1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:01,760 Speaker 1: Let's say good morning now to the host of Home 2 00:00:01,840 --> 00:00:05,560 Speaker 1: on KFI, the house whisper, Dean Sharp. Morning, Dean. 3 00:00:06,040 --> 00:00:09,280 Speaker 2: That sounded like a dish IMPACHATORI impaatre. 4 00:00:10,080 --> 00:00:14,680 Speaker 1: I love it. Okay, So Dean, you too can be 5 00:00:14,960 --> 00:00:17,439 Speaker 1: a house whisperer. Oh yeah, I mean we know you 6 00:00:17,720 --> 00:00:20,320 Speaker 1: already are. But maybe how how do we channel our 7 00:00:20,360 --> 00:00:22,680 Speaker 1: inner house whisper when it comes to things for our 8 00:00:22,720 --> 00:00:23,120 Speaker 1: own home? 9 00:00:23,400 --> 00:00:27,480 Speaker 2: Well, you know what, it's just about learning the methodology 10 00:00:27,640 --> 00:00:31,240 Speaker 2: behind it. It really is. And it's not about, you know, 11 00:00:31,520 --> 00:00:34,559 Speaker 2: house whispering, per se. It's just about good house design. 12 00:00:34,920 --> 00:00:38,760 Speaker 2: And I started a series back in January. We did 13 00:00:38,840 --> 00:00:41,360 Speaker 2: our first installment on January fourth. We're going to do 14 00:00:41,400 --> 00:00:44,360 Speaker 2: our second installment of this series, Designing Like a House 15 00:00:44,360 --> 00:00:47,760 Speaker 2: Whisper this Sunday. And you know, I mean, if I 16 00:00:48,360 --> 00:00:50,680 Speaker 2: was a magician at the Magic Castle, they would kick 17 00:00:50,680 --> 00:00:53,639 Speaker 2: me out because I'm showing all the secrets to all 18 00:00:53,680 --> 00:00:56,600 Speaker 2: the tricks. Right, I'm like that guy in the mask. Right, 19 00:00:56,640 --> 00:01:00,000 Speaker 2: everybody's upset because I'm like showing you how this trick 20 00:01:00,240 --> 00:01:02,760 Speaker 2: is done. They're not really tricks, they are, in fact, 21 00:01:03,280 --> 00:01:07,680 Speaker 2: fundamentals of really good design. And this weekend we're talking 22 00:01:07,720 --> 00:01:12,840 Speaker 2: about orientation and situation maybe the most fundamental approach that 23 00:01:12,880 --> 00:01:15,720 Speaker 2: you take to your house, meaning taking a look at 24 00:01:15,760 --> 00:01:20,800 Speaker 2: the property and the house and figuring out exactly how 25 00:01:20,840 --> 00:01:24,520 Speaker 2: it's sitting on the lot, what's the topography of the lot, 26 00:01:25,200 --> 00:01:28,840 Speaker 2: what direction your house is facing, which shockingly a lot 27 00:01:28,920 --> 00:01:34,040 Speaker 2: of folks don't really have a strong sense about in 28 00:01:34,120 --> 00:01:37,120 Speaker 2: relationship to the path of the sun across the sky, 29 00:01:37,240 --> 00:01:40,680 Speaker 2: which is key in house design. And by understanding those 30 00:01:40,720 --> 00:01:45,399 Speaker 2: things and by really looking at the factors around your 31 00:01:45,440 --> 00:01:49,760 Speaker 2: property and the house itself, this is where we get 32 00:01:49,800 --> 00:01:54,680 Speaker 2: to decide what's actually the areas that need the most attention. 33 00:01:54,800 --> 00:01:56,840 Speaker 1: Okay, so I have a question for you. So you're 34 00:01:56,880 --> 00:01:59,800 Speaker 1: not only talking about new construction, where you're talking about existing. 35 00:01:59,440 --> 00:02:03,200 Speaker 2: Houses especially I mean new construction. This should be a 36 00:02:03,200 --> 00:02:06,320 Speaker 2: given right. We should not be approaching a piece of 37 00:02:06,360 --> 00:02:10,160 Speaker 2: property without fully understanding the property and all of these things. 