Off-Topic: I'm finally building a house for myself :)
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This time it's not just a spec home - this is going to be my new casa.
Check out the plot map here
The yellow/green boxes are ones that I put there and haves notes pertaining to our activity up there as well as some price updates on recent sales. This is an outdated plot map and the only lot left is the one that I just put an offer on - they're selling like hot cakes up there.
Here's a link to the plan that we're basing our design off of. We're having it custom drawn by an architect here locally because we have some changes.
I'm extending the garage to a 30' x 32' so that it can fit my boat. We're also rearranging the kitchen some, putting double doors at the entry to the master bedroom, changing the shower design in the master bathroom, among other things. The price to have an architect draw it was just about the same as ordering these stock plans from houseplans.com
We'll be finishing the basement as well so total square footage will be around 4,250.
I just felt inclined to share because I'm excited (and nervous) about it. What do you guys think?
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I think it's going to be one hell of a house! Hope it all goes well for ya!
It's sensible to get the plans drawn up by an architect rather than buying the generic plans, that way you get to add your own bit of personality to the house.
Plus whilst that is happening, you can be drawing up plans for the party :)
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Eric,
That's fantastic man!
Do you have any updated news on the housing development project?
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Posted By: Jason G
Eric,
That's fantastic man!
Do you have any updated news on the housing development project?
Currently working with the engineer to try and develop a good road system. We're in talks with the owner of the neighboring property to try and acquire another 5 acres of his land.
What we're running into is the grade of the hill is just a tad too steep on our property alone and it's causing us to either build very few lots or build cost prohibitive retaining walls to support the road & homes. If we can snatch his property up, or at least a little of it, we can engineer the roads in such a way that eliminates that problem. It's a pretty slow process...lots of hurrying up to wait. We're going along as best we can though.
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Gorgeous house! I love the symmetry of the windows upstairs. Congrats on the huge upgrade.
But where are you going to put the helipad?
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Posted By: Travis
Gorgeous house! I love the symmetry of the windows upstairs. Congrats on the huge upgrade.
But where are you going to put the helipad?
It's not the style of house I was originally planning but it really works on that lot which is shaped a bit awkward. I love the street frontage we get (it's like 125' of street footage). It's a classic design that, in my opinion, is rather timeless.
We're also bumping the ceiling height on the main & second floors from 8' to 10' to give it that extra openness that's really awe-inspiring.
There's room on the side yard for you to land the helo - when are you stopping by?
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Wow. Awesome!
Kevin. Jealous. Want. House.
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According to our estimates, we should be all moved in by mid September.
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Damn, that's pretty quick.
Is it far from your current neighbourhood?
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It's about a 5-10 minute drive from where I'm at now, depending on traffic. So...no, it's rather close.
My only gripe is that it's up on a prairie so the hill you have to climb is going to slaughter my MPG - but no biggie I guess. Long live Dubai!
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