Frisky's New House Thread

[Friskyfrog]

No one:


Absolutely no one:


Friskyfrog: I'm going to start a new thread dedicated to the building of my new house so everyone can follow along every step of the way!




We broke ground! Footers are in!

[Zebra Frog]

Looks very nice.

[Friskyfrog]

[Friskyfrog]

[Zebra Frog]

If your lender offers an extended lock that will cover the amount of days before you close, you need to consider it.
I don’t have a good feeling about the direction rates are going. Of course, I could be wrong. 😀

[Friskyfrog]

We will lock as soon as they allow. They say that’s when the framing goes in so we are keeping our fingers crossed that weather and supply lines cooperate.

[NFFrog]

I'm having somewhat severe overruns on my renos. I don't suppose that's ever happened before.

Hopefully, starting from scratch they have a better idea?

[weklfrog]

Frisky - are you significantly affected in your house building by the skyrocketing price of lumber? I saw a recent headline that suggested that increased lumber prices could add $30,000 to $40,000 to the price of a new house.

[Friskyfrog]

Frisky - are you significantly affected in your house building by the skyrocketing price of lumber? I saw a recent headline that suggested that increased lumber prices could add $30,000 to $40,000 to the price of a new house.

I may be naive, but I don't think so. The builder raises or lowers the base price for new buyers on the first day of each month based on how the cost of lumber and other materials is running. We signed in February, and the base price for our model is now $20,000 higher for somebody signing up to build it in the neighborhood today.

Where it may affect us is the deck in back. The house has a walk-out basement, so it REALLY needs a deck on the main level with stairs down (otherwise the back door opens to like a 10 foot drop). The builder wanted $15,000 to do it, and our realtor called around and several of his guys said it could be done for much less. So our plan has been to close on the house and then bring in people to do the deck, patio, and fencing before we actually move in. I am excited about this because it gives me a month or so to work on things like window treatments, etc. and move stuff over slowly. BUT if the cost of lumber continues to be outrageous, we may just have to wait. Which will kinda suck, but we'll deal with what we have to.

[Friskyfrog]

Oh, totally. Then we can eventually build the deck and patio around it and it can become a stripper pole.

[pcf]

Who says the price for lumber has to stay where it is? It might well dip by the time you want to build. There might also be other types of deck brought into play that then become financially competitive.

[Poison Arrow Frog]

I think lumber prices are high due to pandemic boredom. After we bought our new deck flooring, the price doubled two days later.

[Friskyfrog]

Still slow going, but they got two beams in.

[Boston Frog]

Where's the hot tub?

[weklfrog]

Boston will come decorate the bathroom walls when it is ready.

[Boston Frog]

All I require is chili and a bottle of Scotch

[NFFrog]

Why not combine the two?! https://www.midwestliving.com/recipe...whiskey-chili/

[Boston Frog]

Oh, I have

[Friskyfrog]

A foundation! And framing!

[pcf]

Very interesting.

My aunt and uncle built their house by hand in the 50s. They took a lot of photos of the process and the area. Very neat.

Fort Worth is undergoing a pretty radical transformation in some parts and it is funny how it is impossible to picture things before once the changes happen.

As an older guy, the ability to actually look back rather than just try to remember is a lot of fun.

[Friskyfrog]

So we went last Sunday and they were trucking on the framing...



And then we went Wednesday and holy moly the roof was on and pretty much everything framed. Now we can walk around the house and see exactly what is what...



Kitchen and part of living room, you can see the island and breakfast nook area...



The wet bar in the basement...



View from the back, you can see where the basement walks out to the back yard...