# I have joined the House-Crew!
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-have-joined-the-house-crew/208742
**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic
**Created:** [February 1, 2011, 5:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-have-joined-the-house-crew/208742 "2011-02-01T05:39:05Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@focusinprogress](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/focusinprogress)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2011, 5:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-have-joined-the-house-crew/208742/1 "2011-02-01T05:39:05Z")
So yesterday I finally took ownership of the house I made my offer on in september. (let’s not ask what took so long).
due to lack of light and whatnot I opted not to take outside pictures, so some google maps shit will have to do for now… got a couple basic shots inside for now.
It’s a 1200sf 3 bedroom cape cod, plans are to raise the back half of the roof and make the upstairs bedroom into two rooms with a bathroom up there above the existing bathroom in a few years. More immediate updates are pretty simple…painting and updating the kitchen is all really, and man-cave the basement.
I’m pretty excited about this, I really feel like all the hard work I did over the last 2 years to get here was worth it now with the job changes and everything. Not bad for a 25yr old bachelor I’d say.
O yeah, I got the record low sale price over the last 10years for the entire neighborhood haha. SCORE
I’ll toss up some more pictures after I get some of the other rooms cleaned up and get some lamps in there.
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### Author:  [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2011, 5:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-have-joined-the-house-crew/208742/2 "2011-02-01T05:40:17Z")
Congrats hope you enjoyed having nice things 🙂
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### Author:  [@ProgRocker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ProgRocker)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2011, 5:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-have-joined-the-house-crew/208742/3 "2011-02-01T05:43:55Z")
Where abouts? Good purchase, I’ll be looking to join the club later this year
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### Author:  [@focusinprogress](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/focusinprogress)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2011, 5:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-have-joined-the-house-crew/208742/4 "2011-02-01T05:44:19Z")
> [@LZ](#):
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> Congrats hope you enjoyed having nice things 🙂
This couldnt be more true haha. I have a friend that is going to move in when I have it ready and pay me some rent which will take away alot of the strain. Gonna build a 3car shop/outbuilding at the back of this huge ass yard and stick another garage door out the back of the existing garage and pave between them. Should be sweet.
> [@ProgRocker](#):
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> Where abouts? Good purchase, I’ll be looking to join the club later this year
Cheektowaga-Depew border, I can see the mall parking ramp behind the house that’s across the street haha.
The neighborhood is VERY clean, I think I’ll be good here for a solid 10yrs
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### Author:  [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2011, 6:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-have-joined-the-house-crew/208742/5 "2011-02-01T06:42:18Z")
Congrats Nick :tup:
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### Author:  [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2011, 6:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-have-joined-the-house-crew/208742/6 "2011-02-01T06:51:17Z")
Congrats. Home Depot and Lowes are now both your friends and enemies.
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### Author:  [@EvoMR](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/EvoMR)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2011, 6:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-have-joined-the-house-crew/208742/7 "2011-02-01T06:56:20Z")
Congrats to a new member of home owner crew. 🙂
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### Author:  [@neonglh](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/neonglh)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2011, 7:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-have-joined-the-house-crew/208742/8 "2011-02-01T07:10:48Z")
Congrats!
Step 1: Remove the awnings from the house 🙂
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### Author:  [@ultradriver10000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ultradriver10000)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2011, 7:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-have-joined-the-house-crew/208742/9 "2011-02-01T07:17:52Z")
Cool! Congrats
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### Author:  [@LAFENGAS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LAFENGAS)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2011, 7:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-have-joined-the-house-crew/208742/10 "2011-02-01T07:24:49Z")
Congrats! …and buy stock in Lowes! How’d the vacuum bagging stuff go that i sold you?
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### Author:  [@TrueBlue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TrueBlue)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2011, 7:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-have-joined-the-house-crew/208742/11 "2011-02-01T07:25:51Z")
Welcome aboard broseph. If those are aluminum awnings, you might get a bit of cash for them on recycling.
3 car shop, eh?
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### Author:  [@Mankthetank19](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mankthetank19)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2011, 7:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-have-joined-the-house-crew/208742/12 "2011-02-01T07:31:27Z")
> [@JayS](#):
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> Congrats. Home Depot and Lowes are now both your friends and enemies.
LOL so true!!
Congrats!!!
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### Author:  [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2011, 7:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-have-joined-the-house-crew/208742/13 "2011-02-01T07:37:17Z")
Don’t let Lowes or Home Depot become your enemy. Embrace them 🙂
:tup:
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### Author:  [@focusinprogress](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/focusinprogress)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2011, 8:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-have-joined-the-house-crew/208742/14 "2011-02-01T08:01:37Z")
> [@LAFENGAS](#):
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> Congrats! …and buy stock in Lowes! How’d the vacuum bagging stuff go that i sold you?
I’ll get some pics up asap, did some fog light bezels for rare euro parts in that blue CF, sweet stuff…but packed away now. I gotta PM you about some stuff on that setup, I forgot what temp to melt the engineers wax at to make molds. Also, damn you for making me want to try the concrete counters haha.
As for those awnings, they are serving a great purpose for winter right now, so I’m gonna wait until summer to remove them and get the scrap aluminum cash outta them.
gonna get the survey out and start whipping up the shop construction docs once I know where the easements and minimum set-backs are to see how big of a building I can get back there without it being a giant eyesore.
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### Author:  [@tpgsr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tpgsr)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2011, 8:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-have-joined-the-house-crew/208742/15 "2011-02-01T08:06:17Z")
:tup: You should make the shop taller than the house, then it would look funny.
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### Author:  [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2011, 8:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-have-joined-the-house-crew/208742/16 "2011-02-01T08:15:09Z")
LOL the garage isn’t much smaller than the house as it is. Add a big shop and it will already look funny. Think the town will let you put a big shop in a tight residential neighborhood like that?
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### Author:  [@focusinprogress](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/focusinprogress)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2011, 8:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-have-joined-the-house-crew/208742/17 "2011-02-01T08:46:26Z")
> [@Fry](#):
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> LOL the garage isn’t much smaller than the house as it is. Add a big shop and it will already look funny. Think the town will let you put a big shop in a tight residential neighborhood like that?
I have quite a bit of pull with the building department, I plan on a low ceiling building so that its more like a 3car shed, big enough to pull stuff into and work on without hitting my head on the ceiling is the plan…I mostly fix/build bikes now and I’m not ever going to be into trucks so getting my lowered car up on jackstands isnt going to be much of a worry.
I’ll draw it up and see what they have to say, and adjust accordingly. Worst case scenario I extend the current garage backward so its 2.5 cars deep instead of an entire new garage.
EDIT: other option is look at my first picture, top left corner…could do something like that instead…side entry garage behind the house and patio in between, knock down current garage.
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### Author:  [@tpgsr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tpgsr)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2011, 8:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-have-joined-the-house-crew/208742/18 "2011-02-01T08:48:48Z")
I guess it makes life much easier being an architect.
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### Author:  [@focusinprogress](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/focusinprogress)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2011, 9:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-have-joined-the-house-crew/208742/19 "2011-02-01T09:13:04Z")
> [@tpgsr](#):
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> I guess it makes life much easier being an architect.
It’s about time I can cash in on my skills haha
only thing I won’t be able to do myself is the elctrical, its 60amp twist-fuses…I want to get it to 150amp breakers ASAP
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### Author:  [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2011, 9:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-have-joined-the-house-crew/208742/20 "2011-02-01T09:18:10Z")
Twist fuses? Yeah time for a new panel.
Your garage plans sound pretty cool. :tup:
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