House Projects

[Halon]

PM sent Swans man :)

Sparky - Basically we threw our comments back at the builder (just minor stuff like don't need double doors into master, don't need all that stone on the front of the house, why are they cutting us 80sq/ft short on the garage since we're allowed up to 1200 :) , etc), so they are making the adjustments. Sometime next week they should have the next rendition done, along with costing. After everything is settled with that, then we sign the contract with them, pull permits, stake the property out, and hopefully start digging around 3-1.

[Sparky2211]

PM sent Swans man :)

Sparky - Basically we threw our comments back at the builder (just minor stuff like don't need double doors into master, don't need all that stone on the front of the house, why are they cutting us 80sq/ft short on the garage since we're allowed up to 1200 :) , etc), so they are making the adjustments. Sometime next week they should have the next rendition done, along with costing. After everything is settled with that, then we sign the contract with them, pull permits, stake the property out, and hopefully start digging around 3-1.

Good for you man! Not many people will take the time to plan everything out themselves instead of doing the normal cookie cutter houses. What builder are you going through?

[Halon]

Good for you man! Not many people will take the time to plan everything out themselves instead of doing the normal cookie cutter houses. What builder are you going through?
http://mitsustyle.com/forums/showpost.php?p=399033&postcount=345


Nina and I plan on utilizing a spare bedroom as a north suburb retreat, if thats cool B!
Oh fo sho!!!

[turbotalon1g]

IS your wine cellar really gonna be the crunk juice storage?

[BriK]

Plans look awesome. Not sure what size place you're in now but, having recently moved into a 5-bed, 3.5 bath, 3500 sq. ft. home myself, it was shocking just how much space it actually is. As you said though, it's great for guests and a growing family.

You may already know this, but I'd say don't skimp on windows and doors. We have dual-paned, double-hung windows with real oak trim, solid core doors throughout, and an insulated garage door. Between all of those things (and spray foam insulation) the house is super quiet and super energy efficient-- our home costs less to heat than my brother-in-law's 2600 sq. ft. home built just two years ago but with lesser windows and doors.

[Halon]

Got the "final" plans today. It's always still open for change, but this should be 99.99% what it will look like.

The theatre room will be unfinished, we'll do that ourselves in the coming years. The wine/cellar area will also be unfinished, but that's ok as all we plan to do is just install a couple light bulbs and shelving and that's about it. Also the wetbar was going to cost around $3500 to build + $300 to rough in, so we are having them leave it just roughed in and we will build our own using pre-made cabinets from Lowe's or whatever for under $1k hopefully.

Attached the final plans in PDF. I also attached a little JPEG showing how I imagine the garage will be utilized, because that's what people really care about :)

[Halon]

So now we are moving onto other stuff as well. We need to make an appointment to pick out appliances, lighting, and flooring. We've narrowed down the flooring that will be in the kitchen/dining/foyer.

We also picked out all cabinetry to be Poplar with the Chestwood stain color. All trim will be Natural colored Oak. Here's a pic of the cabinet, trim, and flooring next to each other. In the first pick, you can see the poplar on the left (cabinets) and natural oak on the right (trim and doors). Flooring, we're leaning towards the one on the left, but still considering the darker one as well.
http://mitsustyle.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=12260&stc=1&d=1329264247
http://mitsustyle.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=12263&stc=1&d=1329264496


Also we need to pick out exterior colors, and window color. Here's the current colors we're looking at. Left colors are soffet and fascia. Bottom 2 show the white or beige window option. Right colors are the vinyl siding that will be on rear and sides. Front of the house we can pick pretty much anything since it will be painted
http://mitsustyle.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=12262&stc=1&d=1329264247

[niterydr]

Looking good!

[A//// Guy]

Clean on the outside, cream on the inside!

Bathroom should be done here in a couple weeks, finally go the tub in, but still need to finish hooking up plumbing exit tubes and over flow and then put up the walls and sheetrock, then floor.

[Halon]

Shhweeet, I can't wait to take a dump in your new bano!!