Progress on our new house

carolina-rig-01 · 01-30-12, 07:21 PM

Well we broke ground on the new house a few weeks back. Digging the basement took a while because of how rocky our ground is, but we got the wheels of progress turning now.

The morning we broke ground.

Lake hanging out in the basement.

A few pictures of Lake and my grandpa watching them pour the footing today.

Lake playing in the dirt.

Lake taking a break from playing LOL.

So far it was worth the cost of the house alone just to see how much fun Lake is having with it. He is all boy and loves dirt, trucks, tractors, and everything else that comes with construction. We played in the dirt today for 3 solid hours LOL.

Rather than starting more threads about the house being built, I will most likely just keep adding progress pictures to this thread as we move along.

Jrob78 · 01-30-12, 07:28 PM

That's exciting! It's going to be a cool experience for Lake, when he gets older he'll remember "helping" build your house. I've enjoyed seeing the progress pics so far and look forward to seeing them as the house goes up, keep them coming!

bcklash · 01-30-12, 07:57 PM

I echo what Jrob said. Awesome pictures.

pro reel · 01-30-12, 08:01 PM

Lots of fun!

MallenManson · 01-30-12, 08:33 PM

That's awesome! Congrats on getting the new place going!

bamabassman · 01-30-12, 08:52 PM

awesum kory!!! thanks so much for the pics man. chrish these short days (that seem like years) while going through construction. and take as many pictures as oyu can buddy. in aobut 10 years or so, you'll be glad you did. plus oyu can embarass lake when he brings home his girlfriends.

keep the pics coming buddy. lisa and i love em!

oh yeah, lake needs a better looking cp than the one he's wearing, HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! kidding pal.

carolina-rig-01 · 01-30-12, 08:53 PM

Thanks guys. By the way, yes that is dirt on Lakes face, but we actually cleaned most of it off before the picture was taken lol.

bamabassman · 01-30-12, 08:55 PM

so that's why he has such a sour look on his face. hahahahaha!!!

WatterBoy · 01-30-12, 10:55 PM

Very cool, Kory! Awesome pictures and congrats on getting started on the new house! Keep the pictures coming.

Dean

Bassboss · 01-30-12, 10:59 PM

Great pics Kory! That kid's really growing up FAST! Used to love stuff like that when I was little too... can't say I don't like it now either though! hehehe

Glad to hear progress is being made though! Hop everything goes smoothly and just as planned!

keithdog · 01-31-12, 12:02 AM

Congrats Kory. It's a very exciting time for you all for sure. AND I abolutely love that last photo of Lake!!! What a great picture!!!

nofearengineer · 01-31-12, 12:32 AM

Congratulations, Kory. This is one of those things everyone should get to do at least once in their life. Building your own place the way you want it is just different than buying someone else' used house.

Bubba_Bruiser · 01-31-12, 03:09 AM

I wish I could see the pics, but I know y'all are excited. How is long is the timeline? When do y'all plan to be in it. BBQ at KORY'S!!!

carolina-rig-01 · 01-31-12, 03:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Bubba_Bruiser

I wish I could see the pics, but I know y'all are excited. How is long is the timeline? When do y'all plan to be in it. BBQ at KORY'S!!!

Yeah we are pretty excited. I was always affraid of the stress that comes with going to store after store picking out the perfect tile, hardwoods, ceiling fans, counter tops, ect. but so far it's been a lot of fun. Luckily Britney and I both like the same stuff so we haven't ran into any problems there yet. Of course if we do I will just let her pick out whatever she wants because we already agreed that the basement is mine to do with what I please, and as long as I can pick out what goes into the basement I am happy. We are hoping to start moving in at the first part of May.

MississippiBoy · 01-31-12, 10:03 AM

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Originally Posted by carolina-rig-01

We are hoping to start moving in at the first part of May.

Holy crap, really? 4 months? Who do you have working on the house, the crew from Extreme Makeover? I remember when my parents built their house, it took maybe 9-10 months.

carolina-rig-01 · 01-31-12, 12:35 PM

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Originally Posted by MississippiBoy

Holy crap, really? 4 months? Who do you have working on the house, the crew from Extreme Makeover? I remember when my parents built their house, it took maybe 9-10 months.

The contractor told us in the begining that he tells everyone 6 months. He said "it won't take 6 months though, I just tell everyone that to be safe. That way when you move in in 3 or 4 months I am a hero".

bamabassman · 01-31-12, 09:02 PM

that is great kory. don't think it took that long for ours, but we had, and still do have, a lot of things to finish. love it buddy.

carolina-rig-01 · 03-14-12, 08:23 PM

Well it's been a little while since I updated this thread about our new house being built. As you can see we have come a long ways.

