Wow, I'm eager to see your wood floors, man. Sounds like it'd be right up my alley.

 

Guys, I got to see this house in person today.

All I can say is WOW!!!!

 

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I am eager to see em as well buddy....picked out the color of the "stain" and the color of the cabinets and granite....and I hope they match/flow well....

and since i let my creativity run away with me, I asked the wife to pick all the colors

you are always kind like that Steve....you are more than welcome to park your lambo at the house

 

Yeah...Betty and I have a joke about colors...when she met me, I had painted my place like a billion bright colors. (like a true Mexican!). Then she picked a grayish green color that I hated...put it on the walls and was like...WHOAH...that's nice and soothing!

So now, if she picks a color I hate, I go with it...

 

^^^ ....hey a man has to experiment right

 

Are you going with a dark wood stain or light?

Whoa...whoa....not that type of thread dude.

 

^

Lucky...

 

 

I didnt even catch that comment

we are going with a darker stain on the floors and cabinets and trying to contrast it off with lighter granite....

come on down to KS buddy....

 

Hey Anil, any update on the build?

 

^^^ buddy I was just uploading some pix....give me 5 minutes and will post a full fledged update LOL

 

Day 48: Done with Plumbing/Electricals(including outlets/Phone/Cable/Ethernet) /Framing done....Next Step is insulation and dry-walling. - 09/16/2012

Here are some random pix:

This is the AC "pipes/tubes" which were used for the AC and return.


Almost all doors and windows are in...

Front entry door and the dining area


Great room and the fireplace


Breakfast Area with the Entry to the patio


Kitchen and the modified office/bedroom behind it aka Tyler's bedroom


The garage


View from the breakfast area LOL


View from the formal dining


The front entry door sidelight


Stairs to go up and down


Guest bedroom aka Matt and Melissa's room


Master Bath


My second fav part of the house...Master Closet


View from the Master Bed


As she sits right now






both my babies


i thought this pic was cool

 

just a tip for all...

when building and getting a quote, ADD ALLOWANCES....if you dont add allowances and go over it will be included in your home price, but if you add allowances, it helps you get a better discount upfront while negotiating....

we had only very few allowances when we signed the contract and got an overall discount of 6% of the full home price which i feel is very very nice....now we added around 5% of the home price back into the home with all the overages with Appliances and Tiles and Faucets and Carpet and Lighting....if i had this in the allowances in the beginning pushing my home price higher, I would have gotten a bigger break from the builder....

so my would be to add your allowances....even if you dont use all of them, they will be credited back to you

 

Haha perfect timing!

 

Progress looks great!

 

Thank you mah man....

Its been fun so far....

 

I'm almost all packed up, Anil. Expect the wife and I about mid October.
Seriously though...congrats again. I am in love with this place. 3 car garage...are you fkn kidding me...

 

^^^ you are more than welcome to come over buddy....

but by October I hope you meant next year as we wont get the house until December this year and i doubt you will want to leave FL weather for KS weather in December....by all means, make a trip next year....

i actually wanted a 4 car garage but that was turning out to be toooo expensive so i had to let that go

 

My father has a 4 car garage. Its awesome.

Your house looks amazing though. Im jelly.

 

wanted a 4 car garage so i can thro a 2 post lift in the 2 car spot....but yeah thats not gonna happen this go around....

maybe down the line i might actually build my own house....get independent contractors and be the site manager and that will have a 4 car garage and a damn hot tub in my living area

Thanks Morgan...you guys know when you come to the National meet in 2013, you dont have to book a hotel

 

Thanks man!


My father doesnt even use the 4 car garage for what its for. One spot is for the 5 series, the other is his Tahoe, another for his motorcylce, and the other spot + 1/2 (its an oversize garage) is exercise exuipment Waste of a garage.

My dream garage depends on where Im located and obviously how much money Im rolling in. If Im baller status and living in the desert (where I really want to go), I want a single story house, medium size, with the garage under ground with about 5-6 spots with lifts. But Im about $3.5m away from that

Realistically, I just want a nice three car garage, detached, with a lift.

 

^^^ I agree...

well the regular 3 car garage comes with ~650sq ft of garage....since we went with a side entry it kinda gave us a bigger garage....its not like a corner of more space but its distributed overall....we got ~740sq ft of space....and since we went with the side entry the wifey has made a strict rule "no car parts in the house" LOL....we will see how long that goes

but eventually....i would like a 3 car attached and a 4 car detached garage.....or if am really ballin' then i would love a 10-12 car underground garage....

in all the garages i would love to have some kind of a lift....but lets see how it goes....am really happy for now as am going from a car port to a 3 car garage.....

 

Your TL looks asian

 

Making progress Anil! Looks very nice

 

Thank you....i like her that way

Thanks Austin....i am hoping the color we picked wont make it look

 

As long as your wife picked it I'm sure you'll be fine.

Great update! Love the garage, of course.

 

^^^

she did pick the colors but i told her which one to pick

 

That's scary, isn't it? Spending all this money relying on your imagination to tell you how some of the elements will look. It's a huge relief to finally start seeing some of our aesthetic choices installed so we know they look okay. Yours will, too.

 

True that D....

you pick color of wood floors and cabinets and granite and the wall and the trim and HOPING they will all match....luckily we were given 4 hours of time with an interior design company where 2 beautiful ladies sat down with us and told us "ohh that will look awesome" for practically anything we picked....

i kept saying give us your honest opinion and the reply was "ohh that will look awesome"

 

Yeah, it's nice that builders who are building an entire community have "design centers" to help. That's been the one mixed blessing about building 100% custom. I'm chasing everything down myself from a million different sources. It allows me endless options, but there's no organization whatsoever.

 

yup

i actually wanted to take some time off work and manage the build and independently contract people, but wanted to see the process when we build our house first and then build another house down the line....

but i completely understand where you are coming from....i wish those design centers were a tad bit more helpful....

 

We still have a general contractor - I agree - without knowing the ropes I'd never have tried to subcontract on my own.

 

they might have insulation done today....in the walls and attic they are gonna blow and batt down the insulation... (or whatever its called LOL)

 

Wow! Nice update! That master closet... That's an extra bedroom! KS isn't that far away from FL.

Note to self: Remember to add allowances whenever I'm able to build a home. Thank's for the type Anil.

 

Not a problem buddy....and yes KS isnt that far from FL

 

Great progress. I'm too lazy to start my own thread

 

Excellent progress so far Anil! When is the estimated completion date?

And what Tyler are you referring to when talking about the "Tyler Room"

 

LOL....you can post up here bro....its all good....Specially if you have any pointers, do post em...

LOL...the closing date is December 6th (Dennis aka TLDUDE's birthday )

and by Tylers room, i really mean Tylers and not Tyler's

 

Yay we have our own room! Don't have to share with any :ghey: dudes named Tyler

 

You guys might have to share with Mr n Mrs Steven Bell thow