You can call what you're doing remodeling, but when you replace everything except for a few 2x4s, you're essentially building a new house on an old foundation.
Call it foundation recycling. I thought it was funny when he was talking about Americans needing to build smaller. I don't know how big his family is but they are going to be in a ~2700+ sqft home. My family of 5 is in 1050 sqft on about 12 acres. It's nice he thinks people should build smaller but practicing what you preach is important if you want people to take you seriously. How much of the budget is going into adding the 400-500 sqft of floor space and making those major structural changes? Most families aren't living in homes over 2500 sqft in this country. Those homes are where the people with incomes in the top 5 to 10% are living. The other 90% of us make do in 2000 sqft or smaller homes because we don't have the means to build a $500,000 to $1,000,000+ home. I'm sure he paid his dues earlier in his career to build his company but I would just about guarantee his company does nearly zero work with anyone who isn't in the top 10% of earners in the country. It's a nice thought but most of us do live in homes that fit our families because we can't afford to do anything else. He's shown homes they built for older customers who are just a husband and wife but for some reason they felt they needed a 4000 sqft home that cost $750,000 to build. Live your dream but I think his message would do more good if he gave it when he was sitting down with his clients and he asked them if a retired couple in their late 60s really needs that much house. I love the show and watch almost every video posted but that message seems like he is really out of touch with the kinds of homes that most Americans live in. My family is firmly middle class and what he paid for the house in the video would be at the top of our price range and it was a complete disaster. How much would it have been if it was that home but new construction? Normal Americans simply don't live the way he thinks they do. The average home size in the country is about half of the square footage that home will be when he is finished with the remodel. So does he really need that large of a house? More room is nice but it's a small portion of the country that have the luxury to live in more house than they need and many live in smaller homes and make do or live in tiny apartments.
RUUUUUUNNNN Matt!!!! DON"T DO IT! Knock it over. Its going to cost you so much more and you are still going to have an old house when its all said and done. There will still be imperfections that will drive you nuts. I did this myself. Completely gutted an old farm house and rebuilt it. Material cost ends up being the same, labor is way more, and you still have an old house and its not going to be exactly what you wanted. I wish I could go back in time and slap myself and change the coarse of history from when I made the decision to gut mine. I could have had so much more house and it would have been new if I would have knocked mine over. Just sharing the advice I wish I would have got. Merry Christmas my friend!
Hey Lewis sorta like that whole cable stairs system when you could of stopped at nice blocks & no one would of really cared? I am sorry brother had to get that in there! Merry Christmas !
@@proficientbuilders3565 That is definitely an outlying factor that I didn't consider. It would definitely make some great content and could probably help even out the financials.
"Should we just start fresh?" As a builder I've had those same discussions many times with clients. Thank you for weighing the pros and cons and tossing around ideas. This is a good project to weigh ideas and approaches and look seriously at "constraints". Thanks also Matt for your Christmas wishes and message. “Each of us is an innkeeper who decides if there is room for Jesus”
@@sergeyb8 It largely depends on the layout. A 2000sq/ft house can feel bigger and be easier to live in than a 3000sq/ft house that's just not optimized to use the space it has. So many floor plans just waste space.
@@sergeyb8 my family of 9 grew up in a 1100 sqft double wide. it was cozy. now my parents only have 1 kid still at home and a 2100sqft house. way too much room.
I appreciate what you do. I can't imagine anyone doing a quick flip on this house and be able to sell it in good conscience. We have a problem in this country where we don't value quality and don't maintain the homes we own. This is a step in the right direction. Thanks. Merry Christmas.
Cool the you mentioned Sarah Susanka. She was an educator to me when I was in architecture school in MN. After school I nixed the idea of working in an architecture firm and I became a carpenter. I worked on several of the projects that her firm designed. Including her own house. It's a small world. Merry Christmas.
Sarah Susanna has designed some of the most livable houses in our lifetime. I think I have all of her published books on small house design. Even a family of six, like Matt’s, can comfortably live in an well designed 1,800 sq. Ft.house. One of the absolute major drawbacks in house design is the garage, a truly ugly extension on any house. My vote is for detached garages for many reasons, the most important being the removal of an inherent structural weakness where the garage door(s) are located. We can build houses that resist tornados and hurricanes if we separate the cars from the people.
Beautiful. Thanks for adding the great Christmas message at the end. I appreciate your unwillingness to accept “good enough”. That’s why I watch your videos instead of videos by other builders who are okay with cutting corners.
This is something the guys I work with struggle with. We do energy retrofits and upgrades for low and fixed income families in Tennessee and we frequently come across homes they need DEEP remodeling and we are constrained by program scope limitations to only tackle health and safety and energy items in addition to limited budget. We can only do so much but when we see moisture seeping through brick we have to back away. But because we have constraints we can really drill down and do what we can to lower energy costs. I really try to educate the homeowners as much as I can and try to empower them to use the savings and new information to fund future projects. I’ve sent them links to your videos on numerous occasions. Thanks for being a great resource.
The heck with that old house. You can do so much more with the ceilings and the roof line which are everything to me in a house. The only thing you are saving is demo costs, and foundation costs and that old foundation is all crazy elevations anyways. Everything else cost the same. The plumbing, electrical, hvac, flooring, cabinets all of those expensive items cost exactly the same in either new or remodel. No point in fitting into the neighborhood either, just dont build a mcmansion overlooking the neighborhood. Matt I would have loved to see your style and who you really are in a home. Would have been really cool for you to draw your own floorplan. Seems worth it to even be 500 square ft smaller that the original in order to get new new.
