Anyone Built a New House? Here Is Our Build

[rolexryan329]

This has been an awesome thread so far! house looks great. only 2 weeks til move in day!

[swils8610]

The rustic alder amazing. Wow.


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[joeychitwood]

We move into the house in 12 days. Getting pretty excited. The concrete portion of the driveway, sidewalks and asphalt to the road come next week if the weather holds.

We have tried to maximize storage in the house. Here is part of the master bedroom closet. There are similar shelves and drawers on the opposite wall of the closet.





We designed the railing and my brother Dan built it. Really happy with it so far. There are end caps that fit on top of the posts.





The stone masons worked all week on the front porch and the wall facing. There will be two large tapered pillars on each side of the steps and a single pillar on the corner. The overhang trusses will be wrapped in wood to look like beams.

[Rogdogg]

The place is looking great. Once the stress of the build is over and you move in that's when the fun starts, christening every room of the house.
We won't need photos of that though Haha.

I hope the rest of the outside civil works go as well as the house itself.

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[1William]

Looks great. Can wait to see the finished home.

[Bt122]

Congrats on nearing the end :)

House looks great...

[TheVTCGuy]

Can you post some pics of my room?

[John07]

Originally Posted by joeychitwood

Countertops, cabinet and closet doors, and paint, along with work on the upstairs fireplace late this week. Canada geese are guarding their nest on the river in front of the house.





The kitchen pantry and microwave cubby. Rustic knotty alder wood.





Kitchen countertops and cabinet doors.





Stone mason is building the upstairs fireplace.

WOW. What beautiful cabinets!! We just bought our first lot and will be building as soon as our house sells. We are in no rush so we will see when that happens

[joeychitwood]

Originally Posted by TheVTCGuy

Can you post some pics of my room?

Paul, your room has the best nature views in the whole house. Looks down on the Pelican River and Mill Pond. Deer, foxes, turkeys and we think Black Bears wandering by. (But no feeding the bears through the window.) Any wall color requests?

Originally Posted by John07

WOW. What beautiful cabinets!! We just bought our first lot and will be building as soon as our house sells. We are in no rush so we will see when that happens

Thanks! We are thrilled with the cabinets and the knotty alder wood. The cabinet maker is well known in Minnesota and North Dakota for meticulous quality. I love the stain color too.

[joeychitwood]

I installed the mailbox today. I told my spouse that one doesn't want to spend a lot of money on a rural mailbox, because they frequently get knocked over by snowplows, vandals or ATVs. I took this photo....

...and a half hour later, the mailbox got knocked over by the trenching machine laying fiberoptic cable to the house.

[Wahlberg]

Originally Posted by John07

We just bought our first lot and will be building as soon as our house sells. We are in no rush so we will see when that happens

Where will you live in the meantime?

[JasoninDenver]

Originally Posted by joeychitwood

I installed the mailbox today. I told my spouse that one doesn't want to spend a lot of money on a rural mailbox, because they frequently get knocked over by snowplows, vandals or ATVs. I took this photo....

...and a half hour later, the mailbox got knocked over by the trenching machine laying fiberoptic cable to the house.

Biggest worry in Texas was teenagers on Friday night swinging bats. Steel posts solve those issues!

[joeychitwood]

We have a boat slip for our pontoon and a swimming beach a couple hundred yards down a path to the lake. This was the sunset tonight.

[joeychitwood]

We are packing up the apartment where we have lived for 14 months. We're moving into the house on Thursday.

[nyc2la]

Originally Posted by joeychitwood

We have a boat slip for our pontoon and a swimming beach a couple hundred yards down a path to the lake. This was the sunset tonight.

Breathtaking!

[Abdullah71601]

Originally Posted by joeychitwood

I installed the mailbox today. I told my spouse that one doesn't want to spend a lot of money on a rural mailbox, because they frequently get knocked over by snowplows, vandals or ATVs. I took this photo....

...and a half hour later, the mailbox got knocked over by the trenching machine laying fiberoptic cable to the house.

Since you're installing a new mailbox... Buy the extra large size metal mailbox. Most Amazon and online shipping boxes will fit inside, which saves the postman and UPS a trip up your drive.

I'm on the end of a dead and road and the school buses and garbage trucks back into mine when they turn around. I switched to a 2 inch stainless steel tube buried three feet deep and a single screw to hold the box on. It's strong enough to hold it for the mail, but just pops off when they back into it.

[HarryLime]

Looks incredible. Did you put any thought into installing a heated driveway?

Anything edible swimming in that river?

[joeychitwood]

Originally Posted by HarryLime

Looks incredible. Did you put any thought into installing a heated driveway? Anything edible swimming in that river?

Thanks, Harry. The driveway is 330 feet long, and the temps in this part of Minnesota regularly drop to -30 degrees F below zero in the winter. I'd need a small nuclear reactor to provide enough power to melt the snow and ice. The river runs out of Lake Melissa 200 yards to the north, so fish include walleyes, Northern Pike, sunfish, largemouth bass and occasional Muskies.

[Rebel]

Congrats on your new home. Very nice indeed. Y'all are blessed.

[joeychitwood]

Moving in tomorrow. It's been a long process, but the time has arrived. I'll post final photos when I get settled.

[encarter13]

Originally Posted by joeychitwood

Moving in tomorrow. It's been a long process, but the time has arrived. I'll post final photos when I get settled.

Remember, lift with you legs, not your back!

[Abdullah71601]

Originally Posted by encarter13

Remember, lift with you legs, not your back!

And no beer for anyone until everything is in the right room in the house.

[520Matt]

move in day!

[Blansky]

I'm excited and I don't know why.

Today is a good day.

[joeychitwood]

The move is going well. Our apartment stuff was moved today. The stuff in storage in Fargo arrives tomorrow. I'm hauling loose items now. It's about 88 degrees and the dew point is 70, so it's sticky. Everything is going well. When the move is done, I'll post new pics. Thanks for all of the nice comments this past year in this thread. You people are great!

[joeychitwood]

And by Saturday, I will have the answer to the common question, "Is it safe to move while wearing a blue Tudor Sub 79090."

[Blansky]

Originally Posted by joeychitwood

And by Saturday, I will have the answer to the common question, "Is it safe to move while wearing a blue Tudor Sub 79090."

My God man, watch out for pickpockets.

[antbkny]

Lookin good!

[JasoninDenver]

Ready to crack open the ibuprofen or are you in need of something stronger?

[mfer]

It’s been fun to see all the pics and progress. Thanks for sharing. Hope you enjoy it.