God these framers are fucking slow. Concrete guys were able to pour the basement this week though, also got a pic of the tray in the garage for the eventual lift 
🏡 Better Homes The "Custom House Build" Thread
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Damn, good call. I should have put a tray in the bay that will get the lift, but I didn't think of it. fuck!
I kind of didn’t need it, but the framers were able to make it work so why not lol. That bay is 12’ high where the tray is
Just got word the framing crew is up to 5 people (from 3 previously), one of which used to work as part of this crew so he just hit the ground running. They should be making hay over the next two weeks with this awesome weather. By this weekend I should have some pics that include the roofline which I'm jacked about, I love the way the roof of this house came out. Complex AF but it looks good.
Locking in the flooring order this saturday AM, then meeting the builder at the lot to review a few trees that still need to be removed.
Final cabinet and counter prices came in over budget by a little over 10%. Ope. Easily saved $6-9k going with the manufactured cabinets vs the custom guy though so whatever.
Locking in the flooring order this saturday AM, then meeting the builder at the lot to review a few trees that still need to be removed.
Final cabinet and counter prices came in over budget by a little over 10%. Ope. Easily saved $6-9k going with the manufactured cabinets vs the custom guy though so whatever.
When we were designing a house it was nuts how much the “smaller” things cost. Was a huge shock for sure. You always think yea the bathroom costs, the kitchen bla bla bla.
Some of our higher expenses were custom window boxes, high end trim above all windows and doors etc. like that shit added up to more than most peoples kitchens.
Makes you feel sick, but you can tell a higher quality home from your standard stuff. It’s worth the money.
I didn’t look through your whole build process (obv too late now if you didn’t do it) but the biggest wow factor we get from people are our ceilings and their height.
Our basement is poured a foot deeper than standard ones, our first floor ceiling is 1-2 feet higher than normal, and same with second floor. It really opens your space.
The downside? Holy hell good luck getting to your roof or gutters because it’s so high rofl.
Our basement is poured a foot deeper than standard ones, our first floor ceiling is 1-2 feet higher than normal, and same with second floor. It really opens your space.
The downside? Holy hell good luck getting to your roof or gutters because it’s so high rofl.
I highly doubt that. I just remodeled my whole kitchen which isnt large at all. Mid grade cabinets from Menards, mid grade appliances, mid grade vinyl floor and granite counters. Did everything myself except the counters and I was still around $15k.
3 grand wouldn’t even get you nice counter tops lol
High ceilings are the shit, and are the main reason I wanted to do a "1.5" story house where the master suite, and therefore most of the sq footage, is downstairs. The foyer and living room are 20' ceilings, and the walkway upstairs overlooks both. Master bedroom is cathedral ceiling, bedroom 2 (upstairs) is cathedral, bedrooms 3 and 4 are trayed (so 9' ceiling with a tray that bumps it to 10').
I just want this thing to be done lol. It's going to be such a change from my current cookie cutter box of a house.
Damnit Shawn, we're trying to give Conrad shit about being loaded and you had to go and bust us out.
House looks sick with the roof moving along. The location of the lot, angle of the house, design etc all worked out great, I love how it looks as you pull up
Locked in the flooring order today. Don’t have a final price but I’m pretty sure we’ll be well under budget based on the cost per ft.
No drone pics because rain
Upstairs bathroom colors, we changed our original flooring decision to this unique stone-looking one. Tub and shower tile will be white to offset the darker floors and cabinets
Locked in the flooring order today. Don’t have a final price but I’m pretty sure we’ll be well under budget based on the cost per ft.
No drone pics because rain
Upstairs bathroom colors, we changed our original flooring decision to this unique stone-looking one. Tub and shower tile will be white to offset the darker floors and cabinets
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We’ve gotten SUPER lucky with the weather. Roof will be on soon, within a couple weeks. Windows and garage door i’m less sure about
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