Shockwave found the house he wants!!

Shockwave

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Man, I love that design.... If I could get that built in brick on about 30 acres of land I'd be the happiest guy EVAR.
 

K1052

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I would take that house built on top of an access hatch of a Titan 1 missile complex.

Best of both worlds.
 

rh71

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damn, I'd definitely build mine in half-tone... it looks so much better !
 

Coquito

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I need a place to crash. Don't worry, with that layout, it'll be at least a week before anyone notices I'm there. :)
 

Shockwave

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Originally posted by: Coquito
I need a place to crash. Don't worry, with that layout, it'll be at least a week before anyone notices I'm there. :)

LOL!!

You can stay in the basement. I figure put a full basement under that beaut, you'd have around 3500-4000 ft^2 of pure living joy....
 

T2T III

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Originally posted by: Shockwave
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Man, I love that design.... If I could get that built in brick on about 30 acres of land I'd be the happiest guy EVAR.

At construction costs of approx. $120 a s.f., the house would come out to $360K. Adding the brick on all 4 sides would be more and then you'd have to add the lot cost into the equation. Damn, this stuff is getting expensive.
 

Shockwave

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Originally posted by: Tiles2Tech
Originally posted by: Shockwave
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Man, I love that design.... If I could get that built in brick on about 30 acres of land I'd be the happiest guy EVAR.

At construction costs of approx. $120 a s.f., the house would come out to $360K. Adding the brick on all 4 sides would be more and then you'd have to add the lot cost into the equation. Damn, this stuff is getting expensive.

Yeah, I know. At this point its one big dream for a LOOONG time. Because my cost would be very high, as theres a few very specific features I would want which would increase the overall cost, possibly substantially.
 

vi edit

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Nice, I'd make some changes though. Add another 3ft each direction on the master BR. Add another 5 feet each direction in the garage. 20' won't cut it. A long bed crew cab truck is over 23' long. I'd flip around where the MR was and put the private balcony off the back side of the house instead of the front for privacy.

Other than that, I like it :)
 

vi edit

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Originally posted by: Tiles2Tech
Originally posted by: Shockwave
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Man, I love that design.... If I could get that built in brick on about 30 acres of land I'd be the happiest guy EVAR.

At construction costs of approx. $120 a s.f., the house would come out to $360K. Adding the brick on all 4 sides would be more and then you'd have to add the lot cost into the equation. Damn, this stuff is getting expensive.

That's one good thing about coming from a family of craftsmen. Foundation, basement, bricking, concrete pouring, and tile setting are all cost of materials + food and drink for laborers. I've got an uncle that's a licenced electrician who would do a lot of the wiring, and a couple friends of the family that are plumbers and carpenters. My father saved about $60,000 doing his own foundation, concrete pouring, and brick work.
 

Shockwave

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Originally posted by: vi_edit
Nice, I'd make some changes though. Add another 3ft each direction on the master BR. Add another 5 feet each direction in the garage. 20' won't cut it. A long bed crew cab truck is over 23' long. I'd flip around where the MR was and put the private balcony off the back side of the house instead of the front for privacy.

Other than that, I like it :)

I'd do a balcony on the front as is and a smaller one on the back, extend the garage as you said. Before construction was started, put up a steel frame then brick over it. (Steel frame + brick = $$$), use spray in foam insulation. Its a much better insulation value, but more expensive. Make sure the fireplace as functional on both the lower and upper levels. Use a steel frame from the roof supports (And I cant think of what the big triangles are called right now cause I'm dumb...) have those riveted to the steel frame. Overlay that with wood, spray in foam on the underside. No shingles, I'd go with a metal roof that was baked to color match the house. Use a metal siding that was also the correct color. Have the highest possible insulation value windows installed with small awnings. Anywhere wood was used (Baring the roof and interior structure) use that synthetic outdoor decking wood. All interior walls would have spray in insulation as well.

Basically, take that design and upgrade it with the "tank" option. Lastly, and probably msot expensively would be going to a solar/battery backup on grid power design. That alone would run 10-30 grand depending on how extensive one went with it.
 

conjur

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I'd rather have one of these:

Plan # HWEPL05976
Plan # HWEPL05948
Plan # HWEPL10454
Plan # HWEPL02234
Plan # HWEPL05835
Plan # HWEPL02602
Plan # HWEPL02681
Plan # HWEPL10883


At least, those are the ones I have saved from there. ;)
 

Shockwave

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Originally posted by: conjur
I'd rather have one of these:

Plan # HWEPL05976
Plan # HWEPL05948
Plan # HWEPL10454
Plan # HWEPL02234
Plan # HWEPL05835
Plan # HWEPL02602
Plan # HWEPL02681
Plan # HWEPL10883


At least, those are the ones I have saved from there. ;)

Nice linking ya twit. Now I have to copy n paste.... :p
 

conjur

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There were in my saved plans and tied to my session id. Linking would not have worked.

:(
 

Shockwave

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Originally posted by: conjur
There were in my saved plans and tied to my session id. Linking would not have worked.

:(

Ahhh, I see. Well, logout or whatever, then pull up the plan ID and post it!! I wanna see them!! :D
 

vi edit

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After using a fireplace to heat for 20+ years my father finally switched over to gas heating in his new home. No more need to cut it, load it, unload it, haul it into the house, ect. You don't get the layer of soot all over your nice new homes that fireplaces put out. You don't have to worry about not having a warm fire on damp, windless days, ect.

He found that an efficient gas furnace wasn't really that bad of an expense compared to the work that it saved you.

My uncle has a pretty cool setup though - he uses geothermal heating/cooling. He's got a well a couple hundred feet down that holds water at a constant 54 degrees(I think it's that temp) all year round. In the summer he pulls it up and uses it to cool since it's cooler than the ambient temp. And in the winter he just has to increase it's temp up to a comfortable level above 54 and pump it through the house to warm. He said it was about a $15,000 system. He figured it would take about 10 years to pay off but after that all he pays in utilities for heating & cooling is the cost to run the pumps up from the well and the minimal amount it costs to raise the temp in the winter. I think he does that with a small wood stove in the basement. Very neat system.
 

vi edit

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He used the plastic "wood" for the veranda around his home too. It looks good and will never rot out :)
 

Shockwave

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Exactly vi. Thats what i want, a super energy efficient house that can survive without grid supplied power in ANY weather, If its hot, I can have a cool house through proper design. If its cold asa witchs tit outside, I can sit around in sweats and not be uncomfortable. I also want it to be an above ground bunker in the sense that its designed for LONGEIVTY. No paint, no shingles that wear out and blow away, no wood to rot.