Hi Sue you two folks make a wonderful couple, God bless you both. 🙏🙏. Thanks for your summary video and to tell you I have followed all the videos to date. Cheers from Illinois Bye 💖💖🌹🌹
I've been watching since the beginning. Seeing the progress so far to me, you are ahead of schedule. Didn't the council give you two years? To be at this point. Thanks for sharing all that you have. I'm looking forward to the final walk through.
Yes, they did! However when one area is delayed it sets everything back even further than the delayed time since it puts us into cold weather, which makes finishing things like the rock porch, mudding drywall or finishing excavation tricky .
Thanks for the transparency. Some questions: * How long was it from breaking ground to the exterior being "done"? You had mentioned it took a couple months longer than you had thought. * Was anything more expensive than you thought when planning everything? * Was anything less expensive than you thought when planning everything? * If you were to do it again, what, if anything, would you do different? * What are your plans for the mobile home?
We used online plans as a springboard, then paid to have ours fleshed out. I think the layout is perfection! We might look into loading them online for sale 😄
Great video. You did a great job managing the finances around your build. Labor cost is always the one that makes your eyes water. You didn’t start choking until you had to share the labor cost. I think you are way ahead because you built both a house and commercial property with that shop piece.
You are correct, it's easy to overlook the cost of just a cemented pole barn/shop, and having it listed as part of the overall house price kinda takes away from the overall value of it :)
Ughhhhh, yikes! Our best guess is the kitchen we bought for $5000 would likely run $75,000 new... so I guess I can understand! Would love to see photos if you want to send them on Facebook 😄
Fantastico Suzanne and Erik, it would have to be the cladding for Me, it is class, but woah, building a house today is expensive, it is the same over here, materials and labour have just gone through the roof since 2020, Thank you👍🙏🙏🙂
We were quoted $120,000 10 years ago for the Amish to build a finished out log home of approx. 2500 sqft . . . It almost would have been better to have taken out a mortgage back then, than to have saved up and paid 4x that :(
@@This1LifeWeLive Look it is easy to be wise after the event, all I can say is fair play that Ye are doing it the way that you are, its a credit to Ye, will be delighted when You have it finished :):)
if i were you i would let the place sit for a year before you drywall it. that way it settles and dries out. if you do it right away you will end up with cracks throughout the entire house. good luck fixing all that after you have finished painting !
Not a good idea to have a window beside the front door latch. Should be on the hinge side. Great job by the Trades, especially Erik. Superb job on those 90 Lb. 10' sheets of 5/8 Drywall. Make sure those Double Doors to nowhere cannot be opened I suggest 4, large Downspouts for future 5" gutter exiting 8' from foundation at grade. Be sure to check All Electrical outlets and all Plumbing joints BEFORE drywall installation. Take lots of photos of plumbing runs. Print them and put in Home Scrap Book along with underground plant locations. You will be glad you did. My fav part is the spacious Garage.
We had to have a right swing door and Suzanne wanted a sidelight. The plumbing has been pressurized with air to check for leaks. We did go with black 5 in gutters. They did one piece 96ft long. It's curved in the middle so half the water goes one way and the rest the other way.
After this house is done we have to sell and move the double wide. I want to put a working garage on that slab then I can start rebuilding cars at home.
@@ruralridez6165 B&E guys like Side Lights. Do you plan on any Snow barriers for the roof to prevent long avalanches? With that length, water may zoom right over the gutters. A lot of water to handle in heavy rain.
I know there are plenty of people wanting to jump in, but not sure about figures. Erik had researched a bit online and these numbers are fairly close to what he had found, so we have managed so far to stay in budget :)
@@This1LifeWeLive Yes, you've really helped people who want to build a house realize the cost. Suzanne thank you. :) P.S. When Trump starts his trariffs I really feel the prices on everything is going to go through the roof. 😞😞
The bathrooms and flooring will be the two biggest expenses I think (and possibly lights). We've spent roughly $25,000 (on the high end, really it's less) more working on the inside, and I'm calculating on the high end of it costing another $70,000 to finish. We are not finishing the basement, but that would be another $25,000 max if we did. BUT that's if we do most of the work ourselves ;)
The outside of the home is absolutely beautiful.
Thankyou!