"We can do better with smaller." This can't be stated enough. I see so much product in the middle to upper income neighborhoods that is simply big just to be big....but so incredibly ugly because, in reality, the owners didn't have the money to make it aesthetically correct. They simply built a big box house with cheap finishes. Good luck selling it.
I started helping my dad remodel when I was 8 about 55 years ago. Working on elevators you are a jack of all trades. In D.C. I got to work on many very old buildings. Capitol, library of Congress, Washington Monument, Supreme Court ect. Those buildings are never going to be torn down. They are restored. The unknown in a project is always a risk. Once you open her up you meet reality. Matt got lots of huge surprises and adjusted to make it work. That is what successful people do. Building innovation brings changes to construction methods. The well done job will always have value.
Thumbs up..........another trades person who understands what goes into a remodel or new building and who doesn't think in black and white with only feelings to go on. Matt took a risk (as well as Off the Ranch Matt) but they hopefully based their decisions on good information and doing their homework. People underestimate the cost of demo, engineering, permits, foundation work, and framing. It is easy to say to knock it down, but reality has a rude awakening. Goals, funds, knowledge, buildings, codes, and people are all variables. Too many people think in black and white with little to base their opinions on. I have found it is safer to not assume but rather consider what lies beyond the surface of a topic and to consider that not everyone has the same goals, knowledge, or motivation.....different perspectives and all.
Thank you Matt for being unafraid to share your faith in a respectful and uplifting manner. If only we could all be so respectful yet bold in sharing our feeling and faith with the goal of building up, and not tearing down. Merry Christmas, and happy new year!
I really appreciate the differences of remodel vs. rebuild! I especially appreciate the Christmas message and encouragement in faith, brother in Christ!
Thank you for the boldness of your ‘Christmas Message’. I know this kind of stuff can easily alienate some viewers. I pray that you and your family have a blessed Christmas and 2020.
Matt, I was very interested in the “Real Remodel” concept, however it seems there was no home inspection prior to starting this project. In the 1st video you seemed to explain a scope of work. I feel you should have known about much of the restoration yet the following videos make it seems like new discoveries. I now understand this will no longer be a rental property but your personal family home. I assume after moving into this house you’ll remodel your existing home. Please consider doing a Real Remodel series on that. I do want to thank you for all you work on The Build Show it’s provided important content. Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!!!
Now that's a great idea, if it works for Matt, hope he sees this ! I too would like to see the promised original concept of a "Real Remodel" etc. Everybody please thumb up and comment on Tom Builder's idea so it gets noticed !
I bought my house when I was 16 and remodeled it over the next 6 years, was not the smartest choice, but I dont thi I I regret it, it taught me alot and made me realise what not to do. Hopefully going to knock it down soon and restart fresh. Just not sure on how to go about the new house just yet
thats stupid move coming from some who is richer than this fool. if u dont like it sell it be creative and learn to work with what u have be resourceful u dont need top of the line building materials, back in the day they said the same thing it a. top of the line junk is over complicated people way of wasting money. after all its a board house one spark and its gone
@@divinee.155 I dont think I'm gonna build over the top or have anything too complicated. But I like my property, dont think theres another property I'll like better. So I'd like to try to get a house in this property I do like and live happily ever after. Atleast that's the thought
Yes please. I am interested in knowing the difference between these three scenarios: 1. Rebuilding like you are. 2. Knock down and re-use foundation and lot. 3. Empty lot in same area starting from ground up.
I also have a 70s home with great bones it is a tough call but it exists and can only improve with whatever you decide and the big point that a lot are missing is the permit hassle of a new build and then the budget goes way UP Hang tough
I was all set to do a major reno. Then the foundation that looked good last summer, suddenly didn't look as good with the "natural swimming pool" we saw last week. Now the cost just jumped regardless of what may be done. My nephew suggested that it would actually be best to raze the structure, fill in the hole, bring in two sea containers and live in those. I'm thinking he is onto something there. And yes, I read the tiny house house books when they came out, but sometimes it takes someone to pull you out of your train of thought.
I still love this series even though the scope has changed. Merry Christmas and thanks for being authentic in your beliefs even as your channel has grown so much.
I'm about 75% of the way through a complete remodel and have asked myself the same question. I'm glad I did a complete interior demo, the issues I've come across and removed would have been a profound issue in a year or two. My place is an old school house from the late 1800's which was added onto sometime in the 1970's and all the 70's work was done improperly. Fun fun!
Outstanding thought provoking video. We have just moved from a 2700 ft2, 100 year old brick home in Montreal, to a wood 2000 ft2, 100 year old home, in BearRiver, Nova Scotia. We have always done the remodelling. The “leave the builder grade” 10 year old stuff is often an issue. Merry Christmas Matt. All the best for 2020.
A third option I wish will become more popular in the future is deconstructing a house instead of demolishing it. Because a huge con in my mind when choosing a new construction is the amount of waste we are creating.
@@lisagravells802 The mold is no big deal as it is easy to remove, clean up, and treat in a building torn back this far. It is not uncommon, especially when dealing with buildings that have flooded. People are afraid of mold and yet have no professional experience working on buildings or removing and repairing water and mold damage.
CGT80 yes but I’m replying to the reuse of materials. You can’t clean drywall and insulation and vapour barrier and various other materials and if you can clean them it’s cost prohibitive to do so. I agree this house is easier to clean torn back this far and perfectly safe however a lot of trash is created in the process and that’s a unfortunate truth with remodeling .
