Building my cottage..

[tommcafee]

Decided to take some time and build myself a cottage. 1500 sq.ft. overlooking Lake Huron. 3 bed and 2 bath, open living and kitchen / great room. Exterior is going to be western red cedar shake and some local quarried lime stone. Anyways, I was always told a picture is worth a thousand words....



















Most importantly, my office, where my best thinking is done...














Starting shingling this AM, should have the rest down by Friday evening or early Sat morning.

Will keep posting pics. The garage is framed as well, seem to have not got any photos of it.

 

[westcliffe01]

Dang, looks like a heluva cottage.... If I understood correctly a 1500sqft basement with finished 1500 sqft above ? That nearly meets the Mc Mansion specification here.... Looks like it is moving along nicely. I see the basement floor is insulated. Do you intend to berm the basement walls or add external insulation to them ?

 

[tommcafee]

Hey Westcliffe, no mcmansion. Just a 1500 sq. ft. main floor. I build and sell Mcmansions for a living, I don't want that for my cottage. It's a crawlspace underneath. The block walls will next be sprayed with foam.

 

[Spanky100]

tommcafee

Very nice view and location. You are going quick as well. Thanks for the great pictures for us to enjoy. What kind of HVAC system will you install.

Spanky

 

[westcliffe01]

Here across the pond, residential construction has been zero now for several years. The mcmansion business is gone along with the residents that have fled the bankrupt state. I guess that economic activity in Ontario must be substantially better since people need to earn wages to pay for newly built homes. All the best with your endeavor.

 

[hawkeye08]

Very nice! I like it.

 

[Pete Judd]

Love the view.

 

[EddieWalker]

Looks great. Love seeing the pics and a crew that knows what they are doing.

Eddie

 

[dave1949]

Sweet!

 

[s219]

Looks Awesome! So that will be a conditioned/encapsulated crawl I assume?