It looks great nice job. Myself it's to much dark for a large building but still looks good. Great job.
It is quite dark, unfortunately siding colors usually only have 2 or 3 options for gray, and everything else was VERY light :(
Take care of your cold my friend
Thanks, I'm trying!
House looks so amazing Suzanne and Eric can’t wait to see the inside finished🤗👍👍👍
Thanks! I'm excited to see everything done on the inside too!
Great video Suzanne
Glad you enjoyed it!
Good job
*I have enjoyed watching the whole build so far... 🙂Now to see the next part happening inside... 🙂nz*
The outside is fun because progress seems to happen faster! The inside is harder to film because it looks like the same thing over and over, lol!
@@This1LifeWeLive *Film what ever you like... short or long videos... mix it up with the pets, work on the farm too.. its all ok... 🙂.*
Hi Sue you two folks make a wonderful couple, God bless you both. 🙏🙏. Thanks for your summary video and to tell you I have followed all the videos to date.
Cheers from Illinois Bye 💖💖🌹🌹
Thankyou, glad you enjoyed it!
I've been watching since the beginning. Seeing the progress so far to me, you are ahead of schedule. Didn't the council give you two years? To be at this point.
Thanks for sharing all that you have. I'm looking forward to the final walk through.
Yes, they did! However when one area is delayed it sets everything back even further than the delayed time since it puts us into cold weather, which makes finishing things like the rock porch, mudding drywall or finishing excavation tricky .
a nice nice home i like it
Thank you! 😊
Thanks for the transparency. Some questions:
* How long was it from breaking ground to the exterior being "done"? You had mentioned it took a couple months longer than you had thought.
* Was anything more expensive than you thought when planning everything?
* Was anything less expensive than you thought when planning everything?
* If you were to do it again, what, if anything, would you do different?
* What are your plans for the mobile home?
we are 7 months into the build
I'll have to answer that from my computer 😆
It's beautiful and I would biuld one for myself too...love to know where the plans are too...
We used online plans as a springboard, then paid to have ours fleshed out. I think the layout is perfection! We might look into loading them online for sale 😄
Nice looking house 435000 out the door!!
Great video, beautiful house, and all those prices were enough to make me faint. Wow, I'm glad you've been saving.
The cement was the area that was higher than expected . . . they had to add a lot of backfill gravel and the walls ended up being thicker too...
Hi Suzanne. House looking good. Have you picked out the garage doors yet.
We are thinking the wood color doors. The house needs some color on that end. We are doing brushed gold accents looks good against the dark grey.
The light looks good Eric. I too, received a lamp from Amazon today, sent from China and you guessed it, the instructions were in Chinese.
Even the non Amazon lights we bought came from China 😂
@@This1LifeWeLive I had to use google translate to figure out how to operate the dumb thing.
Great video. You did a great job managing the finances around your build. Labor cost is always the one that makes your eyes water. You didn’t start choking until you had to share the labor cost. I think you are way ahead because you built both a house and commercial property with that shop piece.
You are correct, it's easy to overlook the cost of just a cemented pole barn/shop, and having it listed as part of the overall house price kinda takes away from the overall value of it :)
Looks good
Thanks!
My favorite part is watching you in person. I'm gonna say that the total for the entire finished house will be $450k
Definitely a reasonable figure!
I Just Did A Remodel 95k Just In Cabinets Its Crazy But Your Investment Will Pay Off In The Long Run Hang In There
Ughhhhh, yikes! Our best guess is the kitchen we bought for $5000 would likely run $75,000 new... so I guess I can understand! Would love to see photos if you want to send them on Facebook 😄
we bought a kitchen package out of a 2 million dollar house. they spent 2 million and did a whole house remodel.