@@lisagravells802 Yes, building materials are produced inexpensively and are meant to be a consumable/replaceable product. Many of the building materials used over the last 100+ years in the USA are the same way. That is a drawback to materials that have many other benefits such as speed and ease of installation, standard sizes, light weight, energy efficient and relatively low cost to remove and replace when needed. Concrete, brick/block, and steel are more durable but are much harder to work with or remodel. How much waste do you think a remodel creates vs. a new home or vs. other sources of waste such as packaging material? I also work on commercial buildings and see how much waste comes from warehouses/manufacturing businesses. I'm also a competitive shooter and Pro2A and hear the antigun comments....another topic people don't truly understand and people fail to see how it plays into the big picture and how their solutions work much better in their minds than in real life. It is a shame to have so much waste and it is great when we can reuse or rebuild/repurpose items or buildings. The waste from doing a remodel on a building every few decades doesn't concern me as much as the waste we generate on a daily basis. Plastic straws being banned is a joke to me (I live in komnifornia) and the plastic bag ban was stupid but did get us better bags and uses less cheap bags.............in the big picture, bags and straws make up a tiny percentage of the trash we generate. People should focus on product packaging and distribution as it will make a bigger difference.
CGT80 I know right! I personally dumpster dive at Home Depot and Lowe’s and Costco and also jobsites. I’m still surprised what I find and what I can build with “trash” . I’ve been diving for 4 yrs and you’d think the surprise would wear off but so far hasent. I support my family off of it! That’s how much money is thrown out! For perspective!
Your project is going to turn out great, but not even doing a full remodel and keeping an old problem house alive is costly! Some days I wish mine would have an insured disaster so I could start over 😂😳😂 What you said about the unpredictability is spot on!!! Weaving into an old structure ALWAYS involves time, expense, and madness! You will fit more nicely into the neighborhood, but ... who knows I’m the end ?-) GOOD LUCK and God bless!!
I love good quality and to me the smartest way to do something is good planning and do it right the first time. The best one can afford will provide loooong time enjoyment an peace of mind. I applaud your philosophy in this matter! Merry Christmas Matt!
Matt, I love to watch and learn about construction, mainly homes. ( i.e. remodels, flips) I ran across your channel and decided to give it a look. My favorite contractor is Mike Holmes, I like that he does things the way they should be done. So when I saw your first post of buying this home and walking through it, I knew that you were going to remodel it instead of fixing it and renting. Its the builder in you. It had too many issues to just fix. I work in the medical field, (E.R.), but I have a passion for home construction. If the housing market was lending to doing what you are doing, I would be the first to jump in. Instead, I keep my projects small, pergolas, sheds, outdoor kitchen. Not much left to do, no more space. :) I wish you the best with your new home.
One thing about remodel restoration (I've done with 5 different building) is just the simple fact of reusing or salvaging stuff. There's so much waste from fast fashion, energy footprint, take out food, gizmos with planned obsolescence, and US new housing frenzy is no exception, and to buck that trend is very proactive thing to do.
Matt, great construction info & insight as always on your show! I’m a multifamily builder & single-family rental owner in Charleston, SC. I always on the lookout for your new videos. Just catching up on episodes, but appreciate you sharing the Word at the end of this one - His presence in your is evident in the way you live & work. Best wishes in all you do this year! In Christ, Aaron
i feel you Matt.. i have 3 basic buy-remodels-rentals that went really really well - this last remodel- i over paid - then i decided to make it too fancy--decided to gut the entire house-- its been 1 year now- really financially painful , way over budget--- halfway thru i realize my mistake of trying to make it too fancy / too high grade materials-- to many unnecessary fancy features--- there is no turning back in the middle of the project without losing 10's of thousands of $ ..... so i have done the same thing---i have decided to keep course making a really beautiful /efficient /best materials home- and im going to move in there and rent out my current house.... we all make mistakes --- next remodel ill do better.... been watching you for awhile now- always impressed with your quality work-and i try my best to copy the best i can of your tactics-- thanks for the great information , merry Christmas
I can't wait to see it, it's going to be gorgeous! I agree with the house fitting in with the neighborhood better, teardowns really wreak the aesthetic. My midcentury ranch is 50 years old surrounded by homes of the same era. I've replaced the HVAC system and I'm replacing the windows with appropriate design windows. Watching guys like you help when planning projects. Keep up the good work. Be Blessed.
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There can be huge advantages to being able to call a build a remodel, from the permit standpoint.
Going well, might have paid to much for it, but it was a friend..., been there done that, do everything you like to it, and just move your family in and enjoy,.... in the future, you can get your money back, once all the kids are gone, by then property values will be like C.A. there in Austin. It is a win win for you, you keep your family in the same neighborhood. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
That may be easier said than done- Matt just had the roof on his present home reroofed with standing seam metal. Good stuff, and definitely not "builder grade"!
Hi Matt! Merry Christmas to you too! Though I don't share your faith I'm happy you feel comfortable sharing your thoughts. And it was both respectful and appropriate to limit it to the post-credit section. I watched it to the end because I respect you, your work and your generosity. May the new year bring you much joy.
Thank you so much for your message at the end. I needed that today. Merry Christmas to you and your family. Cant wait to see what you bring to the show in 2020!
Thanks Matt for another great video and a great message in the end! Merry Christmas to you and your family. Living in Norway, Europe my wife and I are about to finish a long project remodeling an old (protected) wooden house. From excavating the inside and rebuilding every level and a complete tear down of the roof. Project of your dreams. :) Basically building a new house inside the compact wooden walls and building a new insulated house on the outside. God bless you Matt!
Merry Christmas Matt, thanks for all the content this year, look forward to 2020, would love to have you come up north and make suggestions on what to do on my 1950's.
Without even watching past the intro, the answer, from a quality and desirability perspective, is absolutely should have torn it down and started with a new design. But reality is you'll never get the money back out of it that you poured into it, so you make lots of compromises and rationalizations and try to make value-added improvements. In this case, absent the foundation being junk, and/or being in a highly desireable location, you can't afford to knock it down.
