Home Building Suggestions

**wick** · 03-22-2009, 11:53 AM

Originally Posted by luxurysportscar

Wow! "Fabulous!"

Huh? You lost me Brian...

**smoked88lx** · 03-22-2009, 12:08 PM

I'm in the new home structured wiring bussiness, and con not stress enough how important it is to wire the house properly the first time, it'll only be opened up once , you should have at least 2 rg-6's and 2 cat5e's per room, for bedrooms and common areas, and you should really think about a whole house audio system, if you are into music or having parties, it is so nice to have music in every room, and lastly, home theaters are now becoming very affordable, and if you have one you will have no reason to go to the regular movie theater because your house's system will look and sound better, if you need any help let me know......

**Silverhatch** · 03-22-2009, 02:07 PM

Originally Posted by wick

Huh? You lost me Brian...

Just seems funny that you used the word fabulous, thats all.

**SonofaBish** · 03-22-2009, 06:37 PM

Originally Posted by smoked88lx

I'm in the new home structured wiring bussiness, and con not stress enough how important it is to wire the house properly the first time, it'll only be opened up once , you should have at least 2 rg-6's and 2 cat5e's per room, for bedrooms and common areas, and you should really think about a whole house audio system, if you are into music or having parties, it is so nice to have music in every room, and lastly, home theaters are now becoming very affordable, and if you have one you will have no reason to go to the regular movie theater because your house's system will look and sound better, if you need any help let me know......

Well, see this is the type of stuff i'm looking for... never in a million years would I have thought of this - i guess partially because I have wireless, so CAT5 isn't something i'm going to think about...

Thanks for the thoughts!

**Hawkeye** · 03-22-2009, 07:22 PM

Originally Posted by smoked88lx

I'm in the new home structured wiring bussiness, and con not stress enough how important it is to wire the house properly the first time, it'll only be opened up once , you should have at least 2 rg-6's and 2 cat5e's per room, for bedrooms and common areas, and you should really think about a whole house audio system, if you are into music or having parties, it is so nice to have music in every room, and lastly, home theaters are now becoming very affordable, and if you have one you will have no reason to go to the regular movie theater because your house's system will look and sound better, if you need any help let me know......

X2
Even if you don't built a complete home theater, you should wire your main tv room for the rear and side speakers, so you don't end up having to run/hide wires all over the floors and behind everything.

**smoked88lx** · 03-22-2009, 07:54 PM

Originally Posted by SonofaBish

Well, see this is the type of stuff i'm looking for... never in a million years would I have thought of this - i guess partially because I have wireless, so CAT5 isn't something i'm going to think about...

Thanks for the thoughts!

even if you dont need it for your home network, it is a extremely versitile wire, you can carry, voice, data, audio, video, signal, just about anything over cat5e, in my bussiness it is a life line, and with cat5 , most things are possible......

**smoked88lx** · 03-22-2009, 07:56 PM

Originally Posted by Hawkeye

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Even if you don't built a complete home theater, you should wire your main tv room for the rear and side speakers, so you don't end up having to run/hide wires all over the floors and behind everything.

Yes, prewire whenever possible, even if you will never use it, bury the wires and take pictures of it someday you or someone you sell the house to may want it.......

**2001GTTT** · 03-22-2009, 08:07 PM

these are some awesome ideas, never wouldve thought about the heated floors or water line for cooking.

**89 vert** · 03-22-2009, 10:18 PM

Something else thats pretty cool, have your electrican install plugs near all of your windows that are controlled by a 1 switch. All of your christmas lights can plug into the plugs. It will save you from going from window to window to turn on whatever you are putting up.

**SonofaBish** · 03-22-2009, 10:54 PM

Thanks guys!!! this thread will be a big help when those stages of the build come around!

**wick** · 03-22-2009, 11:41 PM

Originally Posted by luxurysportscar

Just seems funny that you used the word fabulous, thats all.

HAHHAH Oh. Thanks...

**SonofaBish** · 03-23-2009, 03:42 PM

So... I guess I'll see you guys' opinion on what place I'm going to build... I'm about 95% certain i'm going to build the one, but I'm still searching around everywhere I can to see if anything else catches my eye...

Obviously, there are thousand's of plans out there, but there are a few specific things I would like.