@@ruralridez6165 kinda makes RC racing look cheap. LOL
@@ruralridez6165 Right We Always Try And Save Cabinet To Resell Or Give Away
House looks grand, happy you are on budget. Can't wait for the inside to be complete. Keep on truckin with the build. $400k final cost
Thanks! There's another house a bit smaller than hours not far from us and he was projecting $400,000 AND doing almost everything himself 😮
Fantastico Suzanne and Erik, it would have to be the cladding for Me, it is class, but woah, building a house today is expensive, it is the same over here, materials and labour have just gone through the roof since 2020, Thank you👍🙏🙏🙂
We were quoted $120,000 10 years ago for the Amish to build a finished out log home of approx. 2500 sqft . . . It almost would have been better to have taken out a mortgage back then, than to have saved up and paid 4x that :(
@@This1LifeWeLive Look it is easy to be wise after the event, all I can say is fair play that Ye are doing it the way that you are, its a credit to Ye, will be delighted when You have it finished :):)
Tightwad or Frugal???? I go with the latter. And frugal is SMART!
Right?!
if i were you i would let the place sit for a year before you drywall it. that way it settles and dries out. if you do it right away you will end up with cracks throughout the entire house. good luck fixing all that after you have finished painting !
what if we hang the drywall and wait till spring/summer for the mudding. I think its going to take awile to hang all the walls
@@ruralridez6165 yeah with you doing it it should only take bout 3 years
I’ve read that when a house is dried in, it’s 25% done. Maybe there’s a similar rule of thumb for dry in as a percentage of total spend.
I think if the whole house is professionally done then that's very possible! We were quoted $24,000 to do all drywall, actual materials $4000...
Nice house very nice
Thankyou!
The garage looks big enough to move the other house in until you finish the inside.
Definitely big enough for a tractor or a car getting repaired at the back end 😄
I have garage envy. Mine isn’t tall enough to put a car lift in
its around 22ft at the tall side. 13ft on the low end. might be able to fit a triple stacker
Lol he definitely wanted to fit a lift 🙃
I appreciate the tight wad comment!
hahaha! Just no tightwads when it comes to lighting ;D
Not a good idea to have a window beside the front door latch. Should be on the hinge side. Great job by the Trades, especially Erik. Superb job on those 90 Lb. 10' sheets of 5/8 Drywall. Make sure those Double Doors to nowhere cannot be opened
I suggest 4, large Downspouts for future 5" gutter exiting 8' from foundation at grade. Be sure to check All Electrical outlets and all Plumbing joints BEFORE drywall installation. Take lots of photos of plumbing runs. Print them and put in Home Scrap Book along with underground plant locations. You will be glad you did. My fav part is the spacious Garage.
We had to have a right swing door and Suzanne wanted a sidelight. The plumbing has been pressurized with air to check for leaks. We did go with black 5 in gutters. They did one piece 96ft long. It's curved in the middle so half the water goes one way and the rest the other way.
After this house is done we have to sell and move the double wide. I want to put a working garage on that slab then I can start rebuilding cars at home.
@@ruralridez6165 B&E guys like Side Lights. Do you plan on any Snow barriers for the roof to prevent long avalanches? With that length, water may zoom right over the gutters. A lot of water to handle in heavy rain.
That's a good idea shooting photos of all the plumbing runs . . .
I appreciate you going through the cost of your home so far. I really enjoyed
Thank you I think your final cost will be $ 462,000
I know there are plenty of people wanting to jump in, but not sure about figures. Erik had researched a bit online and these numbers are fairly close to what he had found, so we have managed so far to stay in budget :)
@@This1LifeWeLive Yes, you've really helped people who want to build a house realize the cost. Suzanne thank you. :) P.S. When Trump starts his trariffs I really feel the prices on everything is going to go through the roof. 😞😞
you have a good men
I think you will be happier with the insulation you used. It will pay off quick in energy savings. Definitely pays to shop around. $380,000
Yeah so far it seems to be holding heat!
You got all the out side done so you dried in now.
Rain baby rain!
We just had gutters installed too so that should help with erosion.
I cant guess the price for a house there...to much difference in prices ...a house like that here is over a million to build
That is true that there can be quite a variation in cost of materials from one place to another! Good to see you Ty!
I am also a tightwad.
nothing wrong with it ;)
you have a long way to go and it will cost you another quarter million to finish it
hmm can you break that down for me Im just curious what were missing.
The bathrooms and flooring will be the two biggest expenses I think (and possibly lights). We've spent roughly $25,000 (on the high end, really it's less) more working on the inside, and I'm calculating on the high end of it costing another $70,000 to finish. We are not finishing the basement, but that would be another $25,000 max if we did. BUT that's if we do most of the work ourselves ;)