We bought a new Ryland home in October and ours has the exposed concrete (it's actually concrete covered with plaster) ... because it's on a gigantic hill and that's how they level it out. If the concrete weren't there, my house would probably be perpendicular to the neighbor's house.
We've got a great front porch ... but I'm so jealous of the back one on 2Blonde's. Mine's hardly big enough to turn around on. Which is why User is getting a gift certificate to Lowes for Christmas ... so he can build us a new deck.
You're seriously thinking about letting an engineer build something for you?We've got a great front porch ... but I'm so jealous of the back one on 2Blonde's. Mine's hardly big enough to turn around on. Which is why User is getting a gift certificate to Lowes for Christmas ... so he can build us a new deck.
You know that old adage about "If it ain't broke, don't fix it"?
Engineers say, "If it ain't broke, it doesn't have enough features".
It looks tight!
You misunderstood what I was asking. I wasn't asking why it's there, I was asking how they planned on covering it up. Usually, when you wrap stone on the bottom 36" of a home and you have a drop in grade like that, you use stone where the drop is to keep the stone continuous.We bought a new Ryland home in October and ours has the exposed concrete (it's actually concrete covered with plaster) ... because it's on a gigantic hill and that's how they level it out. If the concrete weren't there, my house would probably be perpendicular to the neighbor's house.
But I have no idea if that drop will even be seen/there when the house is finished or if the stone goes all the way around the house. Judging from the 36" they left exposed on the pillars on the covered patio, I would think yes.
That is true but they are not supposed to leave the cement exposed to the eye, it looks nasty, and they want more money to stucco it or rock it. If they tried that up north where folks know about holmes they would run them out of town.
But if the drop in grade isn't consistant on all sides, it'd make the house look lopsided, IMO. What I've seen here is the drop wrapped in plaster....which looks like exposed slab anyway.
Kind of off track ... I used to not like that big piece of *exposed* slab but now I'm kind of glad we have it. I think it might be protecting our house a little better against major wall & tile damage as the house settles in it's first year. The people at the top of our hill whose lots are more level and slabs aren't as thick are apparently starting to have major problems with cracks & shifting.
This is our new house ...
and we have no ing trees, either.
I'm guessing that they're putting a deck back there.
i am going to pony up for something more than a sapling next year.
that , i have 2 years to get those es to grow.
2Blonde - Wow, it's coming along nicely. Congrats. I know you and 2Grey put your heart and soul (and money) into it. I'm glad to see how great it's turning out.
And Congrats to SpursWoman and User on their new house too - though I already told them that privately.
That's a lovely house, SW. I'm jealous!
oh and congrats on the new homes.
best investment you can make.
What area of the city is it?
Why, so you can tell her when they are going to put up a Chili's near her?
Looks great, 2blonde! We'll be doing that in a few years. I'm not sure I'm looking forward to it
There is a 3 car garage on the left side and the circular drive that goes underneath the portico. It's out by Smithson Valley. We are about a mile from the high school in the Mountain Springs Ranch subdivision. We bought a little over an acre.
Plenty of room to turn the Tahoe around.
Since she moved out that way, away from the rest of the unwashed masses, I'm sure 2Blonde upgraded.
I can honestly say that our garage will be nicer than the house
MancaveI can honestly say that our garage will be nicer than the house
Is this really S y?????? I feel blessed. I have missed you so much.Looks great, 2blonde! We'll be doing that in a few years. I'm not sure I'm looking forward to it
We have a great builder who has walked us through this whole process. We are using C & C Benjamin Contracting. They only build a few homes a year so that they can put all their effort into building good homes. Most of their homes are in the Fair Oaks Ranch area but they are good friends of some people we knew so they agreed to come out to the Canyon Lake area and build for us. We looked at some of the homes they built and loved them. We had an architect draw up our plans and went from there. The husband handles everything from breaking ground up until the sheet-rock is installed and then the wife handles everything after that. I have had wonderful luck with them so far. They are working so hard to make sure that every little detail is right. They treat it like it's their own home they are building.
I have been working with her for about 6 months getting bids on everything from plumbing to tile & cabinets & lighting. I have notebooks filled with info. When you decide to build let me know and I'll be glad to show you what I've got. It might help you get organized and figure how to proceed.
T'is me!
I'll keep that in mind. We bought in Mico (2 acres), but we also want to see how much it develops, which is looking like a lot. And since my husband works downtown, it may be a pain to get there if that's the case. I haven't been out there in a while, but I need to go check and see if squatters are living on our land!
When is it supposed to be finished?
Nah, I went for good sex instead !!!
When I married my husband he was a CPT in the Army. I made more money than he did. I still contribute very significantly to the household income.
Hopefully the end of April or beginning of May. But it's going along pretty smoothly so I'm optimistic for the April time frame right now. I just hope my old house sells quick when we put it on the market at the end of Feb.
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