38 00:02:10,200 --> 00:02:13,640 Speaker 2: But this is most important to folks who already have 39 00:02:13,720 --> 00:02:17,240 Speaker 2: a house, because and you might be scratching your head thinking, well, Okay, 40 00:02:17,400 --> 00:02:19,360 Speaker 2: the house is there, so what what am I gonna 41 00:02:19,400 --> 00:02:21,160 Speaker 2: do about it now? And I think you and I 42 00:02:21,240 --> 00:02:25,280 Speaker 2: have talked about this before. One of the biggest opportunities 43 00:02:25,280 --> 00:02:28,080 Speaker 2: that you have with a tract home. That, which is 44 00:02:28,160 --> 00:02:32,079 Speaker 2: what most people live in, is one of their biggest weaknesses. 45 00:02:32,120 --> 00:02:34,840 Speaker 2: Dealing with their biggest weakness, which is the attract home 46 00:02:35,560 --> 00:02:40,720 Speaker 2: is designed without relationship to the property that it's sitting on. Okay, 47 00:02:41,240 --> 00:02:44,280 Speaker 2: it's got it was designed in a studio. About four 48 00:02:44,320 --> 00:02:47,680 Speaker 2: floor plans, Right, tracts are you know, kind of deceptive, Right, 49 00:02:47,720 --> 00:02:49,760 Speaker 2: it looks like there's a bunch of different kinds of homes. 50 00:02:49,760 --> 00:02:53,400 Speaker 2: But in most track developments there are four floor plans, 51 00:02:53,720 --> 00:02:56,200 Speaker 2: and then they're gonna throw on, you know, three or 52 00:02:56,200 --> 00:02:59,160 Speaker 2: four different facades on each of those, which makes it 53 00:02:59,200 --> 00:03:01,760 Speaker 2: look like you see four times four, that would be 54 00:03:01,880 --> 00:03:04,920 Speaker 2: sixteen different houses. And then you're gonna take some of 55 00:03:04,960 --> 00:03:08,239 Speaker 2: those plans, you're gonna flip them, you know, left to right. 56 00:03:09,040 --> 00:03:11,240 Speaker 2: So now it looks like we've got thirty two different 57 00:03:11,320 --> 00:03:13,880 Speaker 2: houses in the neighborhood. We really have four. We have four. 58 00:03:14,400 --> 00:03:19,880 Speaker 2: And those four houses appear in every orientation. You may 59 00:03:19,880 --> 00:03:22,440 Speaker 2: be living in one where the front door is facing 60 00:03:22,520 --> 00:03:26,240 Speaker 2: north or south, or east or west. You might have 61 00:03:26,240 --> 00:03:27,639 Speaker 2: one at the end of a call to sac, or 62 00:03:27,680 --> 00:03:30,200 Speaker 2: you might have one that's soldiered in along with all 63 00:03:30,200 --> 00:03:32,720 Speaker 2: the other houses on a straight street, all of this 64 00:03:33,560 --> 00:03:38,560 Speaker 2: without changing the position of windows and doors and the 65 00:03:38,560 --> 00:03:41,680 Speaker 2: way that light enters the house, and by understanding how 66 00:03:41,720 --> 00:03:45,160 Speaker 2: yours is sitting. If we really want our best shot 67 00:03:45,200 --> 00:03:48,880 Speaker 2: at transforming this place, we might be thinking first and 68 00:03:48,920 --> 00:03:52,720 Speaker 2: foremost before we, you know, remodel the guest bathroom, we 69 00:03:52,840 --> 00:03:56,640 Speaker 2: might be thinking about, all right, there's the sun. How 70 00:03:56,680 --> 00:03:58,880 Speaker 2: do we let more light into this house. 