I have the option of building an absolutely enormous place that is modeled after something like a Ryan or Maronda home.Now, these houses look huge, and I can get a very large place, b/c they are cheap to build... Square foudation + really basic square layout + 6x12 roof = really cheap per square foot.. however, i feel like there's no character with one of those places... There's something about them that i love from the outside - probably the fact that they look so damn big ... but the inside is 1 square room after another, all the same size.... I know some people that have places liek this, and they really like them, but i'm fearful that i'll regret not building a place with more 'character.'

So below is some pics of the place i'm possibly going to build... its got everything i was looking for... its pretty large (2900+ sq. ft.), has a first floor master suite, a decent garage that can easily be made bigger, a second floor loft w/ balcony that overlooks the vaulted "great room" (family room), etc... The floor plan layout of the kitchen leaves a little to be desired, but kitchens can be easily moved around within the dimensions....
The place doesn't have that "dominating" figure that the homes described above have, but I think its just more ..... "homey" ... if that make sense...

what do you guys think? I like it alot! :D

**stieny** · 03-23-2009, 04:04 PM

I like the openness of the main living area. I think it looks like a real nice place although I'd definitely decorate it differently. :)

Looks good though.

**SonofaBish** · 03-24-2009, 10:39 AM

Originally Posted by stieny

I like the openness of the main living area. I think it looks like a real nice place although I'd definitely decorate it differently. :)

Looks good though.

thx Kevin

**yeahloh95** · 03-24-2009, 01:29 PM

i am looking at getting or building a house this year too where did you find those pictures ?that layout is awsome .whats the master suite look like?

**pRojekt02GT** · 03-24-2009, 01:34 PM

Do away with the bright interior colors..other than that, looks amazing.

**SonofaBish** · 03-24-2009, 03:30 PM

Originally Posted by yeahloh95

i am looking at getting or building a house this year too where did you find those pictures ?that layout is awsome .whats the master suite look like?

Troy - check out www.houseplans.com .... I've looked through a TON of different sites, and this site seems to be the easiest to navigate, as well as having the most options to narrow down your search by... Furthermore, its one of the only sites that doesn't jam up the browser for a few seconds as it loads each page - i don't know why, but that drives me insane. This house is plan # 137-188

I REALLY like the place as well - those pictures are from the website i listed above - its really rare for houses on there to have actual pictures, so don't expect that very often - usually sketches are all that's available.... As i said, i really like the layout, and it has pretty much everything I was looking for. There aren't any other pictures of the inside, so I don't know how they intend the master suite to look. Myself, I have some changes for how the master bath would be set up... Also, I'm thinking I may move the staircase to the other side of the kitchen, for aestetic reasons, so that it can be a part of the wide-open, vaulted family room.

As for the color schemes - i'm a numbers guy, not an artsy guy - i don't imagine stuff like that real well, so the colors and decorating will be primarily done by suggestion from my g/f and family members/friends...

**stieny** · 03-24-2009, 04:31 PM

Originally Posted by SonofaBish

As for the color schemes - i'm a numbers guy, not an artsy guy - i don't imagine stuff like that real well, so the colors and decorating will be primarily done by suggestion from my g/f and family members/friends...

Come see me at SW. I'll take care of you.

**blkp42e** · 03-24-2009, 05:08 PM

another thing to look into getting is places you will be putting flatscreens pre-wired to keep the plugs/jacks hidden in the wall behind the mounting bracket. Also, cat 5 run from those locations to nearby closets for Infrared repeaters so that you can run your cable boxes/dvd player/surround from a closet. also, id try to at least get 1 or 2 outlets in the closets..... sounds dumb, but if you plan on putting your electrical equiptment out of the way in a closet, you will need the power

**jaa55** · 03-24-2009, 06:01 PM

I like the way our house is laid out, only down fall it has it only has a single garage in it. but we have a detached 3 bay so that fixed that problem. it has a loft that over looks the living room. 3 full bath rooms it should be a 3 bedroom-5bedroom. we turned two into one large room with a bar and lounge. and the other into a large laundry room. so its 2 bedroom now. the kitchen has a bar thats connected with the living room. it has a large deck around the front, one balcony from the loft and another deck on the rear of the house. I think its called a chalet, its like an A-frame but the eves don't come the entire way to the ground. I wish i had some pictures of it. we pre-wired for surround, subwoofers. if youre builing a new one better wire for 7.1 surround we only planned on 5.1 at the time. wiring extra coaxial cables in a room would be a good idea, my TV is permanantly stuck on one wall because of where my coaxial and surround hook up is.