Wndrlst's Hippie Woodland Retreat (aka A Home Build Thread)
#81
Oliver!!!
Awesome place, I'm so jealous! So glad I could look at this from home where I can actually see the pictures! Stupid work firewall classifies Flickr as a social networking site so its blocked. I dream of having a place like that someday!
#82
Oliver!!!
Oh, and when you do your "veggie" garden just remember this. The camo netting only throws off the helicopters. And most grow houses get busted because their electric bills go sky high very suddenly or they get caught bypassing the meter (not that I've ever cut a grow house or anything ). Either way, if the bill's high from the start, they'll never know!
#84
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& to all you suckas!!
But mostly I don't smoke. I am a boring The kind that really loves trees. And birds and deer and butterflies and all the other lovely things in our woods. Except poison ivy. I have no love for poison ivy. Or ticks.
But mostly I don't smoke. I am a boring The kind that really loves trees. And birds and deer and butterflies and all the other lovely things in our woods. Except poison ivy. I have no love for poison ivy. Or ticks.
#85
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Went to meet with the builder yesterday and loved what I saw.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/moxiephotos/7156513901/http://www.flickr.com/photos/moxiephotos/7156513901/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/moxiephotos/, on Flickr
They've started framing the screened porch...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/moxiephotos/7341717250/http://www.flickr.com/photos/moxiephotos/7341717250/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/moxiephotos/, on Flickr
Vaulted master bedroom. There is another window on the left, and a slider out to the deck on the right.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/moxiephotos/7156514611/http://www.flickr.com/photos/moxiephotos/7156514611/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/moxiephotos/, on Flickr
The skylight in the upstairs bath. This is about all I've seen of upstairs so far, as we don't have any stairs yet.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/moxiephotos/7341717922/http://www.flickr.com/photos/moxiephotos/7341717922/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/moxiephotos/, on Flickr
Our hideous view out the great room windows...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/moxiephotos/7341718268/http://www.flickr.com/photos/moxiephotos/7341718268/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/moxiephotos/, on Flickr
The back of the house...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/moxiephotos/7156515823/http://www.flickr.com/photos/moxiephotos/7156515823/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/moxiephotos/, on Flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/moxiephotos/7156513901/http://www.flickr.com/photos/moxiephotos/7156513901/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/moxiephotos/, on Flickr
They've started framing the screened porch...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/moxiephotos/7341717250/http://www.flickr.com/photos/moxiephotos/7341717250/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/moxiephotos/, on Flickr
Vaulted master bedroom. There is another window on the left, and a slider out to the deck on the right.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/moxiephotos/7156514611/http://www.flickr.com/photos/moxiephotos/7156514611/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/moxiephotos/, on Flickr
The skylight in the upstairs bath. This is about all I've seen of upstairs so far, as we don't have any stairs yet.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/moxiephotos/7341717922/http://www.flickr.com/photos/moxiephotos/7341717922/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/moxiephotos/, on Flickr
Our hideous view out the great room windows...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/moxiephotos/7341718268/http://www.flickr.com/photos/moxiephotos/7341718268/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/moxiephotos/, on Flickr
The back of the house...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/moxiephotos/7156515823/http://www.flickr.com/photos/moxiephotos/7156515823/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/moxiephotos/, on Flickr
#87
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Spray foam insulation? I would if you haven't considered it, especially roof between rafters.
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Wow, theyre not playing around.
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Wow, moving right along
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Agreed with everyone else, it's great to see the pace they're working at.
#94
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They really are zipping along - went by on my way home from work and now have a front porch framed as well as rafters over the screened porch. Didn't go in to see what progress there...
David_Dude, with the basement, it's somewhere around 3100. We're not finishing it right away, though. When we do, we plan to make it into a photography studio and meeting space for consults & proofing.
David_Dude, with the basement, it's somewhere around 3100. We're not finishing it right away, though. When we do, we plan to make it into a photography studio and meeting space for consults & proofing.
#96
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That's my favorite, too.
3 bedrooms. Master downstairs & 2 more upstairs.
3 bedrooms. Master downstairs & 2 more upstairs.
#97
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dibs on basement..
also.. basement.. in TX?
also.. basement.. in TX?
#98
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Dude. I have been in VA the past 10 years.
#99
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You think they have trees like that in TX??
#100
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Well shit. I guess I won't be at the house party.
#101
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No airplanes in Waffles, BU?
#102
David_Dude
Majofo. Damn D, thats a lot of sq footage including the basement. Another quick question: Once you finish the basement in the near future, will they charge you more prop taxes a year since that's considered a living space and is now included into the value of the home?
BTW spray foam insulation?
BTW spray foam insulation?
#103
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Very happy for you. Great progress. Love your surroundings!
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Majofo. Damn D, thats a lot of sq footage including the basement. Another quick question: Once you finish the basement in the near future, will they charge you more prop taxes a year since that's considered a living space and is now included into the value of the home?
So if you pull permits, yes. If not, no...
#107
Suzuka Master
If you do go with spray foam insulation, make sure you get EVERYTHING prewired and piped. If you have to add anything later, it is a royal PITA and sometime impossible.
#108
all work and no play
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#111
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Majofo. Damn D, thats a lot of sq footage including the basement. Another quick question: Once you finish the basement in the near future, will they charge you more prop taxes a year since that's considered a living space and is now included into the value of the home?
BTW spray foam insulation?
BTW spray foam insulation?
Thanks, Maker! I do, too.
Thank you so much - I agree about the family portraits, too. Especially when we get some scraggly deadfall and things cleaned up and put in a couple of paths. There is an awesome huge fallen oak tree that is about waist-high off the ground that will make a great place to pose people. Can't wait to see it all in the fall!
#113
Everything is looking good! Houses seem to be flying up all over. A friend is building a massive house around here and I really can't believe how fast this thing is going up. 10 years ago things were so busy it would be unthinkable.
#114
They really are zipping along - went by on my way home from work and now have a front porch framed as well as rafters over the screened porch. Didn't go in to see what progress there...
David_Dude, with the basement, it's somewhere around 3100. We're not finishing it right away, though. When we do, we plan to make it into a photography studio and meeting space for consults & proofing.
David_Dude, with the basement, it's somewhere around 3100. We're not finishing it right away, though. When we do, we plan to make it into a photography studio and meeting space for consults & proofing.
#115
Suzuka Master
Absolutely. You haven't lived until you've wedged your fat ass into the corner of an attic laying on your back on a beam, balancing as to not fall through the ceiling while jamming a glow rod through hard hard hard spray foam insulation, creating so much friction it heats up your glow rod to the point it burns your skin off as soon as you touch it, just to create a cavity to run a wire outside. FUN. The stuff is great for your energy bills. From an installer of wiring or piping standpoint
#116
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Please do share your line of thought, Snottie.
Sounds miserable.
Absolutely. You haven't lived until you've wedged your fat ass into the corner of an attic laying on your back on a beam, balancing as to not fall through the ceiling while jamming a glow rod through hard hard hard spray foam insulation, creating so much friction it heats up your glow rod to the point it burns your skin off as soon as you touch it, just to create a cavity to run a wire outside. FUN. The stuff is great for your energy bills. From an installer of wiring or piping standpoint
#117
Oliver!!!
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