A thought regarding convincing clients to skip the three bid process and choose their builder before creating plans. Tell the client "When you are getting a knee replacement (or brain surgery), do you telephone three doctors for pricing and strictly choose the one with the lowest price? No, you consult with 3 doctors and choose the one that seems most competent. I suggest you do the same in choosing a builder. I hope the one you feel best about is me, but if you prefer another builder then go with him; and you and I both will be better off."
"...but if you prefer another builder then go with him; and you and I both will be better off." You were fine until that last sentence completely derailed your thought with a pointlessly douchey jab at people who don't have endless budgets.
Keith Bird as a former purchasing agent, the best practice is to first write a scope of work that that is totally complete. Then when your scope of work is done, you send the scope to 4 contractors. A week later you bring all four contractors and do a walk through with all contractors at the same time. That way all contractors are bidding the same thing. And all contractors know who they are bidding against.
@@johnyyaussi1339 Why is giving them the knowledge of their competitors an advantage to the customer? Doesn't that just introduce potential for friendly builders to align their pricing (admittedly not likely), or to at least understand at what level to price their bids (ie. if they're going against expensive v/s cheap builders). Admittedly I like the idea of all the builders getting the same answers to all of the questions, especially questions that might come up in a later walkthrough that didn't come up in an earlier one..
J D it’s all about the scope of work. The builder needs to make sure that everything they want is in the scope. That way, all of the contractors are bidding equally. So if as you say, the contractors get together on pricing let them hav at it. Someone is going to win the bid. And because the scope is good, there are no cost overruns. If they don’t want to bid against each other then it’s their loss. This type of bidding works as long as the scope is good. So as I said. It’s always about the scope.if a cheap bidder beats the competition then he better be prepared to do the work at the cost quoted. No going back to adjust the work unless the engineer makes a change order. Then that change is built in to the ontract.
what amazes me is you guys manage to find and utilize trades that have the stuff to pull off the craftsmanship of that level of build. I can't even find a roofer that will do the right thing. Kudos.
Absolutely beautiful, who ever has to finish up the inside is gonna have to be on their toes archways for miles, lolooo. Thanks Matt for bringing us along. God Bless.
Matt I have been following you for some time now, I have to say you have given me A TON of knowledge about building in my own home Im a DIY kind of guy electrician by trade at the public utility. I recently sealed all my penetrations, rim joists and sill plates... And what a difference it has made in the basement . I also just installed 2 Mitsubishi Hyper Heat units we just did startup today on them.. Ill need an HRV soon also which im looking forward to once i seal everything up on the main floor. My house is only a ranch style but in time it will become something to see. One step at a time they say.. THANKS MATT your a huge help!!!! Mike
Matt, not only are you using this platform as a marketing tool, you are providing some valuable information and insights to those of us who watch you. Thank you for all that you do.
Love the show I have been in the commercial construction industry for 20+ years 13 years as a subcontractor and 8 years as a superintendent for $1-$10 million projects and I have learned so much in ways to improve home remodeling. Mainly for friends, family, and myself. I also plan on building a new house in the next year or so and will most definitely use what I have learned from your shows. Plus it helps that I’m in Florida so the south. Keep up the great work!
The only thing that I can not see is a fire sprinkler system. Does he have it in the home at all? If not, owner is taking a huge risk on such a small investment.
Really exceptional episode. I don’t work in the industry, but my father-in-law is a builder and episodes like this give me great insight into his world.
When you have a picture in your mind of what it should look like. When you have huge amounts of cash available. you to can end up with a house where you will be hopefully very happy.. Love the details. This is one of the most over the top houses you have presented. Looks like quality work with the best of the best products around
And i thought i had accomplished something when I convinced my landlord to move the AC pad from touching my bedroom wall so it did not vibrate the wall !! I knew I should have become a politician so I could afford such a place by -campaign- -donations- serving the people :) Awesome video Matt - nice house.
so glad matt of off the ranch turned me on to this channel THIS IS THE BEST STUFF. please do a vid which is focused on computer stuff in building .... like 3D design.
I’m in Awe, at this build. Beautiful beautiful beautiful, & the material he used.....so cool. Hope we can see the finished house in a video tour, cuz would love to see the rotunda complete & all the finished work on the inside. Have a good one & thx Matt for showing us this👍🏻 Cheers✌🏼
What a house! But definitely not the most extravagant home in Highland Park. Somebody is going to have an enormous house payment. I would love to see the finished house.
