Thread: New House Being Built

The house, finished, will be almost 2,900 square feet... without the garages. It is supposed to look something like this model when it is done. In the model, the two-car garage on the right has been turned into an office.

You build very fast, cheap, and...

Nenad. What do you consider cheap? This is certainly all I can afford.

My wife categorically stated that in the next house the garage will be for the cars.

Ah... but that is what this is for...

what I see in the pics worry me. that' looks like 2x4 exterior framing.

You are right. Several of the exterior walls are 2 x 4. However, I am not worried...

Had to do this in two posts... wouldn't allow all the images in one single post.



And this is the back of the house where some of the 2 x 6 stuff is located. I think we have a handle on the earthquake thingie out here. You could drive 20 miles distance around here and the elevation will only change by a couple of feet. I saw a mountain... once. What I find intriguing is the way water is plumbed into the houses these days...


This is a view from the inside of the workshop. Wall ain't goin' anywhere.

Bill,

This is kinda like watching a set of our scales come together. I'll be excited to see the finished product!

RT

Originally Posted by urleebird

Nenad. What do you consider cheap? This is certainly all I can afford.

By cheap, I mean the whole bulding process is a lot cheaper (fa$ster) than for building brick-concrete house. There is less man power (hour$), no heavy machinery doing digging and shifting lot'$ of earth, no concrete beams and column$, (and iron in them), waterproofing basement$, hand laying brick$, no concrete drying time, no wet proces$ mounted windows and doors, there is a lot more from thi$...

I absolutely love this slap-on process of building!

Oh, and you ARE cheap, too... charging 26$ for that Cracker Jack, that's cheap

Nenad

p.s. The model house looks great... keep us posted...

Originally Posted by rtaylor61

Bill,

This is kinda like watching a set of our scales come together. I'll be excited to see the finished product!

RT

Except if something does not look perfect I'll bet Bill won't be inclined to toss it in the trash and start over .

Originally Posted by superfly

By cheap, I mean the whole bulding process is a lot cheaper (fa$ster) than for building brick-concrete house.

My 2 doctor friends in India are building a block and mortar school to service 250 students for less than $35000, land included .

Too bad I can't do that here

Bill,
As a general contractor for 20 years (I still have my license, even thoughI don't build much anymore) I can say from the pictures it looks like they're doing a good job. They have all their earthquake bracing in place and the OSB (the chip wood panals) makes for good shear bracing. What kind of stucco are they putting on? If it's the foam panals with stucco over it, it will increase the R value of your insulation and help keep you warmer/cooler. I learned to build from my father. I did most all aspects of the house myself, framing, Plumbing, wiring, basically everything but drywall, HVAC and carpet/ linolium. I've been plumbing water into buildings like that sense I started. I buried my water lines a foot in the ground so they wouldn't be damaged when the concrete is poured. Looks Like it's going to be a beautiful home. Post some pics when it's done.

Thought I'd throw in the latest pic of the house. It's supposed to close escrow on the 26th of May. I think I've bought so many new tools, they may not all fit in the workshop

Originally Posted by urleebird

Thought I'd throw in the latest pic of the house. It's supposed to close escrow on the 26th of May. I think I've bought so many new tools, they may not all fit in the workshop

I'm confused...I thought THIS was the workshop!

Bill, very nice. When will my room be ready?

RT

It looks really nice Bill. I know it's probably all you can afford but over here in Europe (at least in the Netherlands). My parent's house is smaller than yours...around 20-25 years old and has a price tag on it (at the moment) of around.....400k(I think) in euro's...so that'd be around....uhm...over 600.000 dollars. Building a brick house is simply more expensive. That's why most houses over here are smaller as well.
To be fair though...we get GREAT heat/cold insulation and they're built like a pile of bricks héhéhé.