HomeMy WebLinkAboutNarrative for Re-submittalNARRATIVE FOR REVISION AND CORRECTION 1
Our goal is to add a master suite to our property, which currently only has two
bedrooms. We also want to further enhance the historical nature of the home. We
feel that attaching the garage to the house with a hallway and adding an additional
bedroom directly above the existing garage will give the home a carriage house feel,
like many of the homes in the historical district.
When you look at the before and after pictures, you will see how the addition makes
the house feel like a complete home, similar to most of the historical homes in
Bozeman.
We have been in the process of approval with the City of Bozeman since February
26th in order to construct the master suite. The city has issues with the original
submittal, given the existing encroachment of eaves into the city ROW,. We are
submitting changes to the initial drawings in order to support the cities concern
over prior approved encroachment.
We are moving the garage back five feet from the property line, which aligns it with
the house. To move the garage back any further would impact the historical look of
the house and make it architecturally unsuitable. The hallway location from the
main house to the addition would stay the same as the original drawings, so the only
change in drawings is the entry door into Master Suite and the placement of the
garage on the property.
We are extending the current mudroom as shown on our original submittal. We
have eliminated the eaves from the current mudroom and the extension to the
mudroom to assure they are not extended into the ROW.
We are including the revised drawings to give an accurate position of the garage and
mudroom in relation to ROW, as well as the survey to confirm property lines.
We are asking to expedite this process as much as possible, given that we have been
in review since February 26th and were told on May 8th that the city will not allow
the building construction, as submitted. Our ability to build the Master Suite this
year is in jeopardy, given the process timeline to date.