I subbed a few weeks back with offtheranch haven't clicked on your videos and taken time to watch. This video is cool. Think im going to binge some of your videos over next few days.
What the what? A basement in Texas? Very brave. We had one in base housing at Lackland and it always flooded. 1940’s construction. 🤷🏼♀️ Thanks for taking us along today.
On a ww'ing forum I help moderate, we had to ban "You Suck!" for those wimps who couldn't take the joke when someone would post a new, sweet tool someone picked up. It was, of course, meant as a term of endearment. Oh well.
It's like the N word: You're not from here; so don't say it. Technically, HP/UP are a totally separate municipality that is an inclusion in Dallas, so although it may; it's actually NOT Dallas.
I have the deck system in my truck. I love it. I don't have to climb in the bed anymore to reach something that's all the way up front. Also I can put up to 2000 lbs on top of the deck system.
Mr Risinger, I loved that video I really like most of your videos but this one is one of my favorites it has most of aspects I love most about your videos a beautiful house, discussing of products and applications and visual examples. Also the way you and Austin just clicked with each other. Plus I was reminded of things you have said in passed videos like making sure the windows are sloped down slightly and I learned new things like rock wool can be used as a blown insulation. Please keep the videos coming. Question will you ever be doing a live show where people can call in with their questions. You had said in the passed that it would be once a month for members. I was really looking forward to having an opportunity the call text in?
I remember helping my father with a roof inspection a couple months back in this area for a roof insurance claim. Nice gentleman who owned the home. Executive for a company that provides piping to the oil drillers. Entire neighborhood are ladies and gentlemen of similar high wage jobs.
"check on our guys," communicates no distrust of workers. equally indicates concern for their well-being. you're projecting your own issues if you're freaking out about that phrase & this jobsite security setup. its a good sign if a boss is interested in the worksite.
Matt the stairs in the house how are they attached or supported ? Also I will be 60 this month but never to old to learn this kind of stuff just calls my name. I understand basic building but this is on another level I have built CNC machinery most of my life until rheumatoid arthritis took over my life. I have always been drawn to understanding architectural design and the actual building processes of homes like this. Thank you Matt for sharing and teaching...
Highland Park is located inside of the City of Dallas. It has it's own mayor, municipal courts, police dept, fire, etc, as well as a public school system that many private schools wish they were. FWIW, a group loosely called the "Dallas Citizen's Council", most of whom live in HP,.believe that Dallas is a suburb of HP. On the site exam, you didn't really touch on why they have some many problems with water in the basement- it's the sort of condition you hope you got enough info during your site corings etc; all of HP is on top of the Austin Chalk, a softish, white rock left by the ancient seabeds that covered a great deal of Texas. When it rains, the water goes into the soil, but is channeled by the irregular surface, sometimes surfacing in the worst places- under a street or house. I've installed numerous sump pump systems to collect and keep the water level under the many hundreds of pier and beam homes throughout the area. Just looking at where those pumps are on a street map and consulting T A&M map of the Chalk shows conformity with several of the "ripples" in it. FR
What a gorgeous house... nice attention to detail! (Also congratulations Matt on the industry recognition!) I'm jealous.... definitely gives me some ideas for use with lvl's, polywall, polyguard, steel-stairs, archwaysandceilings, etc. The only change I would prefer for such a "premium" home, would be to go with hemp insulation over the rockwool. Rockwool is ideal when price is a major factor, but hemp is superior in every other way.
Comanche club more like the black soil is super low and sinks lmfao... when it drys out in summer it cracks and settles and homes have all kinds of foundation problems. in some small towns in north texas every home is crooked.
@@Frost517 Sounds like the solution is steel piles screwed into the ground 40ft. I worked for a company that did just that, farthest we had to go was 90ft before we hit something harder than a loaf of bread.
Up here in the Northernmost part of Montanny, we frame just like this, and have for over a decade+ (job dependent), with laminated studs coming in first, framing kitchens to ensure quality cabinet fit. The 2x4 floor trusses are also widely used in residential and commercial up here. You should contact local builders in the Flathead Valley, and come tour next summer visiting some build sites, and Glacier Park too. ;)
Matt, your videos are AWESOME and top-notch, and you are bringing the benefits of building science to us non-builder lay people! For that, we are very grateful! However, there is one area that could use improvement, namely the audio quality. Honestly, the audio sucks, really. Please invest in some good wireless noise cancelling mics, and use them on every speaker in your video. This will bring the audio quality up to par with the already high quality of the content and videography.