Matt, The house was purchased at a pretty high price IMO to justify a full tear down. An interesting concept for tear down would be to keep 1st floor and foundation walls (maybe make minor changes) then work with a modular prefab outfit to deliver and erect you a core and shell your crew could make into a passive house as you see fit. Thanks Nate
Love this remodel Matt. I just started on my "new" 1972 home. Horrible stuff uncovered already at one week in. LOL!!! Real world remodels can get real messy and surprising and expensive. This will be a great home for your family, no doubt. Great Christmas message at the end! Mary started out with FEAR but ended with FAITH. We all start out this way but only some find FAITH which is the opposite of FEAR. Great word Matt.
On the subject of smaller homes, as a designer I'm all for them. Important for their success is that they have well designed storage. There should be a rational, systematic approach to the design of storage. A second important factor, consideration of traffic flow through spaces. Susanka's work is excellent. I second your recommendation.
Even though i'm an atheist I wanna tell you I support the hell outta you. I've learned a ton through this channel and want to thank you for taking the time to make videos and spread your knowledge
Excellent point at the end of the video about house size. It seems that some people or a particular train of thought says more square footage equals a better house or means that I and better than my neighbor. A lot of that space is extraneous, or oftentimes can be, and goes unused.
Enjoyed the video Matt and thank you for the devotion. Looking forward to the renovation project. I hope y'all had a blessed Christmas and I hope you have a blessed and prosperous new year from North Carolina. Y'all take care and God bless.
A great project Matt. I live in downtown Tokyo, I know all about doing more with less, much less. Merry Christmas to you and your family from me and my family. Cheers.
Great message at the end Sadly i rememberd that to late yesterday. We were preparing our tech setup for our christmas service, when a woman came by and asked for help. As we tried to figure out what kind of help she needed and who could help her we forgot to pray for her.. right after we figured out, that it was something psychological (her hearing voices and thinking everybody is trying to poison or harm her) she left... At least we showed her, that we do care about her and she ate something and accepted some food from us (only after showing her that we also eat that). But driving home i rethought all of this and came to the clou, that maybe she came on purpose to our church (as she knew the name of our church), and the only thing we should have done for her was pray. So i pray we (or someone else) gets a new chance to pray for her, as she won't accept help by doctors anymore (maby this is her only [hidden] hope) As she left, she wished us a merry christmas, but after all she told we couldn't just say that to her. We forget too often how powerfull prayer can be, and the thing you said: nothing is Impossible for our god. I wish you a blessed Christmas.
I've only watched a dozen or so episodes from this channel but I knew I liked something about this guy on a personal level for some reason. Praying for your buddy
You can call what you're doing remodeling, but when you replace everything except for a few 2x4s, you're essentially building a new house on an old foundation.
Call it foundation recycling. I thought it was funny when he was talking about Americans needing to build smaller. I don't know how big his family is but they are going to be in a ~2700+ sqft home. My family of 5 is in 1050 sqft on about 12 acres. It's nice he thinks people should build smaller but practicing what you preach is important if you want people to take you seriously. How much of the budget is going into adding the 400-500 sqft of floor space and making those major structural changes? Most families aren't living in homes over 2500 sqft in this country. Those homes are where the people with incomes in the top 5 to 10% are living. The other 90% of us make do in 2000 sqft or smaller homes because we don't have the means to build a $500,000 to $1,000,000+ home. I'm sure he paid his dues earlier in his career to build his company but I would just about guarantee his company does nearly zero work with anyone who isn't in the top 10% of earners in the country. It's a nice thought but most of us do live in homes that fit our families because we can't afford to do anything else. He's shown homes they built for older customers who are just a husband and wife but for some reason they felt they needed a 4000 sqft home that cost $750,000 to build. Live your dream but I think his message would do more good if he gave it when he was sitting down with his clients and he asked them if a retired couple in their late 60s really needs that much house.
I love the show and watch almost every video posted but that message seems like he is really out of touch with the kinds of homes that most Americans live in. My family is firmly middle class and what he paid for the house in the video would be at the top of our price range and it was a complete disaster. How much would it have been if it was that home but new construction? Normal Americans simply don't live the way he thinks they do. The average home size in the country is about half of the square footage that home will be when he is finished with the remodel. So does he really need that large of a house? More room is nice but it's a small portion of the country that have the luxury to live in more house than they need and many live in smaller homes and make do or live in tiny apartments.
It depends on where you live in Maryland that is considered a small home.
@@velvetjones He said he has a family of six :o
RUUUUUUNNNN Matt!!!! DON"T DO IT! Knock it over. Its going to cost you so much more and you are still going to have an old house when its all said and done. There will still be imperfections that will drive you nuts. I did this myself. Completely gutted an old farm house and rebuilt it. Material cost ends up being the same, labor is way more, and you still have an old house and its not going to be exactly what you wanted. I wish I could go back in time and slap myself and change the coarse of history from when I made the decision to gut mine. I could have had so much more house and it would have been new if I would have knocked mine over. Just sharing the advice I wish I would have got. Merry Christmas my friend!
I agree insider carpentry 100% but I don’t have the knowledge to make a pro 2 sense in this build
Like I said in the first video... best investment here would have been a big pile of linseed oil soaked rags against the wall in the garage.
Its great for content
Hey Lewis sorta like that whole cable stairs system when you could of stopped at nice blocks & no one would of really cared?
I am sorry brother had to get that in there!
Merry Christmas !
@@proficientbuilders3565 That is definitely an outlying factor that I didn't consider. It would definitely make some great content and could probably help even out the financials.
