stosh said:
Like I said before, anything is better than the typical shoeboxes that are being built these days.
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Like I said before, anything is better than the typical shoeboxes that are being built these days.
Fugly.N8 said:One of the neatest, most economical and roomy modular homes you can buy is a geodesic dome house.
Well, if money is no object...Ridemonkey said:
$$$chwing!
Read that book I was talking about earlier "The Not So Big House".Ridemonkey said:
Believe me I'm one who HATES most housing developments and the shoe boxes. With the right planning and thought you can have a house built to perfectly fit your needs at your costs.
I love craftsman styling and some of the victorian layouts are great as well. You just really need to make a list of what you're looking for in a home and in your life. Your home will be your life and since you have the advantage of tailoring it to your life you should do so.
N8 said:
Thats the best part, these things aren't expensive. 80-100 per ft.
Ridemonkey said:
That is a prefab?
If you look through that site they give costs. And yes those are prefab. How does one waste vertical space? You mean that there was more room to add stories? I'll take tall ceilings.stosh said:
stosh said:
A construction cost of $80-$100 is not cheap... esp you'll still have to buy the lot/land.
Typical modest stick-built custom homes here have a construction cost of $70-$85_ft.
Do what we all do in Canada.... igloos.
So I can have a rectangle with 8 ft ceilings, white washed walls, fake wood cabinets, and crappy appliances for 70-85, or I can have something like this with some style for 80/ft:N8 said:
http://lividpencil.com.hosting.domaindirect.com/krdb-projects/berlin/projectpage.html
Ridemonkey said:
Nope, I am talking oak cabinets, stainless steel appliances, 5.1/7.1 home theater, tile/wood floors, 10' ceilings, 14 SEER AC unit, 3 car garage etc.
stosh said:
Southern TX has some of the cheapest labor in the US for construction.
Maybe in your neck of the woods, but not round here.N8 said:
Tall ceilings are the ticket to living with less space, IMO. We have an eating area/family room off our kitchen with ~18ft (at the peak) ceilings. It's great. And the house isn't particularly large. The upstairs b-rooms have cathedral ceilings as well.Ridemonkey said:
Now if only they'd put some friggin ceiling fans in......... :mumble:
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Come on! You wouldn't be willing to move to the deep south so you could live in a nice pad cheap? WTF is wrong with you?!?Ridemonkey said:
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stosh said:
*cough*
But does the thing have some uber-luxury stuff in it?
stosh said:
S Tx has lots of labor from south of the border who don't exactly work for scale...
stosh said:
That's an option...??? Its standard around here.
We need to start a RM Construction Company specializing in energy efficient, affordable, and cool homes...
stosh said:
GET OUT! That's a standard for me... it's all of $40 to have one put in. Next you'll tell me that the 1/2 HP screw drive garage door opener is optional.
Or that under-eave soffit electrical outlets for Xmas lights are 'optional'...
As long as you are doing single family residences... no stamps are needed.stosh said:
You'll only need a PE stamp for the foundation plan.
Thats what I was just going to say. A friend of mine lives in a house like that. Can't really tell the difference. It saved him money b/c the various time tables involved were much less likely to change than with a traditional house. Building a house in section off-site also makes the process more efficient. My friend wa actually having an addition put on an existing home. The best part for him was that the house spent very little time ripped apart. It isn't like with a traditional addition where everything is built in place over weeks/months. The builder showed up one day, started demolition, and within like a week, the new roughed-in part of the home was installed and weatherproof.N8 said:
In a lot of states single family homes can be designed by anyone. No architect needed at all.stosh said: