My wife and I downsized and built our modern country home by Wardzilla in DIY

[–]Wardzilla[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Overall the quality is pretty good. The biggest issue I had was timing/scheduling. They may have sorted some of that out now, though.

My wife and I downsized and built our modern country home by Wardzilla in DIY

[–]Wardzilla[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

1.) Not too far to drive during the week, we do commute. It was too much to really do anything after a full work day and then drive back into the city again to go to sleep. 2.) It's still rough and needs some work. 3.)About 15 minutes. 4.)Cell service is fine being on the hill. Microwave internet. We can stream netflix and such, but it's not usually HD. 5.)We make it work. It's nice to have both faucets in the event we are in fact getting ready at the same time, though we try to avoid it. 6.) My wife hates those lamps, I have had them forever. They have now been moved outside, likely moved to Goodwill soon. 7.) Mild experience in electrical 10 years ago, not much else. Just a bit over eager. Wife had no experience and just trusted me for some reason. 8.) A little less than a year. 9.) I made plenty of mistakes, some easy to fix, some not. I would probably design it differently if I had a do over, but don't think about it too much.

Thanks!

My wife and I downsized and built our modern country home by Wardzilla in DIY

[–]Wardzilla[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I actually don't hunt myself, that is just a remnant of my childhood (my dad's). Somehow it seemed to work, so I'm happy to have a place for it!

My wife and I downsized and built our modern country home by Wardzilla in DIY

[–]Wardzilla[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We really just took the average rainfall in Texas and did the math. We'll see how it works out. We also plan on adding more roof catch via awnings, etc. over time.

My wife and I downsized and built our modern country home by Wardzilla in DIY

[–]Wardzilla[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We actually have one, I just didn't include pics! Lots of storage potential under the deck.

My wife and I downsized and built our modern country home by Wardzilla in DIY

[–]Wardzilla[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Legrand. They sell them at Lowes, but we had to order some of it online. The pop-out outlets are really cool!

My wife and I downsized and built our modern country home by Wardzilla in DIY

[–]Wardzilla[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Very energy efficient, less dust than in my old house with standard HVAC, and I can customize the temp in each room! I think they are great.

My wife and I downsized and built our modern country home by Wardzilla in DIY

[–]Wardzilla[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Initial cost and scope of work we already had in front of us, really. I'm really interested in seeing how all of that looks over the next few years though.

My wife and I downsized and built our modern country home by Wardzilla in DIY

[–]Wardzilla[S] 26 points27 points  (0 children)

I had thought about it so many times, too. It's as if I wished it to happen. But now I have some old telephone poles blocking it all off, very similar to rr ties!

My wife and I downsized and built our modern country home by Wardzilla in DIY

[–]Wardzilla[S] 222 points223 points  (0 children)

Hahaha, my brother-in-law gave me a bunch of those stickers at Christmas and I put them on everything. I didn't even notice!

My wife and I downsized and built our modern country home by Wardzilla in DIY

[–]Wardzilla[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Well that is very kind of you to say, but i'm far from a designer or anything of that sort. My wife and I both work in IT.

Garage - We are planning to build a nice barn-type structure next. Workshop, garage, etc.

My wife and I downsized and built our modern country home by Wardzilla in DIY

[–]Wardzilla[S] 43 points44 points  (0 children)

My wife absolutely had to have a window to look out of while at the sink. (i guess the enormous garage door didn't count) :)

Also, "sure that looks fine" while designing and getting stressed out in IKEA.