"Should we just start fresh?" As a builder I've had those same discussions many times with clients. Thank you for weighing the pros and cons and tossing around ideas. This is a good project to weigh ideas and approaches and look seriously at "constraints".
Thanks also Matt for your Christmas wishes and message. “Each of us is an innkeeper who decides if there is room for Jesus”
We build more than buildings in this life.
A serious cause of remodelers “while we are at it” disease to the nth degree.
"You might as well" or "If it was my house..."
Really appreciate your Christmas message!!! Good will to all!! ❤️🎁❤️
A dozer would make this place look great!
But you'd still be in a neighborhood where the other houses look like this
Thank you for the message.
Totally agreed on size! I never understood cheaply built 5k sqft houses. I'd rather have 3k of higher quality
I remember when I moved to the OC in CA back in 1998 I was shocked by all the low quality McMansions there.
I grew up in upstate NY and most houses are less than 1500 Sq feet (built in the 50s)
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That's kinda on another side of extreme. For a single couple might be perfect but for a family of 4-5 IMO 2200-3000 is perfect.
@@sergeyb8 It largely depends on the layout. A 2000sq/ft house can feel bigger and be easier to live in than a 3000sq/ft house that's just not optimized to use the space it has. So many floor plans just waste space.
@@sergeyb8 my family of 9 grew up in a 1100 sqft double wide. it was cozy. now my parents only have 1 kid still at home and a 2100sqft house. way too much room.
And thanks for sharing the Good News brother!
Thank you for your concluding message. I need to hear it over and over.
Thank you for adding the message at the end. We appreciate the sincerity in your posts, Matt.
"I hated covering things up again that weren't really to my standards" - Matt. Oh man, so true! Story of my life
Thanks for the message at the end, Matt. God bless you and I hope you had a Merry Christmas!
Thanks Matt, merry christmas!!
Reno is tricky!! But you are not afraid of work and endeavour. Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us.
I appreciate what you do. I can't imagine anyone doing a quick flip on this house and be able to sell it in good conscience. We have a problem in this country where we don't value quality and don't maintain the homes we own. This is a step in the right direction. Thanks. Merry Christmas.
Thank you Matt for your christmas message, thank you for the good quality of videos. Thank for your faith. MERRY CHRISTMAS to you and your family.
Cool the you mentioned Sarah Susanka. She was an educator to me when I was in architecture school in MN. After school I nixed the idea of working in an architecture firm and I became a carpenter. I worked on several of the projects that her firm designed. Including her own house. It's a small world. Merry Christmas.
Sarah Susanna has designed some of the most livable houses in our lifetime. I think I have all of her published books on small house design. Even a family of six, like Matt’s, can comfortably live in an well designed 1,800 sq. Ft.house. One of the absolute major drawbacks in house design is the garage, a truly ugly extension on any house. My vote is for detached garages for many reasons, the most important being the removal of an inherent structural weakness where the garage door(s) are located. We can build houses that resist tornados and hurricanes if we separate the cars from the people.
I knew when you used the illustration about marriage you were a believer. I’ve always loved your channel and I love it even more now. Merry Christmas
Beautiful. Thanks for adding the great Christmas message at the end. I appreciate your unwillingness to accept “good enough”. That’s why I watch your videos instead of videos by other builders who are okay with cutting corners.
This is something the guys I work with struggle with. We do energy retrofits and upgrades for low and fixed income families in Tennessee and we frequently come across homes they need DEEP remodeling and we are constrained by program scope limitations to only tackle health and safety and energy items in addition to limited budget. We can only do so much but when we see moisture seeping through brick we have to back away. But because we have constraints we can really drill down and do what we can to lower energy costs. I really try to educate the homeowners as much as I can and try to empower them to use the savings and new information to fund future projects. I’ve sent them links to your videos on numerous occasions. Thanks for being a great resource.
The heck with that old house. You can do so much more with the ceilings and the roof line which are everything to me in a house. The only thing you are saving is demo costs, and foundation costs and that old foundation is all crazy elevations anyways. Everything else cost the same. The plumbing, electrical, hvac, flooring, cabinets all of those expensive items cost exactly the same in either new or remodel. No point in fitting into the neighborhood either, just dont build a mcmansion overlooking the neighborhood. Matt I would have loved to see your style and who you really are in a home. Would have been really cool for you to draw your own floorplan. Seems worth it to even be 500 square ft smaller that the original in order to get new new.
What another breath of fresh air, Love your show and the movement you are driving forward especially here in Texas. God is good!
"We can do better with smaller."
This can't be stated enough.
I see so much product in the middle to upper income neighborhoods that is simply big just to be big....but so incredibly ugly because, in reality, the owners didn't have the money to make it aesthetically correct.
They simply built a big box house with cheap finishes.
Good luck selling it.
small house, big workshop is my plan
Yep in Florida that's a norm! I'm doing a 3 bdrm 2.5 bath with garage and carport! Keep it simple stupid don't have to give up quality at all!
Have you seen all the comments from the beginning of this series complaining about spending money on an architect or designer? 😉
I started helping my dad remodel when I was 8 about 55 years ago. Working on elevators you are a jack of all trades. In D.C. I got to work on many very old buildings. Capitol, library of Congress, Washington Monument, Supreme Court ect. Those buildings are never going to be torn down. They are restored. The unknown in a project is always a risk. Once you open her up you meet reality. Matt got lots of huge surprises and adjusted to make it work. That is what successful people do. Building innovation brings changes to construction methods. The well done job will always have value.
