Akula Posted July 20, 2007 Report Share Posted July 20, 2007 I gotta move all my crap in now but finally Schumacher finished it. Only 2 months ahead of schedule. I am on the road like mad for the next few weeks, London for a week, Seattle for a week, then home for a week. I only get to spend one night in it and then blast to the airport. Holy crap are there like 50 bazillion little things that need done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evan9381 Posted July 20, 2007 Report Share Posted July 20, 2007 1st house? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akula Posted July 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2007 3rd, 1st I have built. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractor Posted July 20, 2007 Report Share Posted July 20, 2007 Cool. I know the feeling I'll be able to move into the one I had built in about a week and wow do I hate moving stuff. Evan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerTurbo Posted July 20, 2007 Report Share Posted July 20, 2007 Congrats, our house just entered the framing stage of things. Won't be too long and it'll be done as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gergwheel1647545492 Posted July 21, 2007 Report Share Posted July 21, 2007 Congrats, you never hear of construction getting done ahead of schedule. Just out of curiousity, was it more expensive to build than it was to just buy the house you wanted? I have been kicking around te idea of building rather than buying an already built house, and was just curious if it was more than you had thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerTurbo Posted July 21, 2007 Report Share Posted July 21, 2007 Congrats, you never hear of construction getting done ahead of schedule. Just out of curiousity, was it more expensive to build than it was to just buy the house you wanted? I have been kicking around te idea of building rather than buying an already built house, and was just curious if it was more than you had thought. Generally, it's cheaper to build. You're not buying someones equity when building a house. Though it depends on location too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTQ B4U Posted July 21, 2007 Report Share Posted July 21, 2007 can go either way. generally it should be a little cheaper since the house is new and there's no established market in a new build area....well sorta not.... anyway, we're looking at a home from the same builder as above and a fully decked out loaded up pimped out house is way cheaper...now we're scoping out lots and that will determine misc. costs if utilities and infrastructure is needed. I still have no doubt in the end it will be cheaper and on my own 2-4 acres of land with a home exactly how we want it. Congrats, you never hear of construction getting done ahead of schedule. Just out of curiousity, was it more expensive to build than it was to just buy the house you wanted? I have been kicking around te idea of building rather than buying an already built house, and was just curious if it was more than you had thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gergwheel1647545492 Posted July 21, 2007 Report Share Posted July 21, 2007 on my own 2-4 acres of land with a home exactly how we want it. That is exactly what i'm looking for, i don't wantto have to settle for something close to what i want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerTurbo Posted July 22, 2007 Report Share Posted July 22, 2007 2-4 acres of land with a home exactly how we want it. Lucky fucker. Out here, that land alone would be $700,000-$1,200,000. Add a ~$200,000 house and you have Utah fucking real estate prices. I'm building on a goddam postage stamp. But luckily, the real estate prices keep the welfare/low life/government feeding fuckers out of the communities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HAOLE Posted July 22, 2007 Report Share Posted July 22, 2007 What Schumacher house did you have built? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rustlestiltskin Posted July 22, 2007 Report Share Posted July 22, 2007 pics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akula Posted July 22, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2007 Out of date photo blog http://scubaforlife.googlepages.com/thenewhouse I was given 3 acres of land so building was the only option. However I will say Schumacher was only $1700 over budget due to the septic system needing additional equipment but that was out of their control. I built the homestead with sunroom, bonus room and three car garage. Overall, the headaches I had with them were small and I would build with them again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractor Posted July 22, 2007 Report Share Posted July 22, 2007 Yeah around here building is really about the same as buying except for one simple thing which was enough for my wife and I to build a house. "You don't have to pay $200K+ for some house built in the early 1900's with old tech in every part of it." When you build a home you get alot of headaches, but not nearly as many as you'd have remodeling an older one. especially if you don't like that sort of work. I have a very deep hate for anything resembling construction since I grew up with parents that did that during my entire home life. I did however install my own driveway, water line, voice/data/video/audio wiring, and am about to doze the place and plant grass, but thats all fun work involving heavy equipment:-) BTW where did you guys build? I got 5 acres up north near Marengo. Looks like its going to be a city up there very soon. Alot of houses and a few developments going in this summer. Evan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTQ B4U Posted July 23, 2007 Report Share Posted July 23, 2007 Where are you at? Granville lots in prime spots are maybe $60-$150k and I'm talking nice ones. That will get you 2-4 acres. Lucky fucker. Out here, that land alone would be $700,000-$1,200,000. Add a ~$200,000 house and you have Utah fucking real estate prices. I'm building on a goddam postage stamp. But luckily, the real estate prices keep the welfare/low life/government feeding fuckers out of the communities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerTurbo Posted July 27, 2007 Report Share Posted July 27, 2007 Where are you at? Granville lots in prime spots are maybe $60-$150k and I'm talking nice ones. That will get you 2-4 acres. Utah... Or are you asking more specifically where I live? Out here, all land is bought up by developers, who then split it up just big enough to put a house on and a tiny back yard. It sucks. There is limited access to the major cities of business, so finding cheap land means traveling an hour away, which sucks again cause there is really only one major highway that travels through the part of Utah that I live. So, it becomes a six of one, half dozen of the other problem to figure out if you want to live close and pay more, or live far away, pay less, but spend a shit ton more in gas money yearly. For example on real estate price differences. My parents own a 2500ft house on 6 acres. Its worth ~$250,000 where they live. In Utah here, that same house and land would easily crest the $1,800,000 mark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akula Posted July 27, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2007 mmmmm polygamy porter.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Putty Posted July 27, 2007 Report Share Posted July 27, 2007 2 months ahead of time...Wow! I thought they all took the time given at first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akula Posted July 27, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2007 They get charged $1000 (by me) if they go over time. You have to realize they don't do appliances or landscaping, this is a build on your site type situation. My SQ FT numbers came back and I paid $76.67/finished sq foot. I have been in London since the day after I moved in but my wife is loving it. Some unique features include 3 car garage with 14 foot ceilings (lift much?), 10 foot downstairs, 42" cabinets in the kitchen, 10 foot basement height, laundry is off the master suite (you take your clothes off in your room, you put them on in your room heck I now wash them there). I am really impressed with the builder and I especially like the way I could change things to make them my way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerTurbo Posted August 4, 2007 Report Share Posted August 4, 2007 mmmmm polygamy porter.... gad, if only you knew how much I hate these people out here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTQ B4U Posted August 4, 2007 Report Share Posted August 4, 2007 that's right on with our numbers. The Schumacher homes we spec'd out were 3100-4300sq ft. and they were at about $77 sq.ft. fully loaded and decked out. right now we're still looking at the land. we may go with the larger home if we get the right property plot. They get charged $1000 (by me) if they go over time. You have to realize they don't do appliances or landscaping, this is a build on your site type situation. My SQ FT numbers came back and I paid $76.67/finished sq foot. I have been in London since the day after I moved in but my wife is loving it. Some unique features include 3 car garage with 14 foot ceilings (lift much?), 10 foot downstairs, 42" cabinets in the kitchen, 10 foot basement height, laundry is off the master suite (you take your clothes off in your room, you put them on in your room heck I now wash them there). I am really impressed with the builder and I especially like the way I could change things to make them my way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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