November 2023 - How's your build going
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Comments (62)Oh, my, such beautiful homes!! And such inspirations for the rest of us just getting started. Our home will be a modest ranch with finished basement (2600' on each floor). We are in the same stage as you, Billybaroo (love your view!). And we indeed had water problems too. 7" of rain in one day, and hitting a spring (which was a surprise). This is what our excavation looked like. But after about $11,000 in overruns for the waterproofing and drainage fixes, we have this. Well and septic are in, and geothermal was done last week. Would have loved to have pics, but unfortunately we couldn't be there that day. Things are on hold now -- it's deer hunting season here in N. Wisconsin. Siding and windows are ordered. Trying to decide on what roof to get. We'd love to have a Metro steel roof, but it is an upgrade of $20,000, and at our age, not sure that is worth it. Decisions, decisions!...See MoreIt's November 2015 - How is your build progressing?
Comments (165)Thanks for the support everyone. I'm deducting the cost of the mirror from my payment to the builder. It just feels so violating. I went over yesterday (Sunday) to install a shower curtain bar and found that the thief has been at it again. The builder had cleaned out my garage, which looks great (sealed floors = shiny and not covered in debris anymore). There are a few extra pieces of random tiles that have been collected into a corner out there. I *know* (because I was thinking of returning it to the supplier) that there was an entire box of Ann Sacks Lucien metallics tile out there. Now there are only 8 pieces. I can't return the tile anymore because partial case. I'll probably just keep the pieces in case something happens to the backsplash but who in the world steals 4 pieces of tile? That doesn't even make sense! What is anyone going to do with 4 6" arabesque tiles? I mean, that is not really a financial loss to me but with everything else being locked up I feel like this thief is thinking he's just NOT going to walk away empty handed and takes the only thing he can get his hands on... Whatever. I just want my house to be locked because the keys are in MY hands. Then this nonsense can end. And security system, pronto. In other news, the house is really gorgeous. I only made one design decision I don't totally love and it's just paint so I'm in good spirits over most of it. No occupancy, continued delays due to frozen ground with getting our landscaping in which is preventing occupancy....See MoreIt's November 2017: How is Your Build?
Comments (151)Vinmarks - our contractor and plumber said that our 20 gpm was good, so I would think your 30 gpm is good, too. I have no clue about the rest of it. I think it means your well is 585' and you have 80' of water (static water level), but I may be wrong. Amber - your fireplace is very pretty! CP - any updates on your issues? DH and I spent 3 hours with the cabinet maker yesterday. We already had our layout from an earlier meeting, so this was to finalize selections. Cabinet maker wanted me to pick out hardware so they could order samples to make sure it's really what I want. I wanted black hardware in the kitchen. After 2 hours, we finally settled on something from Top Knobs, the pull is black, but the knob is "matte black". No single manufacturer had a pull and knob in black that we liked... or if we found a pull we liked, it didn't come in black (that was the case for almost everything we found). They're ordering a sample of each plus the cabinet latch (we could only find black that we liked from Van Dyke's) so we can see them, but I don't think I'll be changing my mind. Wiring for the alarm system and cameras is finishing up today. Hopefully the other subs will be finishing up in the next couple weeks so insulation and sheetrock can start....See MoreIt's November 2021!! How is your build going?
Comments (419)@K H Have you looked into cork? It has great properties and I loved having it in our basement. I have seen it for prices as low as $3.00 sq.ft. Also, we've had carpet in the basement. It's definitely not something that I would recommend. Though our basement was "dry," we had water infiltration occur due to a broken sprinkler (chipmunks were chipmunking!). Because it was hidden for quite a bit of time, we didn't notice any problem until small spots of mold showed up in a closet. When we pulled up the carpet in that area, it was a horrible, moldy, soggy mess! After that, we replaced all of the carpet in the basement with floating vinyl floors. If we had not been on a budget and, also, preparing to sale, we would have gone with cork instead. For our current build, we plan on using Marmoleum. But, cork will always be high on my list for basement flooring--especially with loud and wild kiddos! ETA: if cork is not an option, the floating vinyl is more appealing due to noise absorption and the "softer" feel underfoot. But, because of some of the inherent issues with vinyl, I would probably take the risk with engineered wood if the basement is dry. Ultimately, rugs would help warm of the space, help with sound reduction, and soften the feeling....See MoreCarissa
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