The young man who has $3000 as a legacy feels he can build.

His wife chooses the location near her friends whose houses she likes, and the architect is called in.

Do you wish back stairs?
Are you to keep three servants or none?
Do you wish the rooms separate or connecting?
All such questions find a blank stare.

"What difference does that make in the style and price ?" the would-be owner says.

The architect is not always able to show him that these little things are the whole problem in building a _home_.