I have thoroughly enjoyed looking at all of your properties. I thought
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Randy
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Here are a few pictures to update you guys on our farmhouse build. I will say that I will never build another house again as long as I live. We have a good GC overseeing the project but man is it hard to stay on budget (we will end up about 12% over budget at the end by my calculations). Windows & doors are a killer to a home project. You either have to go cheap or expensive and there is not an in between. I also included a few pics of our last deer hunt of the season yesterday afternoon with my oldest son. We ended up seeing 17 deer. 2 small bucks and I completely missed one of the does as my last shot of the 2017 hunting season. I also included a nice group of gobblers hanging out on the farm as well so I can look forward to turkey season. Its exciting that we are nearing the end of the build and we will be able to enjoy the farm even more but I also get to look forward to the monthly payment each month that will be coming with it.buckhunter10
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boy thats a nice looking house though!
Randy
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Not really...I do glance around while turkey hunting but that's about it. Thanks for the nice comments. My wife designed and called the shots of course. I picked out the exterior doors and the hardwood flooring. That's about it.
Merle Hawggard
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A little over budget, but it looks awesome and the quality windows will pay for themselves in the long run.
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FL Plotter
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Nice spread. We have never built a house before...been in our current house for 18 years and bought it used. But, we have bought 20 acres in the country and are starting to plan our retirement home (forever, gonna die here home). Not looking forward to the building process as I know of nobody that has ever said it was fun...always over budget and rarely satisfied with the quality.
BTW, I hear you on windows...we had our fireplace removed and had a 5x5 bay window put in to see the dock. It's 2 years old last month, and we had to have that piece replaced for fogging. I asked for Anderson windows, but my contractor just put in what he wanted, I guess.
BTW, I hear you on windows...we had our fireplace removed and had a 5x5 bay window put in to see the dock. It's 2 years old last month, and we had to have that piece replaced for fogging. I asked for Anderson windows, but my contractor just put in what he wanted, I guess.
Great looking place you have there...best decision my wife and I ever made while married is deciding to live on our property after we purchased it. Lots of work and money to make that happen since it had never had a homesite on it and was entirely and completely wooded!
You will enjoy it immensely!
You will enjoy it immensely!
buckhunter10
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Boy that farm house is a beaut!
Thanks for sharing- excited to follow along!
Thanks for sharing- excited to follow along!
Randy
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Well we are getting closer to the end. The contractors have finished the tile, plumbing, lighting, and AC. The only thing left are a few touchups here and there. Now I have to figure out a way to pay for it. If any of you ever think about building...here are the items that run up the cost of a home:.
1) Windows...I think I have already mentioned it. You can go with cheaper vinyl windows like a YKK and really mold out around them to make them look better or you will be paying 2.5 times the cost with an Anderson...there is really no middle ground. We went with Anderson downstairs and the upstairs bedroom windows were YKK. This is a forever home so we decided to upgrade on some of the windows.
2) Porches....If you want to build a home with a ton of porch...Add around 35-50 a sq ft for the area (for rural Georgia...it could be more or less around metro areas). If you go with wood in the ceiling on the porch it will likely be on the higher end. We went with Metal in the ceiling on the porch and I think it turned out great.
3) Lighting and plumbing fixtures. Our builder gave us a budget of 3,000 on lighting fixtures (the antler chandelier ate up 70% of the budget) and 3,000 on plumbing fixtures. Needless to say that didn't work out very well. He estimated 20 can lights on initial report. We probably have & needed 35-40.
4) Cabinets would have been over budget as well but we went with very few upper cabinets. This kept us close or a little below budget.
5) The tile quotations we were getting were all over the place. There was a good bit of variation between the 3 prices we were given.
6) Hiring a builder vs subbing. We chose to hire a GC simply because the home is 90 miles from where we live, he came highly recommended, he did great finish work, and he had connections with subs who he could oversee and make sure the job was done to our liking. I feel like I could have probably saved 10 percent if I would have subbed out everything myself but it was probably worth having him there.
We ended up about 20% over the initial estimated price but it was mostly due to the windows, custom items like the hand railing on the stairs, and the electric/plumbing fixtures.
All in all we/my wife is happy. She basically picked out everything excluding the exterior doors and flooring. The flooring is pretty dirty in the pictures below but once we get everything cleaned up in and out I will send a few finished pictures. The building process is definitely stressful but this is a house I hope that will stay in our family forever.
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1) Windows...I think I have already mentioned it. You can go with cheaper vinyl windows like a YKK and really mold out around them to make them look better or you will be paying 2.5 times the cost with an Anderson...there is really no middle ground. We went with Anderson downstairs and the upstairs bedroom windows were YKK. This is a forever home so we decided to upgrade on some of the windows.
2) Porches....If you want to build a home with a ton of porch...Add around 35-50 a sq ft for the area (for rural Georgia...it could be more or less around metro areas). If you go with wood in the ceiling on the porch it will likely be on the higher end. We went with Metal in the ceiling on the porch and I think it turned out great.
3) Lighting and plumbing fixtures. Our builder gave us a budget of 3,000 on lighting fixtures (the antler chandelier ate up 70% of the budget) and 3,000 on plumbing fixtures. Needless to say that didn't work out very well. He estimated 20 can lights on initial report. We probably have & needed 35-40.
4) Cabinets would have been over budget as well but we went with very few upper cabinets. This kept us close or a little below budget.
5) The tile quotations we were getting were all over the place. There was a good bit of variation between the 3 prices we were given.
6) Hiring a builder vs subbing. We chose to hire a GC simply because the home is 90 miles from where we live, he came highly recommended, he did great finish work, and he had connections with subs who he could oversee and make sure the job was done to our liking. I feel like I could have probably saved 10 percent if I would have subbed out everything myself but it was probably worth having him there.
We ended up about 20% over the initial estimated price but it was mostly due to the windows, custom items like the hand railing on the stairs, and the electric/plumbing fixtures.
All in all we/my wife is happy. She basically picked out everything excluding the exterior doors and flooring. The flooring is pretty dirty in the pictures below but once we get everything cleaned up in and out I will send a few finished pictures. The building process is definitely stressful but this is a house I hope that will stay in our family forever.
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Cedar Ridge
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Place looks awesome! Great job.
buckhunter10
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My wife sees this and we’ll be moving. Unreal place. Thanks for sharing.
Randy
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A few pics from the farm on fathers day weekend...I had a great fathers day to say the least. I spent Saturday mowing the orchard with my two boys riding along. We also got a tree swing setup for them to use.
That evening we went to check a food plot and found two sheds laying in the middle of it as well. We also saw a mommy doe with two fawns following closely behind....although it was a hot Georgia day I enjoyed every minute with the kids.
That evening we went to check a food plot and found two sheds laying in the middle of it as well. We also saw a mommy doe with two fawns following closely behind....although it was a hot Georgia day I enjoyed every minute with the kids.
