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Wanna See My House?

Gidget avatar
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Here's the drawing of our little house going up in BMB. Note, parapet roof which will have solar panels and also note the suns - which are placed to track the position of the sun in the sky over the year. ICF construction with stucco exterior.

Thanks for looking :wave:
G

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RiverOtter avatar
got any pics?
#2
Very cool. I'd like to know what the Solar costs are.
Matt J avatar
SWGB
#3
Who's your architect and builder? You can wait until they're done to shamelessly plug them. :biggrin:
Gidget avatar
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#4
Very cool. I'd like to know what the Solar costs are.

Lots of rebates so now is great time. REALLY great time!

:cool:
G
Gidget avatar
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#5
Who's your architect and builder? You can wait until they're done to shamelessly plug them. :biggrin:


We did the design ourselves. Hence my insanity :wacko:

Builder is Chris Ritchie - awesome! We r doing some things ourselves as dh built last house.

G
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#6
Thanks for sharing.
Gidget avatar
Beach FanaticAuthor
#7
Thanks for sharing.

:wave:
Beach Fanatic
#8
How cool and exciting!!
SoWal Insider
#9
very cool. :clap:
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Beach Lover
#10
Building a new house is exciting !! its a cool design thanks for sharing. :D
Lynnie avatar
SoWal Insider
#11
Cute, Gidget. When's it going to be completed?
picky
#12
Gidget, what elevation are we looking at? Is this the side view? What color are you wanting to paint it?
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#13
We did the design ourselves. Hence my insanity :wacko:

Builder is Chris Ritchie - awesome! We r doing some things ourselves as dh built last house.

G

Chris Ritchie is a good guy.

Dig the house- good luck with it.
Gidget avatar
Beach FanaticAuthor
#14
Cute, Gidget. When's it going to be completed?

March or April!! So I am wintering in Destin :wave:

G
Gidget avatar
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#15
Gidget, what elevation are we looking at? Is this the side view? What color are you wanting to paint it?

Hi - elevation at our lot is like close to 50 - we are high and dry. The drawing is front view. Enter via screened porch. Color is camel's hair - same as our last house in LA. See below

Thanks for all the cool supporting comments :cool::cool:

G

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RiverOtter avatar
got any pics?
#16
Lots of rebates so now is great time. REALLY great time!

:cool:
G

Could you be a little more vague? :biggrin:
Gidget avatar
Beach FanaticAuthor
#17
I'll have to give details on price later as we aren't done with negotiations ..... Let me get back to you. :wave:

G
ASH avatar
Beach Fanatic
#18
Just glad to see anyone building. Hope to see you around.
Gidget avatar
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#19
Just glad to see anyone building. Hope to see you around.

One day you guys will ride down 30A and see a parapet roof towering over the red brick houses in brickyard - that will be this house. :biggrin:

G
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#20
Good luck with the ICF- we love ours The contruction provided many hours of entertainment for the neighbors with all of the concrete trucks coming and going! Even in the Texas heat, our electric bills are very reasonable. Of course, our house is only 1800 sq ft. Here's a picture with our copper metal roof.


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Gidget avatar
Beach FanaticAuthor
#21
I love it!!! Thanks for sharing!! :wave:

G
ASH avatar
Beach Fanatic
#22
We rode bike past your jobsite this weekend. There was a yard sale in your neighborhood and we also visited the sale going on at the art company across from Sally's. We ended up riding all the way to the Red Bar for lunch.
Bet your jobsite is drenched this morning though...
Gidget avatar
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#23
We rode bike past your jobsite this weekend. There was a yard sale in your neighborhood and we also visited the sale going on at the art company across from Sally's. We ended up riding all the way to the Red Bar for lunch.
Bet your jobsite is drenched this morning though...

Don't even say it lol!! Lucky for us the drainage is great usually on our lot.... we'll see though. If you see a white haired thin man that's moondoggie - say hi! :wave:

Gidget
Matt J avatar
SWGB
#24
Have you met any of your neighbors yet?
Gidget avatar
Beach FanaticAuthor
#25
Yep - even broke bread with Arkie Hawg and his wife. They are like just a few doors away. Nice folk! Met a few others too. Thanks for asking.

G
Gidget avatar
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#26







1st floor almost has its shell!

Exciting!

Thanks for looking. :wave:

G

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