Cheap, cheap, cheap is the name of the game. Flooring, cabinets, counter tops, shingles, you name it. Sometimes, the garage doesn't even have plywood walls. They fasten that cheap fiber-board to the studs, and cover them with cheap siding. You could literally put on a pair of boots, and kick holes in the exterior of the garage.

CoF, I would go with whichever builder gets the best customer service ratings. I'm just a contrarian know-it-all. I can't help you here.

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Most new construction I run across has York or some Ducane furnace and a.c. and that's about as cheap as you can get.

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Most new construction I run across has York or some Ducane furnace and a.c. and that's about as cheap as you can get.

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This is easily my favorite thread in recent months.

My wife and I are looking to build towards the end of the year so reading this thread is definitely a great warning of pitfalls to avoid.

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Avoid builders who build cookie cutters. Most of these houses have pre-fab walls. The carpenters don't actually build the walls on site. The walls get lowered by crane. They are all numbered, so the carpenters put puzzles together.

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You have to check the customer service ratings from the crane company.

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I dunno, the one thing I take away from these pictures is that every room has tons and tons of corners.


Hinsdale is like that. Northbrook is even worse. My dad's old neighborhood is full of teardown-rebuilds where the houses are inches from the lot lines. Terrible.

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I understand the complain about that from suburban dwellers but isn't that stuff basically just like most of the houses in the city?

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

And you should be slapped in the balls if you ever do paint brick, whenever I see it I just shake my head.

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Cheap ass windows n hollow core doors, small base and casing, cheapo cabinets and home depot granite. Ceramic tile is out, its all stone n porcelain now. Cheap fixtures.

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Better off hiring a GC to run the job for 35k, he will getter better prices from sub's than you and there won't be any fuckups or extras.

IMO, the only way to go now is web trusses so you have an open floor plan and all the mechanicals are in the trusses, no soffits and 9' ceilings.

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Better off hiring a GC to run the job for 35k, he will getter better prices from sub's than you and there won't be any fuckups or extras.

IMO, the only way to go now is web trusses so you have an open floor plan and all the mechanicals are in the trusses, no soffits and 9' ceilings.

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You're like Bizarro Dennis.

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Well geez, if I had known this thread was gonna run denisdman off the board, I wouldn't have started it, though in my defense, it only escalated once people got to discussing the relative merits of luxury home builders, which I know absolutely nothing about.

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Don't beat yourself up over this...we will get Denis back.

you keep saying that Bob....but i'm starting to doubt you. Need to see some words put into action

Give him time to lick his wounds from the beating Panther gave him yesterday.

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I would hardly call that a beating that you gave me.

So Bagels, did the Bob Man deliver , or did the Bob Man deliver?!?!?!?!?


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2017 Thread of the Year?

If this doesn't belong nothing does.

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