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[Whitey]

How many people today can say they built there own house?
let alone a nog.

Lots apparently.  I've had so many people tell me how they did the exact same thing.  Then they start asking me what "extras" I got becuase they think building a house is buying a lot in a development and picking option A, B, or C on what it looks like.  Its the difference between building a house and having a house built.

Kitchen tile progress, still have some cuts and need to grout:







 

[PhilStubbs]

we built my parents house. my dad got a construction loan and the whole family pitched in and built it in our free time. he borrowed $96k and it appraised for $250k, plus the work is much better than if a flock of mexicant's built it

[n/a mike]

tile looks good, but you missed a spot

[ratcityrex]

How many people today can say they built there own house?
let alone a nog.

Lots apparently.  I've had so many people tell me how they did the exact same thing.  Then they start asking me what "extras" I got becuase they think building a house is buying a lot in a development and picking option A, B, or C on what it looks like.  Its the difference between building a house and having a house built.

I've heard the same thing. I physically built 90% of my house. Only thing I subbed out was foundation, electrical, plumbing, mudding/taping/sanding and hvac. I payed someone to do it with me as there grunt/helper though.

[92CXyD]

How many people today can say they built there own house?
let alone a nog.

Lots apparently.  I've had so many people tell me how they did the exact same thing.  Then they start asking me what "extras" I got becuase they think building a house is buying a lot in a development and picking option A, B, or C on what it looks like.  Its the difference between building a house and having a house built.

I've heard the same thing. I physically built 90% of my house. Only thing I subbed out was foundation, electrical, plumbing, mudding/taping/sanding and hvac. I payed someone to do it with me as there grunt/helper though.

This is most likey what I would do is work with someone to build my future home. 

[rawr]

I paid 70k for mine and it was already done.

 No fucking way do I have the time or desire to do all that shit, lol.

I'll probably build a 2 car garage here soon, but I cringe at concrete prices.

[Whitey]

I paid 70k for mine and it was already done.

 No fucking way do I have the time or desire to do all that shit, lol.

I'll probably build a 2 car garage here soon, but I cringe at concrete prices.

I paid $32,183.50 for concrete alone....I cringed too.   It's the same as working on a car, some people want to do everything themselves and some just want to pay and not be bothered. 


Finishing the outside.  I'm not doing it, hired someone else to finish the entire outside.  It's a 3 week process and I don't know shit about stucco.  I could do the stone but its just not worth it due to time with winter coming

[rawr]

Oh, I'd love to be able to build one and have what I want. I looked into it thoroughly before I bought, but I couldn't justify the price difference with houses being dirt cheap around here.  I would have paid more for my land/permit/driveway than I paid for the house on an acre in town and had maybe half the house.


Outside is starting to look sweet and I like how your roof isnt cut up an obnoxious amount.

[ratcityrex]

Looking good. Window of nice weather is closing quick. Will be pretty nice when all done. You gonna try and be in by the holidays?

[Whitey]

Outside is starting to look sweet and I like how your roof isnt cut up an obnoxious amount.

The wife wanted the million hips and valleys.  She didn't want it to look like a rancher.  I wanted a roof that I can at least walk on and what you see is what we ended up with. Even the wife is happy with it so I guess it all worked out

Looking good. Window of nice weather is closing quick. Will be pretty nice when all done. You gonna try and be in by the holidays?

I'd like it done by October 12th.  That's my birthday and exactly 3 years since I officially settled on the land.  It'll be close since the 2 bathroom vanities aren't coming in for 3 weeks

[ratcityrex]

Damn man. Cutting it close. Where are you guys living now?

 My next house will be my last and final house. Probably going to pick up a chunk of land in the next year or two that's got a a piece of shit single wide or something on it and live in that while I construct the house. And then turn my current house that I'm in now into a rental.

[Whitey]

Damn man. Cutting it close. Where are you guys living now?

 My next house will be my last and final house. Probably going to pick up a chunk of land in the next year or two that's got a a piece of shit single wide or something on it and live in that while I construct the house. And then turn my current house that I'm in now into a rental.

Actually I know a guy who bought land, put a single wide on it and then built a house.  The single wide and all the B.S. that went along with it cost more than what he spent to build the house.  They'll treat the single wide like a permanent structure and make you put footers and all that other stuff on it. 

[ratcityrex]

I'm talking about buying a chunk of land that already has a single wide on it. There are pieces of land up here that have old shitty single wides and the sell it as "value is in the land"

[Whitey]

Brown coat of stucco is almost done.  You can start to see what the outside is going to look like.  All the grey will be stucco and the black is stone.  A second layer of brown coat will go on then the finish stucco will go on by the end of the week.  I'm thinking of putting a brickmolding trim around all the windows before the finish coat goes on.

[ratcityrex]

Looks good.

[crxvtec91]

Damn this thing looks amazing!

Is this your first time building/ home project? If so, google much???

[Whitey]

Damn this thing looks amazing!

Is this your first time building/ home project? If so, google much???

Thanks.  Yeah its my first home project but its been over 3 years of planning.  My good friend is a contractor and my dad is a retired electrican so between the two its a wealth of knowledge that really helped me out.  Now onto progress... 

Finish coat of stucco is going on, you can see the color.  Its a Parex color called "Sombrero" so the house is now Mexican:







Appliances are in.  I can now get crushed ice for my drinks:




Chandiler for the dining room:



Guest bathroom floor is grouted:



Starting on the master bath shower tile:





flame away...

[turbohf]

 

[ratcityrex]

Everything looks good except the fucking color of the stucco.

[Whitey]

Everything looks good except the fucking color of the stucco.

It's still wet so the color will change.  The chimeny was the first thing they did and that already looks different than the rest of the house.  Also, wait till the stone is on to judge.  It looks more orangish in the pictures than what it is.  But if you still don't like it when its done I'll burn the whole place down.

[Whitey]

Here's dry vs. wet. The chimey is what the whole house will look like and the wall is when it is just put up. Wait till the whole package comes together...

[snm95ls]

Place is looking pretty bitchin man.

Did you guys have some issues with the red paint covering well?  Looks a bit odd in the pic.

[ratcityrex]

Does look a lot better when dry. Looked real mexi when wet!

[PhilStubbs]

Finally, someone built a real shower. I gutted my master bath and built a badass shower, then finished the rest of the bathroom. I have never seen one similar till now

[Whitey]

Finally, someone built a real shower. I gutted my master bath and built a badass shower, then finished the rest of the bathroom. I have never seen one similar till now

From the beginning I wanted a nice big shower because that is what you use everyday.  Most bathrooms have huge tubs that you never use. 

Here's the finished shower tile:

[crxvtec91]

Whoa that looks GREAT!

[ratcityrex]

Fuck, that's A LOT of grout.......looks killer

[Whitey]

Thanks.  I'm still cleaning the grout off the tile.   I was the most worried about this tile turning out nice and I think it did.  Onto the hardwoods now:

[Ravage70]

Looks good! No basement?

[Whitey]

Looks good! No basement?

 2430sqft with 9' ceilings.  Won't be pretty for a while but at least its there

There's more pictures of the basement in the beginning of the thread