FINALLY! We Just Bought Our New House.
 

Its Offical. The Wife and I just fianlized the deal.
FINALLY.

Its to be built and be done by July.
A real nice house on a hill. Having it customed.

We still have to choose and pick which wood and counters and shit like that we wanna use so im sure we're gunna be nickled and dimed some 10-20k being the bastards they are but nevertheless im happy and now I can finally get back to work..

This whole thing has taken up a lot of my time.
A LOT. Glad its over what a headache. Over 6 months of bullshit.

Im gunna go have some drinks and get drunk with the Mexicans tonight. They be building me a house.

congrats bone... :thumbsup

Ill probably be posting some questions to home owners as to what floors and cabinets to get.

We were looking at hardwood cherry throughout.
But does that look bad? Is it too dark? ANd Dark Grannite countertops.

Too dark?

Sweet :thumbsup Have fun

These are cherry floors.
Looks real nice we thought.

This isnt our home, just a home with nice cherry.
I think i like it.


<img src="http://www.johnlscott.com/listings/30000/34893/320px/show243798.jpg">

Talk to RedEyes about his house ~ it was finished in October.

And Congratulations Boney :winkwink:

and we want our kitchen to look like this.
That is cherry floors, cabinets, and and dark granite tops.


Does it look nice?

<img src="http://www.johnlscott.com/listings/30000/34893/320px/show243797.jpg">

Hardwood Cherry is beautiful but prone to drying out, if it's well taken care of it will please you for many years to come. Granite countertops would be nice... they are only too dark if you make the rest of the room dark.. it's a nice contrast to put dark granite with light, airy walls, otherwise it looks too imposing. Check out a bunch of home design magazines n stuff, decorating resources, and see what you guys like best. The beautiful thing getting a house built is that you can pretty much do what you want and don't have to fix up someone else's ideas.. you can start from scratch. Congrats, Boneprone.

Congrats bone! I've been looking at some log homes myself lately. Nothing like a log home in the middle of 30 acres with a shotgun above the doorstep!

Mind taking snapshots of your new home?

Gorgeous! Lots of space, well lit.. very lovely.

do you have a party like New House Welcome something ?

me thinks it's just a big hole in the ground right now


congrats Bone... owning my own house was one thing but I can't wait to customize my own in a few years...thats gotta be fun

Its not built yet.
Its just a plot of land.

I can take a pic of some dirt, but it wont be intresting,

Thanks guys.

Glad to finally get it done.
Fucking huge headache up till this point.

Hopefully this home buying expierence getss better from here on out.

Yeah I like the cherry and black granite, and you are right if there are light walls white or off white it looks nice

Congrats on the new house, Boneprone! Understand that when they "It will be ready in July", they REALLY mean "September/October" ;)

Headless, I live in a little log cabin and I LOVE it! Even if I move, I'll build another one. It's small and it's a dovetail D-log. If I ever get out to wilderness out west, I'd love to build a handhewn one with those HUGE logs (no jokes from the peanut gallery). I have drywall interior walls so I can paint, but wood ceilings with exposed beams. When it rains on that tin roof, it's WAY cool :thumbsup

http://www.onlinebeach.com/littlehouse.jpg

Someone mentioned some other material other than granite to me.

"Soap Stone" or somethin like that.
Anyone hear of that?

Boneprone - hire a professional designer. Growing up we built or gutted and rebuilt every house we ever lived in and my mother ALWAYS had a designer on hand. They REALLY help with selecting the right colors, materials, appliances, contractors, etc. NOT an interior decorator (though you can get one of those, too :winkwink: ), a designer works more with the nuts and bolts - like floors and countertops :)

you should let dank take care of it

I hate to break it to you sweetie but you're going to get nicked for way more than 10 or 20k to get what you want...

