Tominator Posted February 9, 2009 Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 My wife and I have been looking for house plans for about the last year. We closed on a piece of land last week, and I'm pretty sure this is the house we will be building. http://www.schumacherhomes.com/flash/kiosk/VPS/alpha-vision.aspx?plan=Nicole_C&community=2&home=cmax2877&SchumacherLocationId=8&floorPlanId=875&label=Nicole%20C&state=OH&county=Auglaize&city= Hoping to break ground in April. Schumacher is guaranteeing 120 days to move in once they break ground. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Kat Posted February 9, 2009 Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 looks awesome buddy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike Posted February 9, 2009 Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 nice lookin plan there chris:cool: congrats to you and the wife. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruttinbuc Posted February 9, 2009 Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 Looks like a very nice place to call home, very nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichiganHunter Posted February 9, 2009 Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 Super nice you'll have to keep us up to date with pics and story's of the hole process. Good Luck and I hope god blesses the hole process and your home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clrj3514 Posted February 9, 2009 Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 very nice plan there bud. good luck on the building Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted February 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 Super nice you'll have to keep us up to date with pics and story's of the hole process. Good Luck and I hope god blesses the hole process and your home. OK, you said "hole" process twice. You're talking about "whole" process, right? I mean, you're not wishing me holes in my new home, right? Thanks folks, we're pretty excited about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NS whitetail Posted February 9, 2009 Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 Very Nice :cool: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NY_Bowhunter14 Posted February 9, 2009 Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 thats pretty neat! congrats! can't weight two sea sum photoz! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckee Posted February 9, 2009 Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 That looks really nice Bart. Hey..I know a painter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardwood_HD Posted February 9, 2009 Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 wait.. wheres my room?? lol looks good chris. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OJR Posted February 9, 2009 Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 Looks good, but with all those angles on the roof, you are going to have problems! This is just my opinion from building things like this! If you have room on the property, I would go with a single story, basement and not so many tie-ins on the roof line! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerClay Posted February 9, 2009 Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 Looks like you will have plenty of room. Very nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun_300 Posted February 9, 2009 Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 Looks good Chris! Best of luck with everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PotashRLS Posted February 9, 2009 Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 Nice floor plan. I can tell you with our house we use our mud/washer/dryer room alot coming in from the garage. It turned out to be more important than we anticipated. Couple of suggestions if I may be so bold..........Larger garages are great, yours would be way too small for me. Make sure your builder plans on using higher walls in the garage with the taller garage doors. With full size trucks and SUVs, the regular ones get pretty close to your truck roof. Also make sure they run your roof downspouts into your drain tile so you don't have freeze ups on or around your porch or driveway. We assumed that one on our house and have a freeze up where our concrete walk leading to our front door meets the corner of the garage. If you use too much salt, it will eat the concrete. Being a surveyor, I've drafted the siteplans for and field staked a couple of hundred residential homes during the housing boom. Did you have an architect? Just a few thoughts, hope you don't mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MUDRUNNER Posted February 9, 2009 Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 Nice!The elevation looks sweet, and the floor plan is nice and open.120 Days is a pretty good turn around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rookieee Posted February 9, 2009 Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 Very nice layout Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adjam5 Posted February 9, 2009 Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 Nice floor plan Chris...Good luck with the new home. I wish I had a great room...ours is pretty mediocre:D One upgrade that you and the Mrs. might like is, the installation of lights in all your closets. When the door opens the light goes on, when it closes it goes off. The switch gets recessed in the door jamb. How is the power co and their rates? If they are cheap, look also into a driveway snow melter, never have to shovel again! Its a electrician thing...I can't help it:p I wish you all the best;). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohiobucks Posted February 9, 2009 Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 I like it! :cool: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c_lou Posted February 9, 2009 Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 I agree with Potash. I would see if you can adjust the garage up at least another 4x4 feet. Otherwise it looks like an nice floor plan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted February 9, 2009 Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 That is cool Chris. Bet you and Heather are way beyond ready for the extra space for the kids. Hope it all goes well. We plan to build here in the next 3-5 years, although with the way the market is now, now might not be a bad time to do some checking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doe-ee Posted February 9, 2009 Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 Very nice plans. Love the upstairs being open to the great room. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig mack Posted February 9, 2009 Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 Very nice Chris!!!! I guessing that the deer mounts are going by the fireplace? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted February 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 Looks good, but with all those angles on the roof, you are going to have problems! This is just my opinion from building things like this! If you have room on the property, I would go with a single story, basement and not so many tie-ins on the roof line! They guarantee dry basement for 30 years (poured 9ft full basement), along with 10 years structural. I don't think we'll be in this house for more than 15 years. I've seen worse gable work. Nice floor plan. I can tell you with our house we use our mud/washer/dryer room alot coming in from the garage. It turned out to be more important than we anticipated. We really need that too. Couple of suggestions if I may be so bold..........Larger garages are great, yours would be way too small for me. I will be building a seperate pole barn to house my tractors, implements and wife's junk. Make sure your builder plans on using higher walls in the garage with the taller garage doors. With full size trucks and SUVs, the regular ones get pretty close to your truck roof. I know that's an upgrade. Right now my truck does come real close to the garage door. I might have to think about that. Also make sure they run your roof downspouts into your drain tile so you don't have freeze ups on or around your porch or driveway. We assumed that one on our house and have a freeze up where our concrete walk leading to our front door meets the corner of the garage. If you use too much salt, it will eat the concrete. I don't remember them talking about downspouts now that you mention it, and looking at all those rooflines, I don't know how they'd run them. They have a model of the Nicole on site there, so my wife and I will be looking at that soon. Being a surveyor, I've drafted the siteplans for and field staked a couple of hundred residential homes during the housing boom. Did you have an architect? They have an in-house architect. They are charging us $550 for the site survey, on top of the survey that was completed in November. Just a few thoughts, hope you don't mind. Don't mind at all. Actually, very thankful of all thoughts and comments. One upgrade that you and the Mrs. might like is, the installation of lights in all your closets. When the door opens the light goes on, when it closes it goes off. My wife's old house (where she grew up) had that feature. I must say, it was pretty cool. How is the power co and their rates? If they are cheap, look also into a driveway snow melter, never have to shovel again! Reasonable, but 100 yards of heated gravel might be overkill on the new house. On top of that, there would be no reason to use my tractor in the dead of winter, and I like using my tractor in the dead of winter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWSmith Posted February 9, 2009 Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 The walk-in cooler with the electronic game hoist??? I'm looking but I'm just not seeing it in the plans:eek: I like the first floor layout, the second floor open area looks like a wasted space(make the bedrooms larger instead), and I'm with the others about the multiple roof edges/tie in's....Looks nice but a leak nightmare in the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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