Buying a haus! (Ugh...PG. 9)

[slammin.e28]

Yes! Loving the suggestions!

Going to def look into doing an island. Love open plans. Brother is open to tweaking, etc. Already have a gas fireplace in mind for the living room. House will grow by 4' each way, so bedrooms, etc will be bigger.

Def into windows, etc. Love natural light. I hate hate hate lights being left on, etc. I'm a big time utility Nazi. I try to beat my last bill on utilities each month.

It's going to be in a heavily wooded evergreen forest of sorts. Here's a rough drawing, not to scale at all, of where I want to put it.

Green is the hill crest.
Blue is the low spot.
Grey is the driveway.
Yellow is my parents property boundary.
Orange will be my lot.
Red is the house (roughly), bold red is the front, facing East.

[slammin.e28]

One other comment: Why doesn't your garage have a car lift and 15 ft. ceilings? :)

In my pic, if you look at the top right my parents house is there. There is a long pole barn to the left. It has a lift, lol.


Not saying I may not put one in the house later, but I'd build a detached garage for it.

[gtdragon980]

That is going to be fawking awesome!

[fporro]

This is some impressive shit.

Thanks Curtis, it was a labor of love.

Designed her so it would blend in with sorrounding colors and textures, had stucco buffed so it's as smooth as a baby's bottom, then applied sealer., it reflexes light as there's a glossiy sheen to it and heat bounces off of it too, sort of frozen pond or icecream gloss, as i like to describe her ...

she wears pink everyday at sunset :)

Frank, that lanai is beautiful, you really have a great view from there, must be very relaxing to sit out there at night and take in the view.

Where are you located exactly? My GF's parents live in Manoa Valley and I'll be visiting this summer, can't wait! Will be the 6th time out there in as many years, truly some of the most beautiful places and people out there.

It sure is, I'm a morning guy so share breakfast with local birds from Lanai,
cocktails at sunset when family comes to visit.

Lanais floor it's 14 tiles long (18"s x 18"s) so arranged them into 14 hues, from greenest Waimanalo Bay to ones with most brown, placed brightes by entrance morphing them towards livinroom's brown wooden floor., used all glass (restaurant door) to separate/secure area for seamless effect.

I'm on Waialei Iki ridge, Sony open, whale watching and Hiltons friday nights fireworks are viewable.

Yup, Hawaii it's beutiful, had the privilage of receiving the "breath of life" twice, very sincere and warm people, it takes me back to my early chieldhood., Aloha.

[fronton]

build an in-floor safe large enough to hide in that locks from the inside as well.

[markseven]

Don't know if this has been mentioned, but do you really want the common bathroom next to the master bedroom?

[MAXELHOFF]

These are neat.http://www.greendiary.com/wp-content...pipe_u61t6.jpg Lose the wall next to the foyer, imo. 220v in the garage? Casement windows are badass. http://www.nationwidewindow.com/pub/...entWindows.jpg If you build the overhangs large enough, you may be able to forego gutters. Glad you are choosing not to build on the absolute top of the hill. Good luck!

[MAXELHOFF]

#1 complaint = not enough closets.

Oh yeah, coat closet and linen closet.

[slammin.e28]

Been dicking with the plans on Sketchup. Basic rundown:

Deleted upstairs laundry room, moved bedroom over, then put stairwell between bedroom and foyer.

Made bar in kitchen into an island.

Added fireplace to living room.

Removed water heater from guest bathroom (to go downstairs), made master bath bigger by moving wall down. Added his and her sinks, etc.

Still deciding on what to do with the garage, dining room, etc. Really want to open the whole house up. Probably going to get some paper and sketch the interior up one night by hand. May try to do the basement in Sketchup tonight.

[ohthejosh]

Been dicking with the plans on Minecraft. Basic rundown:

Ftfy

[slammin.e28]

Ftfy

^_^ I have thought about building it on MC for teh luls.....

[ohthejosh]

^_^ I have thought about building it on MC for teh luls.....

built a hotub in a hut with a secret underwater tunnel to my awesome underground house LOL

Exactly how your house should be built.

[slammin.e28]

YUS.

Where is your secret undergound house?

[M-technik-3]

Taxes on said piece of property?
Town septic/water
Utlities above ground or below?

Who is going to do the GC work you or family member?
Parents selling and moving anytime soon?

[slammin.e28]

Taxes on said piece of property?

Donno, will have to look into that.

Town septic/water

County water. Will need to put in septic tank/field.

Utlities above ground or below?

Probably below. My brother was talking about getting everything trenched, etc.

Who is going to do the GC work you or family member?

Probably myself and my brother, maybe with a friend of his. He said he may fly out here to frame up a house and spend some with the family this Summer.

Parents selling and moving anytime soon?

Nope. Not anytime down the road either. Another reason to be close, I already fix shit at their house all the time, so may as well be able to walk there than drive.