It's March, 2016. How is your build progressing?
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8 years ago
Laurel Warner
8 years agoIt's been a while since I posted, but as of yesterday they have installed all the drywall, and should be starting mudding and taping today or at least sometime this week. I estimate we are about 2.5 months from completion or so. I haven't ever posted any pics of the house, so I think I should rectify that. We are building in Wasilla, AK. These are of earlier stages. We now have garage doors for sure! I'll get more drywall pictures when we go when it's light.
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It's March- How is your build progressing?
Comments (81)Some impressive homes here! My parents are building on a much smaller, simpler scale than most of those shown in this thread. They elected to go with a builder that will do most of the work himself vs one that subbed everything out. Upside is that it will save them money and the GC is always on-site and giving his full attention to this project. Downside is that it will take a while to complete many of the stages. At the same time, going slowly, we have been able to make many changes and really think things over where it might have been too late with a quick build (or too late to do it without incurring an additional cost). I am going out about twice a week now to take pictures and keeping them in an online album. My parents live on the land and see it everyday, so they didn't see any reason to take any pictures, but now they are seeing how it is nice to have a record of it and to be able to share the progress with the family. A lot of the pictures don't really mean anything unless you know exactly what you are looking at, but hopefully they are almost to the stage where things will really start coming together. I have floor plans in the slide show, but they are not exact. The plans were drawn off my plans but I never bothered to have the builder send me an electronic copy. To make an easy to read version, I had done it up in 6" blocks. Easy to read, but obviously not to scale as our interior wall are not 6" thick, etc. However, it should be close enough for people to get a general idea of the layout. The link below takes you to the album. Or you can copy/paste this URL into your browser for the slideshow version. http://outdoors.webshots.com/slideshow/579912333NLBTfE Here is a link that might be useful: Link to Album...See MoreIt's February, 2016. How is your build progressing?
Comments (90)Originally, I was told I'd be moving in for the holidays, and I don't mean the upcoming St. Patrick's day -- I knew this wouldn't happen, and there's been a lot of Waiting for Permits / Waiting for Inspections -- which in a small town with a population less than 600 means the town offices have severely limited hours. My broken ankle didn't help matters much either -- during the 3.5 - 4 months of severe down time at my end, I got up there a total of once. However, I've now been there twice in two weeks, yay team. I'd picked out a lot of stuff for the kitchen last summer. Had to jump through hoops to get the kitchen wood-look tile I really really wanted... after ordering about 15 samples of other stuff that when you see it in person, just didn't work out. When I ordered it last December it seemed to have been discontinued, but a call placed to South Cypress found that it had simply been moved to a different "line". I have it, now. I also picked out two quartz countertops from Consentino last summer. They still have the Eco Luna, which I love. However, the Silestone Olive Green is no longer in production. I'm ordering a sample of Silestone Tea Leaf, to see if this works for me. This is it: https://shop.cosentino.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/slide_16.jpg The other counter top: http://www.silestoneusa.com/colors/color/luna/ You fine folks here convinced me to go with silgranit sinks. I'm ordering the main sink and the prep sink both in biscotti -- here's the main one: http://www.efaucets.com/detail.asp?product_id=441595 and the prep one: http://www.efaucets.com/detail.asp?Product_Id=441219. (AND you guys convinced me to put in a prep sink....) I do believe my GC is going for the best quality possible. It's just taking forever. This is quality pine backing for my lower kitchen cabinet/drawers, being custom built by GC. GC doesn't understand the whole "drawer" ambiance, but thanks to you folks, I'm pushing for them. Fridge will go to the opening in the left. Counters will be 38" tall, because I'm 6'1". Ceiling vents, not required by code, but helpfully useful none the less....See MoreIt's May, 2016. How is your build progressing?
