New "Home" Page
This page was last updated:
Wed December 31, 1969
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Well, here's the home page for the new house that I am having built.
When finished, my first home
will be an 1850 square foot single story home built by
Clark Wilson Homes.
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A lot of people have been asking me questions about my house. So
I decided to put this page together. It will end up being a pretty nice
scrapbook.
I'll keep adding to it about once a month as I get more pictures
of the construction.
If you're looking at this and you are only mildly interested I'd check out
the time-lapse photos near the bottom of the page. They actually go
together pretty good and are kind of neat.
Where will it be?
The question I get asked most often is where the house will be. So to
answer your question... It will be in the
Lake Pointe
community in the west Austin hill country.
Check out the red star on the
map.
There is also a more
detailed map.
My new address will be:
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2708 Andrea Ridge Cove
Austin, TX 78733
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The community has some nice hill country views and even access to
Lake Austin. There is also 250 acres of nature preserve with hiking trails.
The trails run along a creek which empties into Lake Austin. The creek forms
some waterfalls which feel pretty good in the middle of summer. There are even
crawfish living in the creek.
I only have a few pictures of Lake Austin and the trails. When I took these it
hadn't rained for around 30 days, and we had had over two weeks straight of
100 degree plus temperatures with the usual 25-30% humidity. I think it was
107 the day I took these, so the creek is a little dry. Just your typical
Texas summer.
I'm going to try to go
hike the trails soon. I'll get some better pictures then
(if it ever rains again).
So here is what I have now:
- Looking east from the dock on Lake Austin:
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- Looking across the lake from the dock:
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- Looking west on the lake from the dock:
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- Here is the mouth of the creek which runs along the nature trails and
empties into Lake Austin:
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- Here is the first little waterfall you see on the trails:
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- Here is another little waterfall:
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- This waterfall is beautiful. I got bit by a horsefly while I was taking it
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Check out the index of the above
photos.
What will it look like?
Interior
It is a
three bedroom home. I am going to have french doors on the third bedroom so
it will be used as a study, though. It will also have two bathrooms,
a breakfast area, a dining room, living room, and a two car garage.
The dining and living rooms will both have 10 foot ceilings. The living room
has nice arched windows to go with the high ceilings.
Check out the floorplan. The master bedroom
will also have a bay window similar to the breakfast area. No, it won't have a
basement. The earth in central Texas is all limestone rock. So, it is near
impossible to put one in without paying big bucks.
Here are some pictures of a house with the same floorplan as mine. I'm
guessing it was
about 80 percent or so finished at the time. The lighting isn't too good so
some of the pictures look better than others. If you look at the
floorplan
while you are looking at these pictures
you can get a pretty good idea what you're looking at.
- This is the dining room looking to the right from the entryway:
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- Here is the living room. That's the breakfast nook in the back to the
right. The door in the back to the left is the master bedroom:
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- Here is the fireplace with the passive bar looking into the kitchen at the left:
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- Here is a view from the living room looking into the breakfast nook and
kitchen:
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- Here is a better look at the breakfast area with the passive bar in
the foreground:
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- This is the kitchen viewed from the breakfast nook:
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- With this view from the breakfast nook you can see the kitchen and living
room looking back to the entryway:
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- This is the living room viewed from the kitchen. That's the door to the
master bedroom in the back:
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- A look at the dining room from the kitchen. The door on the left is the
utility room. The door on the right is the pantry:
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- Here is the master bedroom with the bay window:
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- Here is the master bathroom:
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- Here is the study from the entryway:
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- Here is a better look at the study:
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- The guest bedroom:
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- Finally, the guest bathroom:
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Check out the index of the above
photos.
Exterior
The exterior will be a brown/tan brick on all four sides. The front of the
home will have a front porch which I'm having extended. Check out the
elevation. Here is a picture of a house of the same
elevation and is similar to mine (except mine will be be brick and have a little bigger front porch):
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Lot
Here is what the lot looked like from across the culdesac
prior to construction:
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Here is a picture of the fountain which is (and will stay) next to my lot:
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When will it be finished?
The blueprints were finished and released to construction at the end of June.
The builder is averaging 150-180 days for their new housing starts.
As of my pre-sheetrock walk the builder is expecting that I will be able to
close sometime around Thanksgiving.
What stage is it in now?
I had my pre-sheetrock walk on September 15th. So we should be seeing some
of that work done soon.
There are some construction pictures below.
If you want to see how the construction has been going,
check out these
time-lapse photos:
Construction Pictures
Here are some of the weekly pictures of the construction:
- 06/17/00
- Here are the pre-construction pictures of the lot. There's a lot of 'em.
- 06/25/00
- Here you can see that they just started putting the forms up for the slab.
- 07/01/00
- Now they have finished the forms for the slab and have started filling it in with sand.
- 07/08/00
- Not much change from the previous week here.
- 07/16/00
- Here you can see that they have just started the plumbing work.
- 07/22/00
- In these you can see that there has been more plumbing work done.
- 07/29/00
- The slab has been poured!
- 08/05/00
- Not much change here. So not too many pictures.
- 08/13/00
- Wow! They've started framing!
- 08/20/00
- Here you can see the sheathing is going up and some work has been done on the
fascia. Some of the windows have been
put in also.
- 08/26/00
- They have started on the roof and began the ductwork here.
- 09/03/00
- Fascia painted, more roof work, electrical work,
and the fireplace has been put in.
- 09/10/00
- The roof has been shingled, the insulation has been put in, and
the shower pan in the master bath along with both bathtubs have been
put in.
- Coming Soon . . .
Outside brickwork and drywall pictures.
Paul B Schroeder <paulbsch "at" haywired "dot" net>