Basement walls poured.

Basement floor poured.

Floor joists going down on the main floor.

Getting her framed up. This is the view from the backyard. You can see where the overhead door is for the Tritons room. It will be nice to just be able to go down stairs to work on organizing tackle and stuff like that.

They still have to do some more dirt work for the driveway into the boats room. It needs to be wider but anyways this is the view out the door from where the boat will be kept.

The front of the house.

Just a picture I took from inside the madness.

Here are a few pictures of where we are at now:

Front of the house

Back of house

We still have a ways to go but I am really happy with the progress so far. We have all of our tile and hardwoods picked out. Earlier this week we went to our cabinet builders and picked out our cabinets which was not easy LOL. We have our shingles picked out as well as our vinyl siding. We still are having trouble picking out our brick color but we are getting close there I think. We just told our contractor what bathroom faucets we want and we are meeting with the electrician Monday to let him know where we want our light fixtures, and the we are off to pick our our granite counter tops.

WatterBoy · 03-14-12, 08:37 PM

Wow, that is looking sweet, Kory! And it seems like progress is being made by leaps and bounds. Thanks for the update.

bcklash · 03-14-12, 08:42 PM

That looks great Kory.

MallenManson · 03-14-12, 09:53 PM

That is so cool, Kory! I love that the Triton has it's own bedroom!
I wish I lived nearby buddy (gonna be at least a decade too late). I'd save ya some money and help you with the siding and tile

MIbasser · 03-14-12, 10:05 PM

Looks great Kory!!

carolina-rig-01 · 03-14-12, 10:07 PM

Thanks fellas!!!

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Originally Posted by MallenManson

That is so cool, Kory! I love that the Triton has it's own bedroom!
I wish I lived nearby buddy (gonna be at least a decade too late). I'd save ya some money and help you with the siding and tile

Don't worry Mike, by the time you get here I am sure Britney will be ready to re-do the tile so you will have some work waiting for you LOL.

Jrob78 · 03-14-12, 10:13 PM

Man, it's really coming along! Looking good!

skeeter1804 · 03-14-12, 10:34 PM

Looking good, it is fun having a house built.

01-30-12, 07:21 PM	#1
carolina-rig-01 BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Webb City, MO Posts: 6,387	Progress on our new house Well we broke ground on the new house a few weeks back. Digging the basement took a while because of how rocky our ground is, but we got the wheels of progress turning now. The morning we broke ground. Lake hanging out in the basement. A few pictures of Lake and my grandpa watching them pour the footing today. Lake playing in the dirt. Lake taking a break from playing LOL. So far it was worth the cost of the house alone just to see how much fun Lake is having with it. He is all boy and loves dirt, trucks, tractors, and everything else that comes with construction. We played in the dirt today for 3 solid hours LOL. Rather than starting more threads about the house being built, I will most likely just keep adding progress pictures to this thread as we move along. __________________ You only live once. But if you do it right, once is enough.

01-30-12, 07:28 PM	#2
Jrob78 BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 4,671	That's exciting! It's going to be a cool experience for Lake, when he gets older he'll remember "helping" build your house. I've enjoyed seeing the progress pics so far and look forward to seeing them as the house goes up, keep them coming! __________________ There are 3 kinds of people in the world…those who can count and those who can’t. HRN4L

01-30-12, 07:57 PM	#3
bcklash BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Elliston, Va. Posts: 4,372	I echo what Jrob said. Awesome pictures. __________________ The soap box, the ballot box, the jury box, and the cartridge box. keep us free:

01-30-12, 08:33 PM	#5
MallenManson BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Beulah, Michigan Posts: 6,431	That's awesome! Congrats on getting the new place going! __________________ Bass fear me. Women pepperspray me.....

01-30-12, 08:52 PM	#6
bamabassman BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: cedar bluff, alabama Posts: 15,292	awesum kory!!! thanks so much for the pics man. chrish these short days (that seem like years) while going through construction. and take as many pictures as oyu can buddy. in aobut 10 years or so, you'll be glad you did. plus oyu can embarass lake when he brings home his girlfriends. keep the pics coming buddy. lisa and i love em! oh yeah, lake needs a better looking cp than the one he's wearing, HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! kidding pal. __________________ so many lures, so little time.

01-30-12, 08:01 PM	#4
pro reel BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Wichita Kansas Posts: 761	Lots of fun!

