That's awesome, I wonder how much it cost him to build it but you don't have to answer that.

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Originally posted by wotyzoid That's awesome, I wonder how much it cost him to build it but you don't have to answer that.

If I had to guess, it's about $10,000.

that's what i'm talking about

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Originally posted by wotyzoid that's what i'm talking about

I used to have a couple of pics of it on here, but damned Photobucket got rid of free hosting.

very nice, and it has a basement?

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Duh. That's where he keeps the bodies.

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Originally posted by wotyzoid very nice, and it has a basement?

No, lol, unfortunately no basement. This entire county is resting on limestone. It would have doubled the cost to put in a basement...maybe more. He dug the footer by hand, and I helped him mix and pour some of the concrete. He used some of the rocks he removed to build the little retaining walls around the streams that flow behind it.

The bodies are in the loft area, JP.

I was gonna say, a good basement foundation is kind of costly, I would have been doubled the impressed, but I am impressed nonetheless it looks very neat, the deck is dope.

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Originally posted by wotyzoid I was gonna say, a good basement foundation is kind of costly, I would have been doubled the impressed, but I am impressed nonetheless it looks very neat, the deck is dope.

My dad is one of the most talented people I know. He's never done carpentry for a living (he has an undergrad in biology, a master's in education), and other than a brief stint in teaching/administration, he was an Oracle and SQL DB programmer for 30 years. But he build that cabin bottom to top, and it's better built and more "square" than most "professional" built homes. But, he is patient and has great attention to detail. If he didn't know how to do something, he'd Google or YouTube it, and after a few tries, he had mastered it. I love that place. The inside has pine paneling, and it smells soooo good when you walk in. The clothes I wear over there come home with that pine smell, and I often want to delay washing them, lol.

Well done, dad!

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