71 00:04:00,040 --> 00:04:02,240 Speaker 1: That's a big one, because I know that I've The 72 00:04:02,560 --> 00:04:06,080 Speaker 1: place where I'm living now gets late afternoon sun, but 73 00:04:06,160 --> 00:04:08,720 Speaker 1: in the morning it's just dark, and I miss having 74 00:04:09,120 --> 00:04:11,320 Speaker 1: I mean, I'm not there right now, but on the weekends, 75 00:04:11,600 --> 00:04:14,400 Speaker 1: I miss having the light coming into the house. 76 00:04:14,920 --> 00:04:18,960 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's it's really really important. And we can't solve 77 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:21,160 Speaker 2: every problem sometimes when it comes to that, but we 78 00:04:21,240 --> 00:04:24,200 Speaker 2: at least need to know what the problems are. And 79 00:04:24,240 --> 00:04:26,000 Speaker 2: Tina and I live in a track home, a very 80 00:04:26,080 --> 00:04:29,320 Speaker 2: very old track home belt back in the fifties and 81 00:04:30,240 --> 00:04:34,600 Speaker 2: not a good one either. But when we first approached 82 00:04:34,680 --> 00:04:37,200 Speaker 2: this little house that we live in, we went through 83 00:04:37,240 --> 00:04:40,560 Speaker 2: the same process we do it. I did it yesterday 84 00:04:40,600 --> 00:04:43,040 Speaker 2: for a client in Beverly, Glenn This is the exact 85 00:04:43,080 --> 00:04:45,679 Speaker 2: same process that we walk through. And in our case, 86 00:04:45,960 --> 00:04:48,040 Speaker 2: you know, we were planning a major remodel of this 87 00:04:48,120 --> 00:04:50,280 Speaker 2: little old house because nothing had been done to it 88 00:04:50,360 --> 00:04:55,400 Speaker 2: ever forever. And since we're already planning on remodeling the kitchen, 89 00:04:55,480 --> 00:04:58,360 Speaker 2: gutting a kitchen and remodeling it, okay, that's a that's 90 00:04:58,400 --> 00:05:02,400 Speaker 2: a big endeavor. We were planning on doing that as well. 91 00:05:02,440 --> 00:05:06,679 Speaker 2: And guess what, moving the kitchen from the east side 92 00:05:06,680 --> 00:05:09,279 Speaker 2: of the house to the west side of the house, 93 00:05:09,360 --> 00:05:13,159 Speaker 2: you know, about twenty feet to the other side. It 94 00:05:13,320 --> 00:05:16,200 Speaker 2: sounds like a big deal, but you're already planning on 95 00:05:16,279 --> 00:05:19,960 Speaker 2: spending tens of thousands of dollars on cabinetry and countertop 96 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:23,640 Speaker 2: and tile, and moving a kitchen about twenty feet in 97 00:05:23,680 --> 00:05:27,159 Speaker 2: that direction may cost maybe a couple thousand dollars more, 98 00:05:27,200 --> 00:05:30,280 Speaker 2: which is a fractional amount in the overall budget that 99 00:05:30,320 --> 00:05:34,040 Speaker 2: you've set and is a game changer. It made all 100 00:05:34,480 --> 00:05:37,480 Speaker 2: the difference. And that's because of light and access and 101 00:05:37,560 --> 00:05:37,960 Speaker 2: all of that. 102 00:05:38,080 --> 00:05:40,520 Speaker 1: Okay, And you're going to be digging into this on 103 00:05:40,680 --> 00:05:41,960 Speaker 1: Sunday from nine to noon. 104 00:05:42,240 --> 00:05:42,839 Speaker 2: Yes, ma'am. 105 00:05:42,880 --> 00:05:46,120 Speaker 1: You can also hear Dean on Saturday from six to 106 00:05:46,160 --> 00:05:48,480 Speaker 1: eight am. It's our house whisper Dean Sharp. You can 107 00:05:48,520 --> 00:05:53,120 Speaker 1: follow him as well at home with Dean. Thank you, Dean, 108 00:05:53,200 --> 00:05:54,239 Speaker 1: have a wonderful weekend. 109 00:05:54,480 --> 00:05:55,200 Speaker 2: Go Seahawks. 110 00:05:55,360 --> 00:05:57,080 Speaker 1: Okay, yep, I'm with you on that one.