Congrats on your success, Matt Let's talk about Austin's job. Can you help explain on the facade, I saw a square window with French style arches; looks too me that those arches are removable 🤔. I see how the window frame continues up the wall. Please explain.
That house is in the 9th wealthiest neighborhood in the nation. I dont know what the value will be of that home but I dont know that $4 million will get it.
Love ya Matt ! Y'all should've had the CRAFTSMEN on to showcase 'them' as well. Love ur show & EXPERTISE 😎🚬 .. Yet there's NO house that fixes Dallas. ....Dallas sucks no matter WHAT. 🤣 ...
That particular lot sold for $3.9M with an 8173 sq.ft 5bd house on it, Aug 2017 - That's a LOT of money just to tear something down LOL - Zillow's estimated mortgage would pay off ~my~ house in three months! :-o
Dallas has more billionaires than any city in the USA. This is their neighborhood - actually they made a legal enclave city separate from the city of Dallas...
I feel like you can get a better value when you move to an area without those types of homes. We have the same type of area in my city and I bet the house on top of my hill (like 300ft above everyone else) goes for a similar amount, it's beautiful with a better location physical location even if you have to live above to us regular nice neighborhood people.
The Highland Park mansion new build, with the basement, is a great example of the fact that we can have basements in the DFW/North Texas region and that the darth thereof is more a function of cost/builder skills/know-how, client demand and environmental need (aka negligible frost-line).... the soil composition here in north Texas isn’t that different than that of Georgia, Tennessee, Ohio, Indiana and Minnesota (based upon my experience having contracted custom home builds in those locations)
I enjoy your vids. Helps me understand some of the things I need to look for in good construction, especially the stuff you shared from Europe. How do you even find good builders willing to do a good job much less at a fair price, especially for building a "normal" house and not some mansion? (especially since it seems like most builders send in a sales guy, then go get labor from the lowes parking lot to do the actual work). In the building boom, even ordinary work is done extraordinarily shoddily up here. I'm not far away from having my next house built, but looking back, my last one sure wasn't built great (though it looked pretty). Can a good builder do the design or does it always require an architect? (they are SO expensive). I'd love to come down to Austin, but I think I'll probably stay up in Dallas as that's where my work is. I want my next one to be small, but look like a castle :)
So you traveled from Austin to Austin? (and please.. get a handheld gimbal or even better for your use, just get something like a little, new Gopro Hero that has good built in image stabilization..)
13:00 Not sure what northern builders don't use 2x4 trusses, but in Minnesota these used a lot, in fact the room I'm in right now, sits on top of trusses that been there for almost 30 years
A thought regarding convincing clients to skip the three bid process and choose their builder before creating plans. Tell the client "When you are getting a knee replacement (or brain surgery), do you telephone three doctors for pricing and strictly choose the one with the lowest price? No, you consult with 3 doctors and choose the one that seems most competent. I suggest you do the same in choosing a builder. I hope the one you feel best about is me, but if you prefer another builder then go with him; and you and I both will be better off."
Great analogy!
"...but if you prefer another builder then go with him; and you and I both will be better off."
You were fine until that last sentence completely derailed your thought with a pointlessly douchey jab at people who don't have endless budgets.
Keith Bird as a former purchasing agent, the best practice is to first write a scope of work that that is totally complete. Then when your scope of work is done, you send the scope to 4 contractors. A week later you bring all four contractors and do a walk through with all contractors at the same time. That way all contractors are bidding the same thing. And all contractors know who they are bidding against.
@@johnyyaussi1339 Why is giving them the knowledge of their competitors an advantage to the customer? Doesn't that just introduce potential for friendly builders to align their pricing (admittedly not likely), or to at least understand at what level to price their bids (ie. if they're going against expensive v/s cheap builders). Admittedly I like the idea of all the builders getting the same answers to all of the questions, especially questions that might come up in a later walkthrough that didn't come up in an earlier one..
J D it’s all about the scope of work. The builder needs to make sure that everything they want is in the scope. That way, all of the contractors are bidding equally. So if as you say, the contractors get together on pricing let them hav at it. Someone is going to win the bid. And because the scope is good, there are no cost overruns. If they don’t want to bid against each other then it’s their loss. This type of bidding works as long as the scope is good. So as I said. It’s always about the scope.if a cheap bidder beats the competition then he better be prepared to do the work at the cost quoted. No going back to adjust the work unless the engineer makes a change order. Then that change is built in to the ontract.
I would love to see this house finished.
¡Carramba! Amazing.
