Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New media
New media comments
Latest activity
Classifieds
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Log in
Register
What's New?
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Navigation
Install the app
Install
More Options
Advertise with us
Contact Us
Close Menu
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Forums
The Water Cooler
General Discussion
Building a house
Search titles only
By:
Reply to Thread
This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, and others.
Message
<blockquote data-quote="TerryMiller" data-source="post: 1874721" data-attributes="member: 7900"><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Personally, I've never "built" a home, but our first home was built by Heartland Homes back in the '90's. Between my wife and myself, we visited the building site every day in the week except for Wednesdays. The builder and the contractors KNEW that we would be showing up. One of us would go in the morning and the other in the afternoon. As a result, we felt that we had a well built home and we worked with them to add a few "amenities."</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px">So, make sure that if you build, that you make a nuisance of yourselves with all the visits to the site.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Secondly, I would also suggest 2" X 6" walls with insulation to match. In our last home, we saw good results in utilities in spite of having a lot of windows. You'll also want good quality blinds to help keep out the summer heat. As for appliances, in our last home where we had to buy the washer, dryer and refrigerator, we went to Builder's Supply over on West Reno. They are a good source for appliances. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Third, any ceiling fans you buy, make sure they are Hunter fans. In three homes since the '90's we've mostly had Hunter fans. That was because our first choice of fans in the Heartland home were Harbor Breeze because they were cheap. "Cheap" is the operative word for them because there was one that I was never able to balance and two of the three that we bought lost one of the three speeds within two years. After we went with the Hunters, we've had 15 of them in 3 homes and I've never had to balance a single one of them. They are also quiet and we've never had any problems with them. Shoot, we even put one in the RV where we now live.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Fourth, it has been mentioned that building a home will be stressful on the relationship. I will agree with that based on relationships that I've seen destroyed by those building homes. So, go into the process with a full agreement between the two of you about what will be done and what will not. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Good luck.</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TerryMiller, post: 1874721, member: 7900"] [FONT=Georgia][SIZE=3]Personally, I've never "built" a home, but our first home was built by Heartland Homes back in the '90's. Between my wife and myself, we visited the building site every day in the week except for Wednesdays. The builder and the contractors KNEW that we would be showing up. One of us would go in the morning and the other in the afternoon. As a result, we felt that we had a well built home and we worked with them to add a few "amenities." So, make sure that if you build, that you make a nuisance of yourselves with all the visits to the site. Secondly, I would also suggest 2" X 6" walls with insulation to match. In our last home, we saw good results in utilities in spite of having a lot of windows. You'll also want good quality blinds to help keep out the summer heat. As for appliances, in our last home where we had to buy the washer, dryer and refrigerator, we went to Builder's Supply over on West Reno. They are a good source for appliances. Third, any ceiling fans you buy, make sure they are Hunter fans. In three homes since the '90's we've mostly had Hunter fans. That was because our first choice of fans in the Heartland home were Harbor Breeze because they were cheap. "Cheap" is the operative word for them because there was one that I was never able to balance and two of the three that we bought lost one of the three speeds within two years. After we went with the Hunters, we've had 15 of them in 3 homes and I've never had to balance a single one of them. They are also quiet and we've never had any problems with them. Shoot, we even put one in the RV where we now live. Fourth, it has been mentioned that building a home will be stressful on the relationship. I will agree with that based on relationships that I've seen destroyed by those building homes. So, go into the process with a full agreement between the two of you about what will be done and what will not. Good luck.[/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
Insert Quotes…
Verification
Post Reply
Forums
The Water Cooler
General Discussion
Building a house
Search titles only
By:
Top
Bottom