SonofaBish's New Home Build thread.....

**SonofaBish** · 09-04-2009, 07:08 AM

Well, hopefully within the next week or two, I will start a new build of another kind... Yesterday afternoon, I closed on the mortgage to build my new home. I have to wait for the bank to order a pre-construction inspection of the land, after which my contractor will be able to begin excavation...

Below is a picture of the exact home I'm building... The only difference will be that I will not have all the windows shown in the basement - probably just a french door and a couple windows. Its different than the pics i posted a couple months ago in a thread, but that's because I liked this place better. I will continue to update this thread with pictures over the next 4-5 months as the house comes together...

**383taman** · 09-04-2009, 07:13 AM

Very nice. Where is your property?

**SonofaBish** · 09-04-2009, 07:15 AM

It is in Washington Township, Westmoreland County... It about 1.5 miles from the intersection of Rt. 66 and Rt. 380

**Shadowstealth** · 09-04-2009, 07:15 AM

bish u going to be my friend?

**SonofaBish** · 09-04-2009, 07:22 AM

Originally Posted by Shadowstealth

bish u going to be my friend?

**94svtcobra** · 09-04-2009, 07:41 AM

dude thats sick, I stayed in a place similar to that design on vaca, it was always beautiful in the morning with the sun comin in those big front windows, congrats

**MBH** · 09-04-2009, 08:02 AM

Holy shit that's a bad ass house!! You're doin pretty well for yourself buddy!!

**Mater** · 09-04-2009, 08:55 AM

wow badasss,hope u have better luck then ur last build! Congrats!

**SonofaBish** · 09-04-2009, 09:21 AM

Originally Posted by 94svtcobra

dude thats sick, I stayed in a place similar to that design on vaca, it was always beautiful in the morning with the sun comin in those big front windows, congrats

Thanks! I'm pumped, that's for sure!

Originally Posted by MBH

Holy shit that's a bad ass house!! You're doin pretty well for yourself buddy!!

Thanks Bo!

Originally Posted by Mater

wow badasss,hope u have better luck then ur last build! Congrats!

hahahahahaha..... please don't remind me - but yea, lets hope so!

**SonofaBish** · 09-04-2009, 09:29 AM

here's a quick pic of the floor plans... on the upper-right of the 1st floor plan, you can see where the garage will be - I just didn't include it in the snapshot... its just your basic 2 car garage with 10' doors, and plenty of room to roam...

*The master bath will not be setup like that - i'm not 100% sure yet how it'll be setup - that'll be a decision made probably on the spot ...

**bgblockelcamino** · 09-04-2009, 09:40 AM

wow that will be a beautiful house. congrats and good luck

**u1arunit** · 09-04-2009, 09:44 AM

Very nice Bish! You are going to have lots of envious friends.

**street591** · 09-04-2009, 10:05 AM

Damn! That thing is huge! I recently just worked on a house very similar to that without the two side peaks. It was beautiful inside and very expensive!

Also, which I'm sure you know already, but to check how good the builders are you can see the size gaps between the logs near the bottom but you gotta do it before they fill it with log jam. Each side is different though so check both sides! And congrats!!!!

**SonofaBish** · 09-04-2009, 10:12 AM

Originally Posted by street591

Damn! That thing is huge! I recently just worked on a house very similar to that without the two side peaks. It was beautiful inside and very expensive!

Also, which I'm sure you know already, but to check how good the builders are you can see the size gaps between the logs near the bottom but you gotta do it before they fill it with log jam. Each side is different though so check both sides! And congrats!!!!

Its actually not going to be a log built home... its going to be a traditional stick-built place, with the log siding to give it that look..... there's no way i could afford a truly log built home.... lol

**street591** · 09-04-2009, 10:46 AM

Originally Posted by SonofaBish

Its actually not going to be a log built home... its going to be a traditional stick-built place, with the log siding to give it that look..... there's no way i could afford a truly log built home.... lol

Oh I gotcha! Haha the guy who built it was the owner of the company and it was close to 750k!

I personally would spend the money elsewhere than what this guy did but to each his own.

The house you're building is amazing! You gotta be a proud man bish? I sure would be! That is awesome!!!!

**scott5** · 09-04-2009, 10:28 AM

hahha bish doesnt have a living room, he has a GREAT room.. haha
Congrats on this bish, i know you been wanting to do this for a while..
How much property you get?

**Rodeheaver's** · 09-04-2009, 10:36 AM

that is a beautiful house bish...

**RUTHLESS** · 09-04-2009, 10:40 AM

I call dibs on the basement.

So whats the garage going to look like?

**SonofaBish** · 09-04-2009, 10:44 AM

Originally Posted by bgblockelcamino

wow that will be a beautiful house. congrats and good luck

Originally Posted by u1arunit

Very nice Bish! You are going to have lots of envious friends.

Originally Posted by Rodeheaver's

that is a beautiful house bish...

Thank you gentleman!

Originally Posted by scott5

hahha bish doesnt have a living room, he has a GREAT room.. haha
Congrats on this bish, i know you been wanting to do this for a while..
How much property you get?

its 2 acres, entirely wooded.... initially, we're only going to clear enough area for the foundation and a small bit of yard... then over time I will continue to clear out the small trees to make a good size yard... I'm planning to leave any large trees in place - so hopefully i won't get annoyed by having to cut grass around them...

The property is actually pretty perfect for the house... I plan to have the house sitting about 200-220 feet off the road... a small creek splits it in half, with the left side being perfectly flat, and the right side having a very slight upslope... the house will be on the right side, overlooking the creek valley, etc.... also, i should be able to hide the house pretty well from the road... and there will be a motocross track in the back yard, jumping over the creek in many places.... oh wait, n/m, that's not happening!

**scott5** · 09-04-2009, 10:55 AM

The thing with building a home is over time you will be what you have in it or even more.. houses only go up in value...

Thats what i was going to ask bish what kind of riding you going to have cause it looks like i will probably be keeping the dirtbike and thats not too far from my parents house