Comments (141)Saturday, May 28th! The guest bedroom has been painted! (First coat only). I love it, and it works well with the ceiling paint I chose! This photo is the most color-accurate of the lot. Wall color: Sherwin Williams Whole Wheat. Ceiling: Sherwin Williams Canvas Tan, a warm white to be used throughout the house. View is out through the hallway (also Canvas Tan) into the master. And here you see the wall color - a little less accurately -- with the future floorboard sample: In other news, I brought up the lights for the kitchen (a set over the prep area, and another set over the main sink). I'll have them hang down from the cathedral ceiling to a level of 7.5 feet above floor. I still need to pick out ceiling fans with lights. Arrgghh, decisions!! Going through the brochure, most are pretty pug-ugly, and I also wonder how I'll be changing bulbs from the ground. Most are encased in glass enclosures, so the ole stick the elongaged lightbulb changer up there isn't going to help. I planted the garden. Well, I put in my cannas tubers and calla lily bulbs, behind the garage next to the dining area. The GC has to finish grading the area, but he's got space to work with without disturbing the plants. I also left plenty of room -- even more than he said he needed -- so he can finish off the outside of the house. The bamboo (and other) stakes are marking off parameters. I amended the soil with organic topsoil and compost - did you know a lot of purchased topsoil comes from disturbed regions of the country, disturbed by events such as hurricanes, which indiscriminately mix up who knows what? As the very front of the plot will eventually be given to cooking herbs, I care about this! Here, the topsoil/compost mixture has been added. Here, the plants have been placed, and more defining stakes have been added. And the ground watered -- I have running water, if only from a hose! The outer edges define this eventual relatively-flat garden space. Those two little stakes are the line for the calla lilies, and the cannas tubers are behind. I went home that evening, and missed out on some friends who'd driven up from New York to surprise me -- I guess that surprised them! Anyhow, Sunday: I started staining some units for my closets. After checking out the closet planner on Easy Closets and getting some great ideas, I decided I could save a ton of money by doing my own useful shelving. Two tall narrow shelves I'd just purchased, and a pre-existing dresser my father left with me back about twelve years ago got called into service, and stained. Unfortunately, even outside, the oil based stain I used on the tall shelves got to me -- hot day, the air not moving -- so I went back and bought a water based one for the dresser. I'll be putting them in different closets, so the color change doesn't matter. There are two of these, and they will go to the edges of a four-foot deep closet. The dresser drawers -- the body was hard to move so I stained that inside my garage -- will go into a similar closet. Unfortunately, before I took the drawers inside yesterday evening, a rude bird had decided to drop a little doot on one of the drawers. I'll see how I can fix that today, when it stops raining....See MoreIt's July, 2016- How is your build progressing?
Comments (207)I read on another thread that you sold your condo and are currently renting while waiting for your build to begin. I hope you don't mind my asking why you sold your condo so early in the process Thankfully, we could easily cover two mortgages but that wasn't the reason. Our market in FL was hot last year and the year before and with the election etc. we felt it was better to sell when we knew the market was hot, rather than wait. Additionally in our downtown area, there is a tremendous amount of building going on. Seven new condos are going up around us and the general rule is people prefer new even though those familiar with our area, know that our building is one of the most desirable and well run in the city. Plus with all the new condo's going up, we think there's going to be a glut on the market. We also lucked out that we were able to rent one of the condos in our building that didn't sell, so moving was relatively easy....See More
Brooks Barnes
8 years agoMy second March update, the block layers started today. They think they will finish tomorrow but I can't see it happening before Thursday.
PROMissi Smith Design Co.
8 years agoInstallation has started on my cabinets ... I am so happy! Really beginning to look like a home.
Rustic open shelves going between cabinets. Openings will have chicken wire.
Laundry room/My Office area are also being installed. Cabinets are navy blue.
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8 years ago oakhidden
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8 years agoartemis_ma
8 years agocpartist
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Harris Lawn & Garden
8 years agoFirst post, but been an avid follower of this post. We have started our build of the Apple moor plan by Don Gardner. Scheduled to close sometimes in June. Well here are the pics:
What the finished house will look like.
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Harris Lawn & Garden
8 years agoFirst post, but been an avid follower of this post. We have started our build of the Apple moor plan by Don Gardner. Scheduled to close sometimes in June. Well here are the pics:
What the finished house will look like.
sail_away
8 years agoscone911
8 years agoWell, we are taking the first few tentative steps. We decided to do this as a "bank job," so DH is getting the financial paperwork together. The house is to be built in Kennebunkport, south of Portland, Maine. We went out to the land this weekend, and took some quick snaps.
Goose Rocks Beach in Kennebunkport:
Clock Tower Farm in Kennebunkport:
Long Beach in York:
autumncolor
8 years ago
Alicia Brooks
8 years agocpartist
8 years agomartine81684
8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoWe are 6-7 weeks behind but can see the light at the end of the bedroom hallway!
Sunny Days
8 years ago
ILoveRed
8 years agoWe are going ahead with our retirement home even though dh is not ready for retirement. We have to raze our old lake house, which is scheduled to happen in a few weeks. So I have to get the house cleaned out. Most of the stuff isn't worth keeping, so it shouldn't be too hard. Our architect is buying the spiral staircase and a lot of the wood :-)
after the house is down, we have to get the work done by the shore before starting the house. We will see how quickly things happen. Honestly, I'm not in a hurry.
the view (and my cute grandson)
The house
This is a plan by an architect in NC that is tailored to our needs...basement , etc.
happy to join you fine folks.
cpartist
8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoILoveRed
8 years agonoworries22
8 years agocp--so very sorry for all you have been through.
Houses are looking good.
Trim is all done and we are in the painting stage. Finally. Should be done by Saturday. The concrete porches were poured last week since we finally got the right temps. Now we can get the siding put on.