Thumbs up..........another trades person who understands what goes into a remodel or new building and who doesn't think in black and white with only feelings to go on. Matt took a risk (as well as Off the Ranch Matt) but they hopefully based their decisions on good information and doing their homework. People underestimate the cost of demo, engineering, permits, foundation work, and framing. It is easy to say to knock it down, but reality has a rude awakening. Goals, funds, knowledge, buildings, codes, and people are all variables. Too many people think in black and white with little to base their opinions on. I have found it is safer to not assume but rather consider what lies beyond the surface of a topic and to consider that not everyone has the same goals, knowledge, or motivation.....different perspectives and all.
Thank you Matt for being unafraid to share your faith in a respectful and uplifting manner. If only we could all be so respectful yet bold in sharing our feeling and faith with the goal of building up, and not tearing down. Merry Christmas, and happy new year!
Very kind compliment. Thanks and Merry Christmas to you and yours!
Thank you for the message at the end Matt.
Thank you so much for your hard work. I have learned so much from you this year! Stay awesome and Merry Christmas
I really appreciate the differences of remodel vs. rebuild! I especially appreciate the Christmas message and encouragement in faith, brother in Christ!
Thank you for the boldness of your ‘Christmas Message’. I know this kind of stuff can easily alienate some viewers. I pray that you and your family have a blessed Christmas and 2020.
Matt, I was very interested in the “Real Remodel” concept, however it seems there was no home inspection prior to starting this project. In the 1st video you seemed to explain a scope of work. I feel you should have known about much of the restoration yet the following videos make it seems like new discoveries. I now understand this will no longer be a rental property but your personal family home. I assume after moving into this house you’ll remodel your existing home. Please consider doing a Real Remodel series on that. I do want to thank you for all you work on The Build Show it’s provided important content. Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!!!
Now that's a great idea, if it works for Matt, hope he sees this ! I too would like to see the promised original concept of a "Real Remodel" etc.
Everybody please thumb up and comment on Tom Builder's idea so it gets noticed !
@@nothere7198 yes please!
I bought my house when I was 16 and remodeled it over the next 6 years, was not the smartest choice, but I dont thi I I regret it, it taught me alot and made me realise what not to do. Hopefully going to knock it down soon and restart fresh. Just not sure on how to go about the new house just yet
thats stupid move coming from some who is richer than this fool. if u dont like it sell it be creative and learn to work with what u have be resourceful u dont need top of the line building materials, back in the day they said the same thing it a. top of the line junk is over complicated people way of wasting money. after all its a board house one spark and its gone
@@divinee.155 I dont think I'm gonna build over the top or have anything too complicated. But I like my property, dont think theres another property I'll like better. So I'd like to try to get a house in this property I do like and live happily ever after. Atleast that's the thought
you went way too far on this "easy" remodel.
Love your quality, but it went way out of control.
Please let us know the costs, especially the diff between the remodel and if you were to have demoed.
s1dest3p yes! How can we form an educated opinion without this?
Yes please. I am interested in knowing the difference between these three scenarios:
1. Rebuilding like you are.
2. Knock down and re-use foundation and lot.
3. Empty lot in same area starting from ground up.
I also have a 70s home with great bones it is a tough call but it exists and can only improve with whatever you decide and the big point that a lot are missing is the permit hassle of a new build and then the budget goes way UP Hang tough
also being forced to install a sand mound or change your sewer somehow.
I was all set to do a major reno. Then the foundation that looked good last summer, suddenly didn't look as good with the "natural swimming pool" we saw last week. Now the cost just jumped regardless of what may be done. My nephew suggested that it would actually be best to raze the structure, fill in the hole, bring in two sea containers and live in those. I'm thinking he is onto something there. And yes, I read the tiny house house books when they came out, but sometimes it takes someone to pull you out of your train of thought.
Thank you for that kind message and sharing your strong faith.
Merry Christmas!
Good lessons Matt. Thank you. My vote is with the remodel on this one. It will last a lifetime. Thank you.
Great ending. Pray and have faith. Also I love the idea of remodeling over building.
Thank You for the enlightenment at the end.
I still love this series even though the scope has changed. Merry Christmas and thanks for being authentic in your beliefs even as your channel has grown so much.
I'm a fairly new subscriber here. How did "the scope" "change"?
I'm about 75% of the way through a complete remodel and have asked myself the same question. I'm glad I did a complete interior demo, the issues I've come across and removed would have been a profound issue in a year or two. My place is an old school house from the late 1800's which was added onto sometime in the 1970's and all the 70's work was done improperly. Fun fun!
Matt, staying a true believer even through all of that's going on right now. Happy holidays and can't wait to see what you got going on next year
Great video. Great ending. Your always such an impressive guy. Thank you!
Outstanding thought provoking video. We have just moved from a 2700 ft2, 100 year old brick home in Montreal, to a wood 2000 ft2, 100 year old home, in BearRiver, Nova Scotia. We have always done the remodelling.
The “leave the builder grade” 10 year old stuff is often an issue.
Merry Christmas Matt.
All the best for 2020.
A third option I wish will become more popular in the future is deconstructing a house instead of demolishing it. Because a huge con in my mind when choosing a new construction is the amount of waste we are creating.
yes but mold...in this case...
@@lisagravells802 The mold is no big deal as it is easy to remove, clean up, and treat in a building torn back this far. It is not uncommon, especially when dealing with buildings that have flooded. People are afraid of mold and yet have no professional experience working on buildings or removing and repairing water and mold damage.
CGT80 yes but I’m replying to the reuse of materials. You can’t clean drywall and insulation and vapour barrier and various other materials and if you can clean them it’s cost prohibitive to do so. I agree this house is easier to clean torn back this far and perfectly safe however a lot of trash is created in the process and that’s a unfortunate truth with remodeling .
