Another New House Project

[steveinmo]

Thanks JDGreen. It's something that we've wanted to do for a long time. Our problem was we could never agree on how much land to buy. I wanted 40 acres and she wanted 3. I told her that 3 acres was just a big lawn. So......we finally compromised on this 10 acres. Part of the deal was she would share the mowing duties. So I bought her a JD LT280 and she's all set. Kind of nice having his and hers tractors! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Here's some shots of the inside framing going in. This an arched entry way into the family room.

 

[steveinmo]

This is the opposite wall of the family room looking out the back of the house towards the pond.

 

[rox]

SteveInMo,
WOW! Most impressive roof I have seen in a long time. Must have been a heck of a job for the carpenters to build that roof.
What kind of roof are you going to put on it?

What have you selected for the outside of the home? Brick, siding, etc?

Plese keep the photo's coming. I always love to see new home construction. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

[Nasty135]

Steve, WOW!! What a beautiful setting , So green and soil looks very rich. That was what I noticed first about your pics , until I got to the house Pics " VERY VERY NICE" Its going to be a beautiful home to enjoy /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

 

[bmac]

Steve,

Very impressive. Your property is very much what I envisioned getting when we were looking for land. Love the open space. And the pond. We ended up with wooded land and a creek. However, I got such a good price I couldn't turn it down.

Love your home. I noticed that construction began in Aug 2004. What was your total build time? We are at the 7 month mark now with probably 2-3 more months to go until completion.

Nice project.

 

[steveinmo]

Rox,

Thanks! Yeah, the roof was a challenge. Fortunately we spent a lot of time with the architect in the design stage and it really helped the framing crew. But there are certainly a lot of agles.

The roof is architectural composite shingles. I can't remember the name off the top of my head - 45 year warranty. Yeah right! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif Like I'll be around then.

Actually all of this is past tense. We broke ground in July of 2004 and moved in June of 2005, so we've been in around six months now. I took lots of pictures so that I could post them here. Just now finally got around to doing it.

Most of the exterior is brick (you'll see it in some future pic's). We made a couple of sections stucco just to break up the monotony of the brick.

Thanks for the comments. I'll try to posts some more soon.

Steve

 

[steveinmo]

nasty,

Thanks for the compliments! The soil does look very rich in the early excavation photos. But I live in Clay county Missouri if that tells you anything. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif There is some pretty good top soil in areas but lots of clay too.

 

[steveinmo]

bmac,

Thanks for the compliments! You've got a really nice place going yourself.

We would love to have some of your trees. And a creek would be nice too. Do you deliver?? /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

We were just a couple weeks shy of a year from ground breaking to move in day. Sounds like you're about of schedule. We probably could have done it quicker but I told the builder I wasn't in a hurry and wanted things done right. If only he'd listened! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif Actually most things went pretty well for a project like this. But there were times..........

I've enjoyed reading your thread. At seven months I would say you're about on schedule. There are some similarities that I've noticed. Here's a pic of our fireplace wall with built in bookcases on either side. Looks like that's what you've got going too.

Steve

 

[EddieWalker]

Now that's a house!!! Very nice. Thanks for sharing your pictures of it, I'm looking forward to following your progress.

Eddie

 

[arthr31]

Beautiful, good luck with the new house project.

hey, btw, the soil around your house looks really good, rich... Looks like a great spot for a vegetable patch! You'll need more tractors to tend to it!! /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[steveinmo]

Eddie,

Thanks. I can't tell you how much I've enjoyed reading about your projects.......dating back to the container "house". You've been somewhat of an inspiration to me (and I'm sure a lot of others) over the last couple of years that I've been hanging out here. I really admire your ambition and work ethic. But I do have one problem.......you make me feel really lazy sometimes! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Steve

 

[steveinmo]

arthr31,

Thanks for the kind words. The soil looks better in the pic's than in real life, although there is some good topsoil. I hope to have a nice garden next year assuming I can find the time next spring with everything else I have to do around the new place.

I really enjoyed plowing snow for the first time this week. I got a lot of good advice from reading the forums here.

Steve

 

[steveinmo]

OK the weekend's over and I'm back to the office so I've got time to post a few more pictures. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Here's another shot from the family room looking back towards the kitchen. The ceiling height in the family room is 13'. You can see how it steps down to 9' in the kitchen area.

 

[steveinmo]

This one is standing in the entry and looking at the entrance to my office. The ceiling in the entry is basically two stories. The ceiling is 12' in the office.

You've probably noticed the arches. This is a theme we used throughout the house. My wife wanted a Tuscan theme - whatever the heck that is. /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif Actually it turned out well. From the entry there is an arch at the entry to the family room that mirrors the arched windows beyond.

 

[steveinmo]

Here's a shot of the master bedroom framing. It has a bay window that looks out the back of the house toward the pond. The ceiling is recessed with indirect lighting in the coves.

 

[steveinmo]

Here's a shot of the staircase in the entry. It created quite a challenge for the rough in crew as well as the trim carpenters. Forming the oak handrail was quite a chore.

 

[steveinmo]

These next few are after the sheetrock is up.

This is the dining room. Something else we did was to use radiused outside corners instead of the standard square corners on the sheetrock. My wife said it kind of "continued the Tuscan theme". /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[steveinmo]

Here's the master bedroom with sheetrock on. This picture doesn't really do the room justice. It's bigger than it looks.

 

[steveinmo]

This is in the master bath. The picture is showing the walk in shower. The walk thru is on the far left. The window to the right of it is..........well it's actually a window! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif It gets glass block, but we wanted it trimmed like a typical window. I think it turned out great.

 

[riptides]

Magnificent does not do justice for your near-end product.
How good for you!

I may have to steal your window to the shower idea.

-Mike Z. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif