Random Thoughts - Part Deux [NO POLITICS]

[cjd]

Originally Posted by Spuds

Back on the housing topic... Anyone ever build a house? Well, have a house built for them?

Not yet?

[Clutch Dog]

Originally Posted by Spuds

Lol but that does sound like a lot of work to patch holes. Now you gotta paint it too right? I'd have just bought a new trunk.

well the idea was to patch it for min, but the guy im working with, the shop rather. is anal about everything. so he had to true the wing to the trunk to the car and all of a sudden I was paying 450 ( only 450 mind you) for 6 holes to be welded up, and 4 more holes to be drilled.

a new trunk is like what? 371 bucks? unpainted? so either way i have to get paint.
and that even includes an ebay trunk which might need repairs.

so either way I was spending alot. in short. the best thing would have been to wait for any color wingless and go from there. but hey. Im young and fiesty?

[p1l0t]

Originally Posted by Spuds

Back on the housing topic... Anyone ever build a house? Well, have a house built for them?

Nah, but I built one of those Home Depot sheds once..

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[Ultramaroon]

holy shit. crazy people.


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[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Spuds

Back on the housing topic... Anyone ever build a house? Well, have a house built for them?

Yes, I had two houses built for me.



humfrz

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by soundman98

i'm to pasty to survive very long in mexico.

Not to worry, just get a good tan and some tats and you will fit right in -


humfrz

[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by humfrz

Yes, I had two houses built for me.



humfrz

Building a home has changed a bit since then.

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by jsimon7777

Thinking of retiring to Mexico, on the coast near Tijuana. One of the waterfront luxury high rises. We could get a penthouse on the beach and live there for winters then come back to the US for summers.

You mean like around Rosarito? Not to be a Debbie Downer, but you may wish to jump on google earth and look around the area after you get a half block off the ocean. Too bad GE can't capture the smell -


humfrz

[Spuds]

Originally Posted by humfrz

Yes, I had two houses built for me.



humfrz

Any regrets, advice, etc for someone looking to build? I kind of want to start looking into building one, mostly so I have more garage space lol. But also so I don't face palm every time I find something to fix.

[ScoobsMcGee]

Originally Posted by Spuds

Back on the housing topic... Anyone ever build a house? Well, have a house built for them?

Not directly, but I can offer some advice after something a coworker just went through: make sure the realtor isn't married or related to the builder. Definitely not both. While you should also pay attention to what is going on, the realtor should be looking out for you, not the builder.

[soundman98]

Originally Posted by humfrz

GAD! soundman98, what did you DO with your girlfriends??? -


humfrz

HAHA, imagination is so much better than reality.

Originally Posted by p1l0t

This thread is so... random..

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well the title is aptly made then!

Originally Posted by Clutch Dog

well the idea was to patch it for min, but the guy im working with, the shop rather. is anal about everything. so he had to true the wing to the trunk to the car and all of a sudden I was paying 450 ( only 450 mind you) for 6 holes to be welded up, and 4 more holes to be drilled.

a new trunk is like what? 371 bucks? unpainted? so either way i have to get paint.
and that even includes an ebay trunk which might need repairs.

so either way I was spending alot. in short. the best thing would have been to wait for any color wingless and go from there. but hey. Im young and fiesty?

i've been seeing new oem trunk lids for around $550-600 on fleabay. if you've got a line on one for $350, i'll buy by tomorrow.

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

holy shit. crazy people.

you know, i haven't watched a new reporter in nearly 2 years now. now i remember why.

Originally Posted by Spuds

Back on the housing topic... Anyone ever build a house? Well, have a house built for them?

Originally Posted by Spuds

Any regrets, advice, etc for someone looking to build? I kind of want to start looking into building one, mostly so I have more garage space lol. But also so I don't face palm every time I find something to fix.

new houses aren't all that much better sometimes. i've worked on a few new houses, mostly one-off custom stuff, never built my own--i'm happier rehabbing an old house with a good structure. the maintenance is a pain in old houses, finding good contractors and good materials are the pain in new houses. lately, i can't get better odds than about 1 of 25 light fixtures to not be broken in some way. many times those are custom-ordered fixtures. led fixtures are somewhat worse, as there's 2 additional failure modes in the led and the led driver, besides bad mounting hardware, fixture frame damage, and broken glass. i've never had a job so far that hasn't had at least 1 ad custom-ordered 3-week-lead-time fixture bad. sometimes i can cover it over with leftover materials i hoard on the truck, other times i can't.

expect it to go over the expected time frame.

the first hardest part is finding a contractor that has their ducks in rows. there's not many that don't shoot most of it from the hip. the second hardest part is making the blueprints and getting all the idea's you want into a scaled down blueprint-- many people struggle with blueprint scale. a lot get idea's from home shows, and attempt to work design details into rooms that aren't the same scale as the idea.

and if you're doing a house with a basement, leave the basement ceiling as a drop ceiling. makes it so much easier/cheaper when you decide to change things on the main floor after realizing certain things don't work the way you want them to.

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Spuds

Any regrets, advice, etc for someone looking to build? I kind of want to start looking into building one, mostly so I have more garage space lol. But also so I don't face palm every time I find something to fix.

I'd never do it again.

I'd suggest you look around till you find one that is already built that suits most your needs and desires. The important word there is most.




humfrz

[Spuds]

Originally Posted by humfrz

I'd never do it again.

I'd suggest you look around till you find one that is already built that suits most your needs and desires. The important word there is most.




humfrz

But you did it twice...

[soundman98]

At least half the people I've done a new houses for say the same thing. And then they're building an addition or remodeling half the house a few years later.

Being part of creating something from scratch and ordering people to make it is somewhat of an addiction. Sorta like tattooing- some might hate the process, but love the end result.