@@lisagravells802 Yes, building materials are produced inexpensively and are meant to be a consumable/replaceable product. Many of the building materials used over the last 100+ years in the USA are the same way. That is a drawback to materials that have many other benefits such as speed and ease of installation, standard sizes, light weight, energy efficient and relatively low cost to remove and replace when needed. Concrete, brick/block, and steel are more durable but are much harder to work with or remodel.
How much waste do you think a remodel creates vs. a new home or vs. other sources of waste such as packaging material? I also work on commercial buildings and see how much waste comes from warehouses/manufacturing businesses.
I'm also a competitive shooter and Pro2A and hear the antigun comments....another topic people don't truly understand and people fail to see how it plays into the big picture and how their solutions work much better in their minds than in real life.
It is a shame to have so much waste and it is great when we can reuse or rebuild/repurpose items or buildings. The waste from doing a remodel on a building every few decades doesn't concern me as much as the waste we generate on a daily basis. Plastic straws being banned is a joke to me (I live in komnifornia) and the plastic bag ban was stupid but did get us better bags and uses less cheap bags.............in the big picture, bags and straws make up a tiny percentage of the trash we generate. People should focus on product packaging and distribution as it will make a bigger difference.
CGT80 I know right! I personally dumpster dive at Home Depot and Lowe’s and Costco and also jobsites. I’m still surprised what I find and what I can build with “trash” . I’ve been diving for 4 yrs and you’d think the surprise would wear off but so far hasent. I support my family off of it! That’s how much money is thrown out! For perspective!
Love your message at the end .. I’ve watch your program for a yr ... I never new you were a Christian ,awesome message.. thank you. And God bless
Amen! Thank you for your message! I needed encouragement to read more. I love what you do and stand for. Keep it up!
Thanks Chris. Appreciate your support. Merry Christmas! Matt
Thank you for the message after the credits. Merry Christmas, may God continue to bless you and your family.
👍👍 thank you for finally explaining to those who can't think beyond material cost
Your project is going to turn out great, but not even doing a full remodel and keeping an old problem house alive is costly! Some days I wish mine would have an insured disaster so I could start over 😂😳😂 What you said about the unpredictability is spot on!!! Weaving into an old structure ALWAYS involves time, expense, and madness! You will fit more nicely into the neighborhood, but ... who knows I’m the end ?-) GOOD LUCK and God bless!!
Can I relate on the insured disaster!!?? I hear ya Craig Talbot and I completely relate on my 60 year old house as well.
“We can do better with smaller”- I wholeheartedly agree! Thanks Matt from NY.
Should I react to this? Merry Christmas!!
Save your time---Matt is out of control on this one. Where he has gone with this, a tear down would have been easier
Certainly a different project than when I started. But A Lot more fun now!
Thank you so much for your Christmas message at the end. I can’t tell you how much I needed to hear your words today.
Thanks Matt - Merry Christmas.
Very proud of you Matt, for not hiding behind your beliefs. Love your message even more than your build videos.
Thank you for sharing the encouraging word!!
Thank you for sharing your faith my brother!! You are a blessing and I’m so glad that you have been blessed in return.
Amen Brother
Finding another believer in the world of UA-cam, well Christmas came early this year! God bless you all!
I love good quality and to me the smartest way to do something is good planning and do it right the first time. The best one can afford will provide loooong time enjoyment an peace of mind. I applaud your philosophy in this matter! Merry Christmas Matt!
Thank you Matt, the after message about Mary I really needed that. Hope you and your family had a Blessed Christmas.
Matt, I love to watch and learn about construction, mainly homes. ( i.e. remodels, flips) I ran across your channel and decided to give it a look. My favorite contractor is Mike Holmes, I like that he does things the way they should be done. So when I saw your first post of buying this home and walking through it, I knew that you were going to remodel it instead of fixing it and renting. Its the builder in you. It had too many issues to just fix. I work in the medical field, (E.R.), but I have a passion for home construction. If the housing market was lending to doing what you are doing, I would be the first to jump in. Instead, I keep my projects small, pergolas, sheds, outdoor kitchen. Not much left to do, no more space. :) I wish you the best with your new home.
One thing about remodel restoration (I've done with 5 different building) is just the simple fact of reusing or salvaging stuff. There's so much waste from fast fashion, energy footprint, take out food, gizmos with planned obsolescence, and US new housing frenzy is no exception, and to buck that trend is very proactive thing to do.
Matt, great construction info & insight as always on your show! I’m a multifamily builder & single-family rental owner in Charleston, SC. I always on the lookout for your new videos. Just catching up on episodes, but appreciate you sharing the Word at the end of this one - His presence in your is evident in the way you live & work. Best wishes in all you do this year! In Christ, Aaron
i feel you Matt.. i have 3 basic buy-remodels-rentals that went really really well - this last remodel- i over paid - then i decided to make it too fancy--decided to gut the entire house-- its been 1 year now- really financially painful , way over budget--- halfway thru i realize my mistake of trying to make it too fancy / too high grade materials-- to many unnecessary fancy features--- there is no turning back in the middle of the project without losing 10's of thousands of $ ..... so i have done the same thing---i have decided to keep course making a really beautiful /efficient /best materials home- and im going to move in there and rent out my current house.... we all make mistakes --- next remodel ill do better.... been watching you for awhile now- always impressed with your quality work-and i try my best to copy the best i can of your tactics-- thanks for the great information , merry Christmas
"I can't leave well enough alone" ... yeah man I share that sentiment
I can't wait to see it, it's going to be gorgeous! I agree with the house fitting in with the neighborhood better, teardowns really wreak the aesthetic. My midcentury ranch is 50 years old surrounded by homes of the same era. I've replaced the HVAC system and I'm replacing the windows with appropriate design windows. Watching guys like you help when planning projects. Keep up the good work. Be Blessed.
