Get a licensed Architect and contractor as part of your team.

Then the fund will pay for survey, architect, engineering, geotech, landscape design and permit intake fees.

Not sure about your specific codes so check with an architect or someone more knowledgeable but typically one of those exist can be a little light well with a window about 5 ot 6 SF of open space.

(My background: I used to be an architect, and am currently a big interior design enthusiast.

Doctors, Lawyers, Architects, Hairdressers, etc...will spend thousands and thousands of dollars to educate themselves for their chosen career path...and think nothing of it.3 - When you add up 1 + 2 above, you should expect to pay for your career path knowledge as well. 

Like ordering a special Granite from Italy type thing.As mentioned above in the new construction bizz we are a small player the last 5 to 6 years at 20 to 35 homes a year.. that lands us though in the top 30 in Oregon.. the largest in our market DR HOrton builds 400 a year.. we are land squeezed big time in Oregon.. its not like other areas were land can be bought and large production building can occur a big subdivision is like our 90 unit one.. even though new construction builds well over 5k homes a year in the market its spread between a large amount of mom and pop 2 to 5 homes a years type of guys.. between Horton Lennar and 3 or 4 regionals they take up about 40% of the new build volume the rest is us little guys. we build all in for anywhere from 100 a foot to 130 a foot.. in Charleston where I am building in the historic district those 2 million dollar homes are 2500 sq ft.. lots are 500 to 600k  and it cost about 300 a foot to build to the BAR architectural standards. its can cost 75k just in architect fees to get plans approved.. whereas in Oregon I buy semi stock plans for under 2k a house.. but our building permits are 30 to 50k per house.. in Charleston building permits are 5k  so it kind of all averages out.. but so far so good.. and this does not include our fix and flip division and turnkey fundings between those two we do easy 100 to 150 a year of those in 11 markets.  

He'll clarify and ask questions he had where your architect wasnt specific enough.In Chicago, John will never call you back because John is incredibly busy with the work he already has.

It reflects a property with conditions severe enough to affect the safety, soundness, or structural integrity of the improvements.Quality Ratings and DefinitionsQ1 Dwellings with this quality rating are usually unique structures that are individually designed by an architect for a specified user.

A few things I plan on doing: Use an architect, especially since your idea is for a high-end, small destination home.  

Know an architect?