It's pretty easy to run up a 100k in upgrades real fast on things like stone, flooring and cabinetry --

take pictures of the dirT !

i just got an estimate to put hardwood floors in a house i am buying ...3000 square ft and looking at over 25k..just oak...it already has the granite but to get the granite for your kitchen you'll be looking at 4-6K

you were probably just in time to miss the coming interest rate hikes. Hope you locked in for a while?

Bone,

Not sure of you or your wifes tase in homes but take a look at some of these kitchen places.

www.arclineaboston.com
www.boffi.com

Spankstrocko

congrats man! show us a pic of the house when it's done:)

BP Congratulations on a new house! :thumbsup

Where will it be?

Ryker's Island once the IRS reads this.

Kudos Bone... I just moved into my new one in November and it's been great. Hope you enjoy yours as much or more!

Actually, my aunt and uncle have a log cabin, complete with outhouse! :-)

There are a few log cabin kits that you can get for about 14k.

don't think it's soap stone, I use to use that to make marks on steel, it's soft

I reccomend that you get http://www.americanhomeshield.com/home.jsp when you finish. It will be the best thing you've ever done. Everyone I tell about them thank me for the info.

I give you an example of how good AHS is. I purchased a house 3 years ago. Not the best house but it had walls. So a friend of mine told me about AHS. Oh my it was the best thing I've ever done. When I purchased the house it came with Washer/Dryer/6 burner stove, and a large refrigerator. Well seven months after I purchased the house the oven on the stove burnt out. With the price of stoves these days I was a little worried. It's the last thing I wanted to do was buy a new stove. So I called AHS, two days later a repair man came over. He told me the job is going to cost $280 but all I have to pay is $36 dollars. I couldn't believe it, that was great.

Then just eight months ago my washer died. No spincycle or nothing. I forgot all about AHS. My wife made the call and the repair guy came over. He said it was the first time he seen a pump on a Maytag die, and that it could not be replaced. I thought I was going to have to go out and buy a new washer. That day AHS called me up and asked me what type of washer I would like. I couldn't believe it two day's later AHS delivered me a new Maytag washer better and deeper than the one we owned. The bill for the new washer was $36 dollars.

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And congrats on the new house.

Peaches way cool! I drove past a really great looking log home the other day. Had the high top cielings and windows covered the side. I almost fell in love....

Bone,

congrats to you and the mrs on the new house.

Where abouts is it gonna be??

Hardwood is nice, and pergo works pretty good, cheaper and good for kids :)

We are adding over 2000 sq feet to our home.

So far $ 5000 for the county fees
over $ 5000 for the back hoe guy

around $53,000 for the construction guy to build and frame to a bare shell.

Hub is doing the electric,floor, bathroom, carpet and rest of finish work and we have not even priced anything yet for that.

It's beautiful ! :)

Just research if it will scratches easy if you have dogs in your house. My neighbor has an oak floor and it is trashed from letting her dogs in the house

Wow, thats major surgery you are undertaking. You sound confident that you know what you have gotten yourself into. I couldn't imagine being my own general contractor like you are doing.

Boneprone - as an adult female, that pic of the cherry floor and cabinet kitchen you posted looks gorgeous.
But as a mom, it looks like lots of trips to the hospital from little people in socks running, slipping, and crashing headlong into the corner of something.
If you're planning on having kids, you might want to have the place carpeted the instant the test comes back positive.

Headless, I'm a log cabin nut myself. Always wanted to live in a log cabin on the side of a mountain surrounded by trees with a big wrap-around porch and tall ceiling windows with white sheer curtains blowing in the breeze... ahhhh

Take a look here:
http://www.bigskylog.com/photo_gallery.html

<img src="http://www.bigskylog.com/images/pic_n95sh_greatroom.jpg">


Now thats what I'm talking about. Throw in some leather couches, my dog, and some fresh home cooked food...

DAMN!!! I'm gunna make a mess of myself!

It would look nice, and make sure to get the granite tops because you can cut anything on those unlike marble if you cut an orange, it will leave stains. Just FYI. :)