There can be huge advantages to being able to call a build a remodel, from the permit standpoint.
Matt this project is making my own projects seem much easier in comparison. Wishing you all the Perseverance in the world.
I agree, I would love to have a 800ft house, 3000ft garage and just throw money at both !
Merry Christmas everybody !!!
Going well, might have paid to much for it, but it was a friend..., been there done that, do everything you like to it, and just move your family in and enjoy,.... in the future, you can get your money back, once all the kids are gone, by then property values will be like C.A. there in Austin. It is a win win for you, you keep your family in the same neighborhood. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
That may be easier said than done- Matt just had the roof on his present home reroofed with standing seam metal. Good stuff, and definitely not "builder grade"!
Great video! Even better ending! Pray and have faith.
Merry Christmas, Matt🎄
Nothing fails like prayer.
Hi Matt! Merry Christmas to you too! Though I don't share your faith I'm happy you feel comfortable sharing your thoughts. And it was both respectful and appropriate to limit it to the post-credit section. I watched it to the end because I respect you, your work and your generosity. May the new year bring you much joy.
Thanks for the great year of content Matt!
Thanks for sharing the true Christmas message!
Thank you for wearing your faith on your sleeve it is an inspiration.
I found your Christmas message at the end to be wonderful, thank you and please have a wonderful Christmas!! 🎄
Thank you so much for your message at the end. I needed that today. Merry Christmas to you and your family. Cant wait to see what you bring to the show in 2020!
Amen Matt...Keep on keeping on Matt! Do your thing!!
Thanks for ALL the helpful tips through the years & Merry CHRISTmas to you & your family also Matt!
Thanks Matt for another great video and a great message in the end! Merry Christmas to you and your family.
Living in Norway, Europe my wife and I are about to finish a long project remodeling an old (protected) wooden house. From excavating the inside and rebuilding every level and a complete tear down of the roof. Project of your dreams. :) Basically building a new house inside the compact wooden walls and building a new insulated house on the outside.
God bless you Matt!
Merry Christmas Matt, thanks for all the content this year, look forward to 2020, would love to have you come up north and make suggestions on what to do on my 1950's.
God bless...thanks for that message at the end. Unexpected, yet I really needed to hear that.
Without even watching past the intro, the answer, from a quality and desirability perspective, is absolutely should have torn it down and started with a new design. But reality is you'll never get the money back out of it that you poured into it, so you make lots of compromises and rationalizations and try to make value-added improvements. In this case, absent the foundation being junk, and/or being in a highly desireable location, you can't afford to knock it down.
Thank you!
Matt, The house was purchased at a pretty high price IMO to justify a full tear down. An interesting concept for tear down would be to keep 1st floor and foundation walls (maybe make minor changes) then work with a modular prefab outfit to deliver and erect you a core and shell your crew could make into a passive house as you see fit.
Thanks
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Cool project, l love seeing chaos turned into order! And I appreciate your encouragement at the end.
Merry Christmas, Matt! Thanks for being real.
Love this remodel Matt. I just started on my "new" 1972 home. Horrible stuff uncovered already at one week in. LOL!!! Real world remodels can get real messy and surprising and expensive. This will be a great home for your family, no doubt.
Great Christmas message at the end! Mary started out with FEAR but ended with FAITH. We all start out this way but only some find FAITH which is the opposite of FEAR. Great word Matt.
Execelent message at the end !!!!
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I love the part where Mary had no say whether or not she would be Yahweh's surrogate for his human sacrifice baby.
On the subject of smaller homes, as a designer I'm all for them. Important for their success is that they have well designed storage. There should be a rational, systematic approach to the design of storage. A second important factor, consideration of traffic flow through spaces. Susanka's work is excellent. I second your recommendation.
Even though i'm an atheist I wanna tell you I support the hell outta you. I've learned a ton through this channel and want to thank you for taking the time to make videos and spread your knowledge
Agree, really interesting project and Matt's a great presenter but could do without the religious comments throughout the series.
Excellent point at the end of the video about house size. It seems that some people or a particular train of thought says more square footage equals a better house or means that I and better than my neighbor. A lot of that space is extraneous, or oftentimes can be, and goes unused.
Enjoyed the video Matt and thank you for the devotion. Looking forward to the renovation project. I hope y'all had a blessed Christmas and I hope you have a blessed and prosperous new year from North Carolina. Y'all take care and God bless.
Merry Christmas, Matt and thank you for the timely testimonial.
Great after credits message Matt!
A great project Matt.
I live in downtown Tokyo, I know all about doing more with less, much less.
Merry Christmas to you and your family from me and my family.
Cheers.
We love Susanka's books.
Nice message at the end. Merry Christmas!
Great message at the end
Sadly i rememberd that to late yesterday.
We were preparing our tech setup for our christmas service, when a woman came by and asked for help.
As we tried to figure out what kind of help she needed and who could help her we forgot to pray for her..
right after we figured out, that it was something psychological (her hearing voices and thinking everybody is trying to poison or harm her) she left...
At least we showed her, that we do care about her and she ate something and accepted some food from us (only after showing her that we also eat that).
But driving home i rethought all of this and came to the clou, that maybe she came on purpose to our church (as she knew the name of our church), and the only thing we should have done for her was pray.
So i pray we (or someone else) gets a new chance to pray for her, as she won't accept help by doctors anymore (maby this is her only [hidden] hope)
As she left, she wished us a merry christmas, but after all she told we couldn't just say that to her.
We forget too often how powerfull prayer can be, and the thing you said: nothing is Impossible for our god.
I wish you a blessed Christmas.
I've only watched a dozen or so episodes from this channel but I knew I liked something about this guy on a personal level for some reason. Praying for your buddy