterfront lots, you\\u2019re probably paying a premium compared to a lot without a view.
\\nSo a lot of people want to take advantage of that and sometimes people come in and say, \\u201cHey, here\\u2019s the plan that I want. It\\u2019s not taking advantage of the view.\\u201d
\\nSo we always like to work with people to see what the site is like. What are you achieving there? Is it just flat land? An ex-cornfield in the Midwest? Is it a city lot, a 50 by 100 where you\\u2019re pretty restricted on what you can do? But also what is a view if you are in an area with mountains or water or trees or sunsets and sunrises, whatever it may be? So we could take advantage of that so that people\\u2019s enjoyment of the land and the home is improved. But it will also help in the resale value.
\\nAmazingly, a lot of those things will also affect the energy efficiency. You know, I brought up the sunrise. If you\\u2019ve got a very strong Southern-facing home, it\\u2019s going to affect the way your home is insulated and the heating systems. So there\\u2019s a lot of details that we\\u2019ve got to tie together to make sure that a house design is proper. It\\u2019s the comfort \\u2013 you know, you liking the floor plan, being able to get in your driveway easy, trying to get in your garage easily. But also the energy efficiency of it as well.
\\nSo that\\u2019s an important thing for people to take a step back and we can help them with that. But to be able to go through and say, \\u201cHey, what\\u2019s happening here?\\u201d and some people can envision it. Others will need a little more help. But that\\u2019s pretty simple to do on the design phases. We can sort different details out, make suggestions on window sizes, make suggestions where to put porches, where to put garage entries and different details like that so that the property flows well. It makes a more comfortable living.
\\nInterviewer: Yeah, that makes sense. Now, I\\u2019m sure this has probably happened a few times. Maybe a lot of times. I don\\u2019t know. But what if someone comes to you and says, \\u201cLook, we like to entertain.\\u201d We want to design a house about \\u2013 around \\u2013 like say you have big family events. You know, people getting together a lot or you\\u2019re the kind of family that likes to barbecue a l...'