Rancho Subsim (for reals)

Catfish · 10-09-13, 04:28 PM

Hello Neal,
the mail was indeed here the day before yesterday

It can get bitterly cold here in winter, but also very warm in summer.
Don't know what that is in Fahrenheit, but we have up to 35 degrees Celsius in (hot) summer, and down to -20 Celsius in (hard) winters.
Last winter and this summer matched those numbers .. so heating is a serious issue.

I like the style of the house you posted, very nice and roomy, but not too big to maintain. There would be a nice place for a veranda (?) in front of that door ..

Unfortunately the landscape here is quite flat, and even if there are some smaller lakes and tiny 'rivers' around, there is nothing to see from our house being withinthe woods.
The house is also grounded on a concrete foundation, but they 'forgot' some part, some timber sill frame already sitting partly on nosthing but air,
and we had to pour the rest of the concrete ourselves, later linking the new part to the old one via stainless steel anchors - threw us back 3 months in working time.
Anyway for us it is much fun, even we did not have much money when we began. Doing a lot yourself is not only financially rewarding, thinking of the 'quality' some hired workers do at times ..

Good luck, maybe we can have a housebuilding thread at some time, with lots of pictures

Thanks and greetings,
Catfish

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10-09-13, 04:28 PM	#17
Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 17,814 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	Hello Neal, the mail was indeed here the day before yesterday It can get bitterly cold here in winter, but also very warm in summer. Don't know what that is in Fahrenheit, but we have up to 35 degrees Celsius in (hot) summer, and down to -20 Celsius in (hard) winters. Last winter and this summer matched those numbers .. so heating is a serious issue. I like the style of the house you posted, very nice and roomy, but not too big to maintain. There would be a nice place for a veranda (?) in front of that door .. Unfortunately the landscape here is quite flat, and even if there are some smaller lakes and tiny 'rivers' around, there is nothing to see from our house being withinthe woods. The house is also grounded on a concrete foundation, but they 'forgot' some part, some timber sill frame already sitting partly on nosthing but air, and we had to pour the rest of the concrete ourselves, later linking the new part to the old one via stainless steel anchors - threw us back 3 months in working time. Anyway for us it is much fun, even we did not have much money when we began. Doing a lot yourself is not only financially rewarding, thinking of the 'quality' some hired workers do at times .. Good luck, maybe we can have a housebuilding thread at some time, with lots of pictures Thanks and greetings, Catfish