racer12306's House Construction

Post by **racer12306** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 9:25 pm

Some may know and others don't, but my fiance and I are buying a new townhouse. It is a new construction so I'm going to be posting pics of the progess. We will be having meetings along the way with the builders to see the progress. And tons of pictures will be taken.

^^^our lot

^^^view to the front, except there will be a row of town houses there

^^^view to the back

^^^area to the side of our row

ZeroChad · Post by **ZeroChad** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 10:06 pm

The surroundings look nice. I love the trees. Good luck on your new house. When is the estimated date for completion?

hansken_yo · Post by **hansken_yo** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 10:30 pm

That cool that you get to watch it get built!

teamliviD · Post by **teamliviD** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 9:58 am

that looks just about how far my custom townhouse has gotten. they were supposed to start this months ago yet theres still just dirt.

Post by **racer12306** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 12:06 pm

Thanks guys.

Its supposed to be completed between august and october

yellowpatrol · Post by **yellowpatrol** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 1:05 pm

Wow dude that's exciting! I'm jealous! And you're only 23. I hope I can have a house of my own (and a brand new one at that) that young.

What are your plans for the garage?

KrackstaR · Post by **KrackstaR** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 1:32 pm

sweet frank what area are you going to be in?

Post by **racer12306** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 10:55 pm

No garage. My parents will only be a half an hour away so I won't be too far away from a fully setup garage (lift, power tools, lathe, mill, welder, etc)

Its up in Riverside.

Hudson_Neon · Post by **Hudson_Neon** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 11:27 pm

nice. i hoped to have a house by 25. now i gotta do 22 so as not to be outdone

glasswars · Post by **glasswars** » Sat Apr 05, 2008 12:25 am

ohh, fresh construction! i loveee the smell of new house. way better than new car. can't wait for updates!

Midnight_Rider · Post by **Midnight_Rider** » Sat Apr 05, 2008 1:20 am

I had a house built back in '96-'97 and I was on site almost every day. Good thing too considering the shenanigans the builder tried to get away with (I was in litigation for almost three years- finally sold the house at a loss). Hope that you have better luck than I did. The surrounding area looks nice and you are building at the right time (mine went up in winter- NOT good!). Looking forward to more progress pics!

Post by **racer12306** » Sat Apr 05, 2008 11:16 am

Sorry, to hear about the troubles David. There are already a fair amount of townhomes in this development, so I figure if there were to be any problems there wouldn't be anyone living there.

Yeah, building in winter is definitly not good in your area. Around here it could be tolerable, because there isn't much snow, but the cold would get to people.

As of last week they still wanted to sell 2 more homes in that row before they started construction, so hopefully they are closer this week. It is a very fast selling community.

Post by **racer12306** » Sun May 04, 2008 7:41 pm

Little update:

They finally put the Sold sign on our lot

Little bit of bad news, the completion date has been pushed back because a different row is selling out first. There were two people that back out of our row and switched lots. We are just going to have to live with my parents for another month or two. I just look at it as more time to save money.

Estimated completion date is now Oct/Nov 2008

INVUJerry · Post by **INVUJerry** » Mon May 05, 2008 12:40 am

yellowpatrol wrote:Wow dude that's exciting! I'm jealous! And you're only 23. I hope I can have a house of my own (and a brand new one at that) that young.

What are your plans for the garage?

Hudson_Neon wrote:nice. i hoped to have a house by 25. now i gotta do 22 so as not to be outdone

Ya'll fucked. I bought my house at 19.

NiteHawk · Post by **NiteHawk** » Mon May 05, 2008 11:28 am

hey jerry...

inheritance > buying

my house has been planned to be passed down to me since i was 12...i win

nice frank, take lots of pics! and if you see them pullin off something shady, dont be afraid to bash some heads in...

oh, and when they're doing the electrical, if you see something you're unsure of, hit me up. I wired my buddy's new house and passed electrical inspection first time around

Post by **racer12306** » Mon May 05, 2008 11:50 am

I'm one step ahead of you, I know the chief electrical inspector for the county.

Post by **Diablo0** » Mon May 05, 2008 11:53 am

It's going to be a ton of fun Frank! My parents built their first house last year and my Dad took a couple thousand pictures while it was being built. They've really come in handy too because now he can refrence back to them when he puts in additional fixtures and knows whats behind the dry wall and the problems he might encounter running wire. They have been a life saver...

NiteHawk · Post by **NiteHawk** » Mon May 05, 2008 12:01 pm

nice frank...you win

eletrical inspector > *

Post by **racer12306** » Tue Sep 09, 2008 11:06 pm

Well, it appears that this new house is not going to happen. We are going to have to back out of the contract. The government passed a law that eliminated a very large chunk of money that we were going to be getting. Unfortunately we will more than likely be losing our deposit as well. I'm going to try to get it back, but I know the odds are slim.

We have been looking for houses like crazy the last couple weeks and hopefully we will be able to find something nice.

Midnight_Rider · Post by **Midnight_Rider** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 3:36 am

racer12306 wrote:The government passed a law that eliminated a very large chunk of money that we were going to be getting. Unfortunately we will more than likely be losing our deposit as well. I'm going to try to get it back, but I know the odds are slim.

Have an attorney go over your contract- I would think that you would have the right to get your deposit back due to this being the result of something legal from the government and not just from changing your mind. This really stinks!

Post by **racer12306** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 8:45 am

That is what I thought as well. I'm pretty sure my fiances dad has an attorney and I'm going to see about having him look it over.

KrackstaR · Post by **KrackstaR** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 1:17 pm

wow frank that sucks man, im sorry to hear, how long ago did the goberment renig on this program?

Danteneon · Post by **Danteneon** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 1:27 pm

Ouch man! Let me guess...you guys were going to use Ameridream?

Post by **racer12306** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 5:25 pm

It was a program called the Nehaimiah Foundation.

Joe, the bill was passed at the end of July.

Danteneon · Post by **Danteneon** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 5:31 pm

Ah yes. I used Nehemiah on my first house. The Ameridream program is similar.

The government deemed it necessary to close the loophole that allowed people to use charitable intuitions for down payment assistance. They were supposed to re-structure the loan programs to make it easier for people who qualify for loans but don't have a lot of cash available for a down payment. Not sure what they did though.

Sorry to hear that man. But you should find something soon so you can get the $7500.00 interest-free loan on this year's taxes

Post by **racer12306** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 5:37 pm

I'll have to see what happens now that the Govt took over Fannie and Freddy.

Danteneon · Post by **Danteneon** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 6:00 pm

I hear ya. I'm wondering how that will play out.

A couple that my wife and I are friends with work for Fannie and Freddy...kinda funny. If I hear anything helpful from them I'll let you know.

Post by **racer12306** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 6:07 pm

Thanks

KrackstaR · Post by **KrackstaR** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 8:19 pm

racer12306 wrote:It was a program called the Nehaimiah Foundation.

Joe, the bill was passed at the end of July.

damn july that sucks real bad... have yall looked into seeing if there is anyother programs yall could fall into?