01-30-12, 08:53 PM	#7
carolina-rig-01 BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Webb City, MO Posts: 6,387	Thanks guys. By the way, yes that is dirt on Lakes face, but we actually cleaned most of it off before the picture was taken lol. __________________ You only live once. But if you do it right, once is enough.

01-30-12, 08:55 PM	#8
bamabassman BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: cedar bluff, alabama Posts: 15,292	so that's why he has such a sour look on his face. hahahahaha!!! __________________ so many lures, so little time.

01-30-12, 10:55 PM	#9
WatterBoy BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Owatonna, MN Posts: 2,280	Very cool, Kory! Awesome pictures and congrats on getting started on the new house! Keep the pictures coming. Dean

01-30-12, 10:59 PM	#10
Bassboss BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Shawano, WI Posts: 7,761	Great pics Kory! That kid's really growing up FAST! Used to love stuff like that when I was little too... can't say I don't like it now either though! hehehe Glad to hear progress is being made though! Hop everything goes smoothly and just as planned! __________________ If you can't fix it with heavy squats or fish oil, you're probably going to die.

01-31-12, 12:02 AM	#11
keithdog BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: IN Posts: 8,308	Congrats Kory. It's a very exciting time for you all for sure. AND I abolutely love that last photo of Lake!!! What a great picture!!! __________________ Just one more cast, and then some!

01-31-12, 12:32 AM	#12
nofearengineer BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Southwest IN Posts: 5,630	Congratulations, Kory. This is one of those things everyone should get to do at least once in their life. Building your own place the way you want it is just different than buying someone else' used house. __________________ Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing it is not fish they are after.

01-31-12, 03:09 AM	#13
Bubba_Bruiser BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: South MS Posts: 3,659	I wish I could see the pics, but I know y'all are excited. How is long is the timeline? When do y'all plan to be in it. BBQ at KORY'S!!! __________________ \,,,,/ ROCK ON! HRN4L!

01-31-12, 09:02 PM	#17
bamabassman BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: cedar bluff, alabama Posts: 15,292	that is great kory. don't think it took that long for ours, but we had, and still do have, a lot of things to finish. love it buddy. __________________ so many lures, so little time.

03-14-12, 08:23 PM	#18
carolina-rig-01 BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Webb City, MO Posts: 6,387	Well it's been a little while since I updated this thread about our new house being built. As you can see we have come a long ways. Basement walls poured. Basement floor poured. Floor joists going down on the main floor. Getting her framed up. This is the view from the backyard. You can see where the overhead door is for the Tritons room. It will be nice to just be able to go down stairs to work on organizing tackle and stuff like that. They still have to do some more dirt work for the driveway into the boats room. It needs to be wider but anyways this is the view out the door from where the boat will be kept. The front of the house. Just a picture I took from inside the madness. Here are a few pictures of where we are at now: Front of the house Back of house We still have a ways to go but I am really happy with the progress so far. We have all of our tile and hardwoods picked out. Earlier this week we went to our cabinet builders and picked out our cabinets which was not easy LOL. We have our shingles picked out as well as our vinyl siding. We still are having trouble picking out our brick color but we are getting close there I think. We just told our contractor what bathroom faucets we want and we are meeting with the electrician Monday to let him know where we want our light fixtures, and the we are off to pick our our granite counter tops. __________________ You only live once. But if you do it right, once is enough.

03-14-12, 08:37 PM	#19
WatterBoy BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Owatonna, MN Posts: 2,280	Wow, that is looking sweet, Kory! And it seems like progress is being made by leaps and bounds. Thanks for the update.

03-14-12, 08:42 PM	#20
bcklash BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Elliston, Va. Posts: 4,372	That looks great Kory. __________________ The soap box, the ballot box, the jury box, and the cartridge box. keep us free:

03-14-12, 09:53 PM	#21
MallenManson BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Beulah, Michigan Posts: 6,431	That is so cool, Kory! I love that the Triton has it's own bedroom! I wish I lived nearby buddy (gonna be at least a decade too late). I'd save ya some money and help you with the siding and tile __________________ Bass fear me. Women pepperspray me.....

03-14-12, 10:05 PM	#22
MIbasser BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Okemos, MI Posts: 1,447	Looks great Kory!!

03-14-12, 10:13 PM	#24
Jrob78 BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 4,671	Man, it's really coming along! Looking good! __________________ There are 3 kinds of people in the world…those who can count and those who can’t. HRN4L

03-14-12, 10:34 PM	#25
skeeter1804 BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Edgerton KS Posts: 321	Looking good, it is fun having a house built.

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