Thank you Gene for your feedback. 
 
	 
 
	My client is in the Auston area up on a hill overlooking a lake.  There is a home there now, but it is coming down and the slab will be expanded a little bit.  I believe we are going to stick-frame 2x6 walls and trusses.  It will not be anything crazy, just a nice comfortable place to keep his wife happy and she doesn't like it here in Florida, but he is not leaving.  So they will play between the two homes.  If I can't find someone to sign off, he might go for your suggested option.
 
	 
 
	Thanks,