@@johnbecich9540 I found the house on google maps, its pretty easy to find. House wont be done for sometime
I agree!
@@3DGEM3 where is it
what amazes me is you guys manage to find and utilize trades that have the stuff to pull off the craftsmanship of that level of build. I can't even find a roofer that will do the right thing. Kudos.
Vince McK Matt should really do a video on finding and educating subs
Second!
keep us updated on this house, would be great to see the progress, and the finished product!
Absolutely beautiful, who ever has to finish up the inside is gonna have to be on their toes archways for miles, lolooo. Thanks Matt for bringing us along. God Bless.
👏 Nixon Custom Homes 👏. What an organized builder! The details he's able to offer is remarkable. Thanks Matt for this great video.
Matt I have been following you for some time now, I have to say you have given me A TON of knowledge about building in my own home Im a DIY kind of guy electrician by trade at the public utility. I recently sealed all my penetrations, rim joists and sill plates... And what a difference it has made in the basement . I also just installed 2 Mitsubishi Hyper Heat units we just did startup today on them.. Ill need an HRV soon also which im looking forward to once i seal everything up on the main floor. My house is only a ranch style but in time it will become something to see. One step at a time they say.. THANKS MATT your a huge help!!!!
Mike
Matt, not only are you using this platform as a marketing tool, you are providing some valuable information and insights to those of us who watch you.
Thank you for all that you do.
Love the show I have been in the commercial construction industry for 20+ years 13 years as a subcontractor and 8 years as a superintendent for $1-$10 million projects and I have learned so much in ways to improve home remodeling. Mainly for friends, family, and myself. I also plan on building a new house in the next year or so and will most definitely use what I have learned from your shows. Plus it helps that I’m in Florida so the south. Keep up the great work!
This guy has a serious level of attention to detail. If he missed anything, it would be a detail that very few would catch as well. Very well done...
Wow. That house is HUGE! great details. 👍
i think my eyes were about as large as that rotunda, watching this walk-through. amazing build; amazing project.
I think Austin's build might be the best I've seen anywhere ever. He's really crushing it - didn't miss a thing.
The only thing that I can not see is a fire sprinkler system. Does he have it in the home at all? If not, owner is taking a huge risk on such a small investment.
Thanks Andrew!
@@davidvail6738 Fire suppression system being installed this week!
@@austinnixon771 good to know, shame to lose such good work or worse, life.
Really exceptional episode. I don’t work in the industry, but my father-in-law is a builder and episodes like this give me great insight into his world.
I want to see this house when it's finished.
When you have a picture in your mind of what it should look like. When you have huge amounts of cash available. you to can end up with a house where you will be hopefully very happy.. Love the details. This is one of the most over the top houses you have presented. Looks like quality work with the best of the best products around
Love your videos. Also love how you are guiding and leading other builders to aim at higher quality. Wish the builder in Australia were more like you.
One of the most impressive framing jobs I’ve ever seen. Amazing job.
Another home you need to revisit after completion. Happy trails
And i thought i had accomplished something when I convinced my landlord to move the AC pad from touching my bedroom wall so it did not vibrate the wall !! I knew I should have become a politician so I could afford such a place by -campaign- -donations- serving the people :) Awesome video Matt - nice house.
so glad matt of off the ranch turned me on to this channel THIS IS THE BEST STUFF. please do a vid which is focused on computer stuff in building .... like 3D design.
I’m in Awe, at this build. Beautiful beautiful beautiful, & the material he used.....so cool. Hope we can see the finished house in a video tour, cuz would love to see the rotunda complete & all the finished work on the inside. Have a good one & thx Matt for showing us this👍🏻
Cheers✌🏼
What a house! But definitely not the most extravagant home in Highland Park. Somebody is going to have an enormous house payment. I would love to see the finished house.
Those 30 minutes just flew by... That house is just built for perfection. Please make a follow up video when it is finished!
I subbed a few weeks back with offtheranch haven't clicked on your videos and taken time to watch. This video is cool. Think im going to binge some of your videos over next few days.
Nice Shack! This house deserves a follow up visit 6-12 months later.
Nice classic design. Its great to see some of the construction components and techniques.
What the what? A basement in Texas? Very brave. We had one in base housing at Lackland and it always flooded. 1940’s construction. 🤷🏼♀️ Thanks for taking us along today.
Wow!! I didn't think Texans knew how to build a basement. Great job.
Thanks! We have built quite a few in Dallas.
He looked a little young to build such a fine product. Good mentoring from Dad!
The Dallas Sucks title is a joke y’all. I’m totally kidding
Who was the builder from Alaska?
