Have you ever built a home?

[INked]

Not meaning with your trusty hammer and tool-belt,I mean deal with contractors and buying property.HOLY **** glad it's 95% done headaches and hidden expenses,lawyers ect!Just thought i would post a pic and ya I'm training outa my garage and nobody complains when I hit my heavybag now!

[cdnsoldier]

Nice house.

[theboss]

looks good bro.........i know what you went through....mine was done may 08....so one year in and still finishing some stuff.....mostly backyard.......looks good.

[ironwill]

We decided to buy a second home ....One in BC, now one here........we were going to build, but we looked around a bit and found a whack of pre-built homes on the market and were find the exact home we had fantasized about for a long time....
we just purchased the prebuilt home yesterday and signed final papers....
They pay the legal fees, and all transfer costs, all costs period...We walk in with payment and set-up, no extra charges..
And the kicker is we negotiated a great deal...Now is the time to negotiate, like right now...we actually got 80,000 off the original asking price, still paid a shitload for house, but got a steal of a deal compared to building....complete with view of the rockies, awesome deck, 2200 sq feet, hi end package...no headaches...we were in a huge boom in the west here, now things have slowed and we are taking advantage of empty homes...
If you have time to look and are in a decent sized area, take the time..

Congrats on the new house Inked, looks sweet...Moving is always an adventure....:)

[INked]

We decided to buy a second home ....One in BC, now one here........we were going to build, but we looked around a bit and found a whack of pre-built homes on the market and were find the exact home we had fantasized about for a long time....
we just purchased the prebuilt home yesterday and signed final papers....
They pay the legal fees, and all transfer costs, all costs period...We walk in with payment and set-up, no extra charges..
And the kicker is we negotiated a great deal...Now is the time to negotiate, like right now...we actually got 80,000 off the original asking price, still paid a shitload for house, but got a steal of a deal compared to building....complete with view of the rockies, awesome deck, 2200 sq feet, hi end package...no headaches...we were in a huge boom in the west here, now things have slowed and we are taking advantage of empty homes...
If you have time to look and are in a decent sized area, take the time..

Congrats on the new house Inked, looks sweet...Moving is always an adventure....:)Turn key and a view of the Rockies,doing something right bro!A walkout basement onto a man made lake is about as good as it gets here in Manitoba.

[RagingRandy]

I have built two places. I did a lot of the finishing work myself on both. Getting the trades to play nice is more difficult than herding cats.

[ironwill]

Turn key and a view of the Rockies,doing something right bro!A walkout basement onto a man made lake is about as good as it gets here in Manitoba.
I hear ya, i do love manitoba though, its my home, and has a tonne of awesome qualities about it.....Great folks......
Good work on the new house bro.......looks sweet..love the stone, dont see that much in the peg.....

[GYMBRAT]

nice crib inked!...built 2 now and never again (I think) both were a royal pain in the ass, we'd go and look every wk or so to find no one around, see the same crew startin on other projects etc...after it was all said and done is when we heard all that bad shit about this particular builder, even after a yrs worth of homework!.....ah but once your "in" all the hate disappears ...lol congrats bro!

[INked]

I have built two places. I did a lot of the finishing work myself on both. Getting the trades to play nice is more difficult than herding cats.

WTF is it with these guys?Workin against each other on the same build!Glad my wife was around on more than one heated "lets say discussions" or their might be a contractor or two in my driveway,oh and by "in" I mean under!Thanks Guys,both me and the wife take alot of pride in our new home.:)

[Mr Ontario]

Sweet looking house no doubt.....dealing with contractors etc is not always fun. Even picking colours etc can be a pain.

[Knuckles28]

nice house! i'm a contractor and i pre wire homes (cable, phone, networking blah blah) i see the stress people go through every day while building homes. it keep me coming back for more! lol
Seriously though nice house.

[St]

Very nice house good for you hard work pays off.

[INked]

Again thanks for the compliments guys,still a work in progress,have to insulate and drywall my garage(myself) landscaping guys pissed with the stucko guys wich are 3 weeks behind!Our deck out back has whent from 7k to 8k ya that was last nites headache.That being said I'm sitting in my walkout basement with my morning coffee/420 and watchin the sun dance accross the lake in our backyard so I'm not stressin!:flagC

[ironwill]

Winnipeg hydro rules.......:yeah

[lunkhead]

one headache after another! :beer

[guest]

Winnipeg hydro rules.......:yeah

west is da best.

[natenator]

one headache after another! :beer
jesus. knew I shoulda become a DR. lol

Nice house, Lunk!

[Tiamat]

Damn lunkhead, that's a nice house!!

[Tiamat]

Great house inked. I wish I could one day own my own.

[BritishColumbian]

Very nice house Inked, I know what you mean, I work in resedential construction and I see all the bullshit everyday, I once seen a plumber bite off an electricians ear because the guy kicked the plumbers old dog that he always brought to work with him. I have seen stuco and Landscapers fighting about the mess, I have seen drywallers get one pay advance and not show up for a week. I have seen contractors make mistakes worth 50 thousand bucks, lol I bet your glad its OVER!