CSKI 13
8 years agoGot a big surprise today: my husband called as I was getting ready to leave work and said the house had been staked! Yippie!!! And we're off....
View from the future entry and great room
View from the future kitchen/eating nook
County is coming out tomorrow (yes, Saturday) to verify and issue building permit. Very excited to finally begin our building journey.- PRO
Mountain MT Homes LLC
8 years ago midwest gal
8 years agoartemis_ma
8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoI went up to my future home twice in the past two weeks -- electric is all signed off, and now the GC is working on the cabinetry -- he's doing this himself -- and some subs are putting in the drywall. (So far they've only done the kitchen.)
I wanted more drawers than he's doing for the lowers, but I should have enough -- and besides the cabinets will have adjustable shelves.
My ankle is good enough that I can walk around the back of the house! Note the poles for the back deck. We discussed two rooms for the basement -- the location for the root cellar, and the location for the workshop. He's saying he may have to insulate the workshop since it is being enclosed from the rest of the basement, but I wonder why he needs to bother -- the only reason I am enclosing that as a room is because I don't want cats lacerating their tongues on stained glass shards! As for the root cellar, it's a root cellar, and he agrees that one shouldn't be insulated... the benefit IS from being ambient underground temperature.
We also discussed topography for the immediate back yard. I want to bring up bulbs and corms in May to plant next to the back of the garage, since i don't want to leave them with the current home when I sell...
Interior shots:
From the dining room over the peninsula. Cab will open out into dining room, will hold placemats, table linens, and outside deck dining ware. Closer in will be the trash/recycling pullout (opening into kitchen), then sink, then DW. There will be one upper cab for coffee, tea, coffee mugs (the counter itself will house the beverage station -- coffee maker, grinder, and sodastream.)
Looking south: range, then drawers and cabinets -- I actually wanted two sets of drawers here, but, okay. The final spot is the prep sink.
This is looking into the pantry. I provided GC with the pantry design yesterday. I'd measured the space for the stand alone freezer and gave it plenty of additional space to move in and out. This will be all shelves, no cabs or drawers. Top shelf will be 75" from ground, and 12 inches deep -- I'm six foot one so this works for me. The shelf/counter in front of the window will be for landing space only (about 15 or so inches deep), and I will install a dark blind there to protect food from intense sunny days. (Faces south.)
On the sheetrocked wall, there will be drawer lowers, and an upper cabinet to house condiments. The indent is for the fridge. Nothing over the fridge.
Indent for the fridge, followed by a cab, and one will reach in there to attain the corner... I'm going to lay out cookie sheets and oversized platters in there. I don't use either all that much. Above that will be three shelves for cookbooks. Then on the north wall, drawers, cabs, cabs, and (out of photo) another set of drawers). Then a blank segment of wall maybe 18-20 inches -- clock and pre-existing spice racks. Above the drawers and cabs will be upper cabs -- the one closest to the dishwasher will house my daily plates and such. My microwave will also hang out ON the counter on the right. Handy to nuke food and go sit in the dining area or go outside to eat.
I'm really pleased with the joinery work!
artemis_ma
8 years agoscone911
8 years agocpartist
8 years agodazureus
8 years agoWe're finally getting the trusses and roof decking up! The crew also cleaned up the basement and started finishing off the turret. It looked great until I realized that the window bucks were way too small for our windows. Always double check the work!
Clean basement!
Here's a panoramic of the view from the turret. It has views from the front to the back of the house, and both sides of the peninsula.
cpartist
8 years ago
Casa Di Villani
8 years agocpartist
sorry to read about your loss.Missi Smith
I love your great room! We are going for a similar look with the cathedral
ceiling. The kitchen is also really beautiful.dazureus
good advice on always double checking the work. Our carpenters made a few
errors with some measurement, thankfully minor things that they have since been
fixed. Your place looks great.We making progress on our house build. The exterior and interior walls have been framed in and the first stage of the roof truss system has been installed.
Casa Di Villani · More InfoIt's been nice to be able to actually walk through the rooms and see the bungalow we designed come to life!
The site is a bit of a muddy mess though, but I will take it over the snow we recently had.
Progress posts continuing at www.casadivillani.blogspot.com
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Missi Smith Design Co.
8 years ago scone911
8 years agozorroslw1
8 years agoscone911
8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoKatie salard
8 years agoSo excited to finally get to join this discussion!!! Closed on construction loan today! Building permit is approved, utility pole is up, and first of materials delivered! We are getting started! Now to pray the next 2 days of rain aren't as heavy as expected.
This is our first home so its already been a huge learning process but we are ready. 7 acres total- about half cleared. House is just under 2500 living/3800 total with porches and garage. 3 bed 2.5 bath.
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