Obviously dallas does suck though, the cameras arent for watching employees. Im in dallas and every job site has those mobile survalence systems.
All good Matt
On a ww'ing forum I help moderate, we had to ban "You Suck!" for those wimps who couldn't take the joke when someone would post a new, sweet tool someone picked up. It was, of course, meant as a term of endearment. Oh well.
It's like the N word: You're not from here; so don't say it. Technically, HP/UP are a totally separate municipality that is an inclusion in Dallas, so although it may; it's actually NOT Dallas.
Great job Matt,
I watched seven of your videos today!!
All of them educational and very informative!!
i guess its true what they say about texas. this house is crazy (& big). respect the attention to detail.
I have to say it was really nice when I get to work with clients without a budget and want things done right no matter what
drove from Austin to Dallas to see Austin 😅
Keep Austin Weird
Brian Hague - Austin the city, or Austin the dude? Or both?
@@philipbohi983 both of course
This is going to be a Gorgeous home.
Hi, Matt! 😄
I waited for the Builder show of this house.
It was one of the buildings I wanted to see for myself.👍🤩Thank you!
I have the deck system in my truck. I love it. I don't have to climb in the bed anymore to reach something that's all the way up front. Also I can put up to 2000 lbs on top of the deck system.
Mr Risinger,
I loved that video I really like most of your videos but this one is one of my favorites it has most of aspects I love most about your videos a beautiful house, discussing of products and applications and visual examples. Also the way you and Austin just clicked with each other. Plus I was reminded of things you have said in passed videos like making sure the windows are sloped down slightly and I learned new things like rock wool can be used as a blown insulation. Please keep the videos coming. Question will you ever be doing a live show where people can call in with their questions. You had said in the passed that it would be once a month for members. I was really looking forward to having an opportunity the call text in?
Great show. Great to keep up on the new technology with all you do.
I like this cottage / tiny-home concept
I would love to see some videos of the remodels on the Mockingbird Road homes in Highland Park.
I watch a lot of the videos more than once, I just love building science and wish I could work in the field. I miss working...
Austen never seen anything like it. Amazing.
We build solid stone and ICF in the UK.
I remember helping my father with a roof inspection a couple months back in this area for a roof insurance claim. Nice gentleman who owned the home. Executive for a company that provides piping to the oil drillers. Entire neighborhood are ladies and gentlemen of similar high wage jobs.
"check on our guys," communicates no distrust of workers. equally indicates concern for their well-being. you're projecting your own issues if you're freaking out about that phrase & this jobsite security setup. its a good sign if a boss is interested in the worksite.
Matt the stairs in the house how are they attached or supported ? Also I will be 60 this month but never to old to learn this kind of stuff just calls my name. I understand basic building but this is on another level I have built CNC machinery most of my life until rheumatoid arthritis took over my life. I have always been drawn to understanding architectural design and the actual building processes of homes like this. Thank you Matt for sharing and teaching...
Highland Park is located inside of the City of Dallas. It has it's own mayor, municipal courts, police dept, fire, etc, as well as a public school system that many private schools wish they were. FWIW, a group loosely called the "Dallas Citizen's Council", most of whom live in HP,.believe that Dallas is a suburb of HP.
On the site exam, you didn't really touch on why they have some many problems with water in the basement- it's the sort of condition you hope you got enough info during your site corings etc; all of HP is on top of the Austin Chalk, a softish, white rock left by the ancient seabeds that covered a great deal of Texas. When it rains, the water goes into the soil, but is channeled by the irregular surface, sometimes surfacing in the worst places- under a street or house. I've installed numerous sump pump systems to collect and keep the water level under the many hundreds of pier and beam homes throughout the area. Just looking at where those pumps are on a street map and consulting T A&M map of the Chalk shows conformity with several of the "ripples" in it. FR
Really appreciate the information...conversation spurs innovation, no doubt about it!
Watta House! Matt drove up from Austin to Dallas to see Austin in Dallas.
What a gorgeous house... nice attention to detail! (Also congratulations Matt on the industry recognition!)
I'm jealous.... definitely gives me some ideas for use with lvl's, polywall, polyguard, steel-stairs, archwaysandceilings, etc.
The only change I would prefer for such a "premium" home, would be to go with hemp insulation over the rockwool. Rockwool is ideal when price is a major factor, but hemp is superior in every other way.
drywall guys will love it
WOW, I'd love to see this when finished!!
Wow that framing is incredibly.
