My wife and I purchased 5.5 acres back in May, sold our old home and have begun building a new one. The land was previously a cattle pasture back in the 80s.
This is in Driftood, TX about 22 miles SW of Austin. In 2010 the entire Zip Code for Driftood (78619) had a population of 2467, so it's a relatively spread out, unpopulated area with lots of land.
The home we are building is a custom 1 story, 3050 sq ft mission style home designed by an architect out of San Antonio. It's 4 bedroom, 3.5 baths and a 3 car garage. Home will have 8' wrought iron double doors and the garage doors have been enlarged (both height and width) to make room for my Raptor. It will also have a metal roof, spray foam insulation and 17 seer HVAC.
Our builder is out of Wimberly, TX, about 20 minutes from the building site.
This is a small subdivision of about 30 homes on a dead end road. Everything in here is 5-10 acres. There is no HOA, but there is an architectural committee to ensure things are built right. Homes in here range from $450k up to 1.2 million. And we can actually have cattle and/or horses if we want.
The entire 5.5 acres will be fenced with field fence, t-posts and we will have 2 stone pillars and an electronic gate at the driveway.
This thread will basically document from the beginning to the end of the build. Figured some people may enjoy the process.
Front elevation from blue prints:
Garage side elevation from blue prints:
Road base driveway down:
Foundation prep work:
Foundation being poured:
Framing just started:
This is in Driftood, TX about 22 miles SW of Austin. In 2010 the entire Zip Code for Driftood (78619) had a population of 2467, so it's a relatively spread out, unpopulated area with lots of land.
The home we are building is a custom 1 story, 3050 sq ft mission style home designed by an architect out of San Antonio. It's 4 bedroom, 3.5 baths and a 3 car garage. Home will have 8' wrought iron double doors and the garage doors have been enlarged (both height and width) to make room for my Raptor. It will also have a metal roof, spray foam insulation and 17 seer HVAC.
Our builder is out of Wimberly, TX, about 20 minutes from the building site.
This is a small subdivision of about 30 homes on a dead end road. Everything in here is 5-10 acres. There is no HOA, but there is an architectural committee to ensure things are built right. Homes in here range from $450k up to 1.2 million. And we can actually have cattle and/or horses if we want.
The entire 5.5 acres will be fenced with field fence, t-posts and we will have 2 stone pillars and an electronic gate at the driveway.
This thread will basically document from the beginning to the end of the build. Figured some people may enjoy the process.
Front elevation from blue prints:
Garage side elevation from blue prints:
Road base driveway down:
Foundation prep work:
Foundation being poured:
Framing just started:
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