the Big House

There was a man, a single man, unmarried bachelor, who works as a hairstylist to my Boss. His parents are retired fishmongers, who had worked their whole life selling fishes at the Fish Market. Apart from the hairstylist, the other children are all married and no longer attached to the parents.  

They are just 3 of them living together.

The retired fishmongers have bought 2 bungalow lots side by side at the Alamesra.  These 2 lots are to be joined to form 1 single bungalow lot, to accommodate a Big House soon to be built according to the requirement by the Alamesra management - all houses shall be built before December of 2014.

They are now our Clients.

The house design has been finalized and Building Plan has been submitted to DBKK. According to my Boss, the building as shown in the drawings is what the Clients want, and is the best the office can deliver.

I was very disappointed looking at the floor plans.  Bedroom 1, Bedroom 2, Bedroom 3, Bedroom 4, Bedroom 5, Bedroom 6 and a Master Bedroom.  All bedrooms are planned with attached bathroom. Living Room 1 and Living Room 2 on the ground floor and a huge Family Area on the upper floor.  Huge staircase with tiny study room next to it, many wide corridors and unnecessary balconies.  Just 2 car parking space.  Squarish outlook.

It is hard to believe that this is the house for 3 human beings.

Yet they intend to spend just 1.5M for the house, inclusive of interior furnishing.  

Money not enough.  So I have to reduce the floor areas from 760sq.m to 510sq.m.  No big deal since the changes are just on the drawings.

But, why at the first place, they want a 7 bedroom house?  The most they can occupy is 3 bedrooms.  The rest will be left vacant.  Are they not worry if the vacant rooms turn haunted?

Don't they know building has life span?  Building needs maintenance? 

Building ages with time.  It is not wise to build such a huge house just to avoid building cost inflation.  Of course most of all, big house is also a big waste of money and resources.  And who knows, due to the great physical distance from room to room, it might loosen the tie between family members?