New house

[marcar1993]

Wow, congrats man and good luck!

I bought a 103 year old house earlier this year and renovated it with the help of 2 guys, and a few more occasionally, in about 4.5 months after work. Been in it since July. What a job it was, couldn't imagine starting from scratch.
And your taxes sure are low compared to mine here in CNJ!

Enjoy!

 

[Streetbu]

Wow, congrats man and good luck!

I bought a 103 year old house earlier this year and renovated it with the help of 2 guys, and a few more occasionally, in about 4.5 months after work. Been in it since July. What a job it was, couldn't imagine starting from scratch.
And your taxes sure are low compared to mine here in CNJ!

Enjoy!

Thanks! Having done some remodeling and seeing the pitfalls and problems, i think I'd rather start fresh. At least I know what's going into it and everything is relatively square and level. I couldn't remodel for nearly 5 months! You're a better man than I!

 

[ck80]

Thanks! Having done some remodeling and seeing the pitfalls and problems, i think I'd rather start fresh. At least I know what's going into it and everything is relatively square and level. I couldn't remodel for nearly 5 months! You're a better man than I!

Just curious: what with you being in the snow belt, what made you decide to go slab over basement? (There is some cost, although, you could self "finish" the sq footage off the tax rolls as an extra workshop or some such...)

 

[Streetbu]

Just curious: what with you being in the snow belt, what made you decide to go slab over basement? (There is some cost, although, you could self "finish" the sq footage off the tax rolls as an extra workshop or some such...)

Slab? No slab there. That is the footer for the basement walls which will be 9' tall so it can be finished at a later point.

 

[ck80]

Slab? No slab there. That is the footer for the basement walls which will be 9' tall so it can be finished at a later point.

Ok, that makes more sense. Didn't look like a deep hoLe in the pictures for some reason.

 

[Streetbu]

Ground is too low around it already. Dirt that was dug out will be going back around the outside of the foundation to bring up ground level higher. Back in the demo section of this thread you can see how rotted the old house was. That was because of water hitting the house because the sill plate was below ground level. 😲

 

[Streetbu]

Wooohooo! That's just the first four courses of foam blocks. They are 16" tall, going with a 9' basement. They might pour it this weekend! Fingers crossed

 

[ck80]

Wooohooo! That's just the first four courses of foam blocks. They are 16" tall, going with a 9' basement. They might pour it this weekend! Fingers crossed

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It's like adult legos

 

[paul.m]

That is a great looking area you have there , very nice backyard view !

 

[Streetbu]

That is a great looking area you have there , very nice backyard view !

Thanks!