It looks like the stone was applied and may have not actually provided the structure. Do you know anything about the project?Nah - this was a do-it-yourself project.
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It's called "Bishop's Castle" if you want to look up info. I don't know anything about it other than it exists.
I thought Brian only knew how to draw with crayonsHere's a crude photoshop, extend the front gable with some stone columns and continue the stone veneer around the front entry.
It's not a matter of wealth, it's taking a project, making a few tweeks to it and make it appear like you spent more money on it. Changing the style of the main entry probably would have added no more than $5K to the cost to build.
You should see what I can do with magic markersI thought Brian only knew how to draw with crayons
Or the architects can give more options on the front elevation.Or you could, you know, build what the buyer wants. Unless this is a spec home (I didn't see any mention that it was), isn't there someone whose opinion on the subject matters more than the builder's?
My guess that house costs between $375K-$450K to build.
It's just west of Pueblo Colorado, and it's been one guy working on it for the last thirty or forty years by himself. The stone is definitely providing the structure.
I've got some pictures of it here.
http://www.myrealnameismatt.com/Castle/index.html
My house is worth no where near what I paid for it. IMO, it's a POS, I paid for the location. My house is far from my dream home.
Tough gig paying $1.2mil for a POS.
That there is my dream home. Minus the paranoid schizophrenic signs that is.
It's all about location, you can always change the dwelling, you can't change the land.Tough gig paying $1.2mil for a POS.
Yeah, sure... but now you'll live in a POS for 20 years. Unless you plan to raze it and put in your new one:
Anybody besides me lost by the "Brian HCM" jokes and wishing they would cease or be explained?
Oh...and that castle fokking rocks. But the tool on tower 2 is braver than I'll ever be. I've ridden some mean roller coasters and never once has my heart been more in the pit of my stomach than looking at those photos...I think I may have gotten e-vertigo...
Oh...and that castle fokking rocks. But the tool on tower 2 is braver than I'll ever be. I've ridden some mean roller coasters and never once has my heart been more in the pit of my stomach than looking at those photos...I think I may have gotten e-vertigo...
I must go take pics of this moron's place outside of town now. You guys have seen nothing yet. Just wait.
That's where you can be very wrong. There are a lot of great trades people that can add a lot of custom touches that's not always recognized by the architect. Being in the construction field for over 23 years I've seen a lot. You would not believe how much architects "don't" know. IMO architects should be in the construction trades for at least 4 years before they even pick up a pencil to draw a set of blueprints.
it looks to me that the architect drew up with the client wanted.... not what was the most architectually pleasing... I know who that goes.
Yeah, the front entry way seems a bit awkward at this point with the over all theme of the house and the 'Tuscan turret" doesnt go with anything else on the house (at least from the limited view i've seen). Is there something else that's Italianate on the rear elevation?
BTW, how long has this thing been under construction??
Yeah, the front entry way seems a bit awkward at this point with the over all theme of the house and the 'Tuscan turret" doesnt go with anything else on the house (at least from the limited view i've seen). Is there something else that's Italianate on the rear elevation?
BTW, how long has this thing been under construction??
Yeah - mowing grass is far more simple. 
Ha, I was thinking the same thing. Did you catch the note about the stairs/platforms swaying all over the place?
yeah...I have no degrees in anything engineering oriented, but by my visual inspection, I would rate the pucker factor 9 out 10.Ha, I was thinking the same thing. Did you catch the note about the stairs/platforms swaying all over the place?
Oh...and if that thing were in Western NC in 2004, it would be in a river right now. Obviously no threat of tornados in his part of the country.
one lil seismic twitch and it's all over!Ha, I was thinking the same thing. Did you catch the note about the stairs/platforms swaying all over the place?
Little building p0rn update...
Drive way to be poured Tues and trimming out the interior starts tomorrow... i'll be glad when the brick front stairs are finished then i can get the columns up.
Drive way to be poured Tues and trimming out the interior starts tomorrow... i'll be glad when the brick front stairs are finished then i can get the columns up.
well.. it never fails...
we havent had a drop or rain for weeks and now that i'm all set up to pour the driveway it comes a downpour...
f'ing construction....
we havent had a drop or rain for weeks and now that i'm all set up to pour the driveway it comes a downpour...
f'ing construction....
Well, this house wraps up this week... FINALLY!!!!
Good riddance.
Good riddance.
N 8, does it cost alot/time consuming to do plaster walls like that? Or is that some kind of stucco?
it took a guy who knew what he was doing a day and a half to do the dining room & foyer. He used regular sheet rock mud over the sheetrock. His cost was $350.
The faux finish painter spent probably 50-60 hours on it and his cost was $1800.
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The owner is moving in today but last nite he had his upstairs home theater working so we watched 300 sitting on camping chairs and drinking ales.
His screen is a 112" and he has a Mitsubishi projector. The viewing distance was about 12-15 ft back from the screen.
I have just picked up 5 more lots to build on for 2008...
I spent $175k on them and I needs to get started now but my plans wont be finished until late next week bastids!!!
I spent $175k on them and I needs to get started now but my plans wont be finished until late next week bastids!!!
Well... dirt work and forums are set on house #1 for 2008..
Should be a busy year here for us home builders in this section of the country.
Busy year for me as well as MizN 8 says it's time for a new house. Been in this one for 3 1/2 years.
Should be a busy year here for us home builders in this section of the country.
Busy year for me as well as MizN 8 says it's time for a new house. Been in this one for 3 1/2 years.
the kitchen of the house with the double double garage.. and yes, you granite snobs, it is 3 cm with a bull nose.
I like the disco floor lighting, can it change colors or strobe too?
alot of people in the east do to, be gotta use a sump pump
of course.