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32 viewsIf I knew now what I knew then. These oh so common words with regards to building here. So what would I have done differently? Keeping in mind that the house turned out very well, yet even so these are things that if I was starting over I would consider...

With respect to the plan, I would have done a more thorough job. There are a number of books sold at the bookstores here, which have 100's of house designs in them. I would try to find a nice design suitable for the shape of the land, and have the
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31 viewsThis is the poured base for the small bathroom shower enclosure. Unfortunately it isn't supposed to be 'raised' like this so this was later leveled and done a second time. (15-Jun-04)dozer
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31 viewsThis door lock caused a lot of problems. I would, in the future, go for a more easy to install model. (26-Jun-04)dozer
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31 viewsThis is another case where most expensive is not necessarily best. These Grohe bottom washers are super heavy duty but somehow constrict the water flow, meaning that the emitted water is low pressure. A low cost standard washer has not problem with pressure. I know it is these washer since I had two installed and they both had the same problem. Later I replace on with a 'cheapy' and that one works great.dozer
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30 viewsHere is a movie of the house which I made on 06-Jul-04. dozer
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30 viewsThese glass bricks were poorly placed. This goes along with the point about spending more time in the planning phase. When the door is opened, the glass bricks are covered (which defeats their purpose of allowing natural light to filter in. (23-Aug-04)dozer
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29 viewsThe back bedroom.dozer
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29 viewsThe house as it looks today. (19-May-04)dozer
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29 viewsDecorative work on the entryway. Decorative bricks were placed around the entry posts and cement is used as a border material. (10-Jul-04)dozer
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29 viewsThe surrounding metal has been placed on the perimeter wall and the arrows and leaves are in the process of being painted. The paint used for the decorative elements of the metal are a special yellow primer and gold paint. (31-Jul-04)dozer
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29 viewsThe bathroom base should have been laid out 10 centimeters below the base of the rest of the house. (13-Mar-04)dozer
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28 viewsCan you see who is coming for dinner? (22-May-04)dozer
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