Absolute flawless work. Then threw the ductwork in lol
That job shack is next level
His organization in general is next level!
Having a basement in your house in the ultimate North Texas status symbol. You can win the fight against our clay soils, but it will cost you.
Is the water table super high?
Comanche club more like the black soil is super low and sinks lmfao... when it drys out in summer it cracks and settles and homes have all kinds of foundation problems. in some small towns in north texas every home is crooked.
@@Frost517
Sounds like the solution is steel piles screwed into the ground 40ft. I worked for a company that did just that, farthest we had to go was 90ft before we hit something harder than a loaf of bread.
impressive.... both in terms of advancements in building. And a wealthy family consuming the earths resources.
Up here in the Northernmost part of Montanny, we frame just like this, and have for over a decade+ (job dependent), with laminated studs coming in first, framing kitchens to ensure quality cabinet fit.
The 2x4 floor trusses are also widely used in residential and commercial up here. You should contact local builders in the Flathead Valley, and come tour next summer visiting some build sites, and Glacier Park too. ;)
A good point of contact would be Leah Lindsey. She's a long time DJ at a local FM station (Bee Broadcasting), and also sells real estate.
Amazing home. Would love to see it finished.
Matt, your videos are AWESOME and top-notch, and you are bringing the benefits of building science to us non-builder lay people! For that, we are very grateful! However, there is one area that could use improvement, namely the audio quality. Honestly, the audio sucks, really. Please invest in some good wireless noise cancelling mics, and use them on every speaker in your video. This will bring the audio quality up to par with the already high quality of the content and videography.
Michael's Corner He used to make an effort on audio and video quality. Not sure what’s happening lately
Beautiful work!
That house is insane
Should say your guys are doing a great job
Austin is an inspiration
Well that will fit right in with the rest of the homes in Highland Park.
When your house has a ROTUNDA... and a 2500 bottle wine cellar, you're saying "I'm richer than you are, and don't you forget it!"
Quality never goes out of style.
No, but style does. What a joke. All that timber to create a fake masonry building.
I'm an appraiser that works a lot in HP/UP. I drove right by that mock up when they were putting it up. Wish I could tour it!!!
Amazing, reminds me however of that abandoned place Matt bought lol :D
However this will be cool to see finished.
Great video! You got me sold.
Congrats on your success, Matt
Let's talk about Austin's job. Can you help explain on the facade, I saw a square window with French style arches; looks too me that those arches are removable 🤔. I see how the window frame continues up the wall.
Please explain.
Wow great job
12,000 sq ft house. Probably $4M? Would love to see that closer to completion!
much higher with that level of customization..
That house is in the 9th wealthiest neighborhood in the nation. I dont know what the value will be of that home but I dont know that $4 million will get it.
$8M plus easy
Cleanest jobs items EVER!!!!!
Besides the quality of materials, the workers must be top quality also.
Love ya Matt ! Y'all should've had the CRAFTSMEN on to showcase 'them' as well. Love ur show & EXPERTISE 😎🚬 .. Yet there's NO house that fixes Dallas. ....Dallas sucks no matter WHAT. 🤣 ...
Matt - Would love to see more videos from BuilderTrend!
That staircase is awesome!
Lived in Dallas not too long ago and my wife and I would drive through this neighborhood and dream about what our dream home would look like.
Would love for you to go to Alaska & show us some building tech that they use
The $ alone in LVL’s must be mind blowing
After having my jaw drop repeatedly, I looked a Zillow. That area goes $1.2M to $13M. Just a touch out of my price range. LOL
That particular lot sold for $3.9M with an 8173 sq.ft 5bd house on it, Aug 2017 - That's a LOT of money just to tear something down LOL - Zillow's estimated mortgage would pay off ~my~ house in three months! :-o
People with too much money.
Dallas has more billionaires than any city in the USA. This is their neighborhood - actually they made a legal enclave city separate from the city of Dallas...
I feel like you can get a better value when you move to an area without those types of homes. We have the same type of area in my city and I bet the house on top of my hill (like 300ft above everyone else) goes for a similar amount, it's beautiful with a better location physical location even if you have to live above to us regular nice neighborhood people.
George bush and Ross Perot (used to) live nearby and the owner of the Dallas Mavericks Mark Cuban.
Thank you.
The Highland Park mansion new build, with the basement, is a great example of the fact that we can have basements in the DFW/North Texas region and that the darth thereof is more a function of cost/builder skills/know-how, client demand and environmental need (aka negligible frost-line).... the soil composition here in north Texas isn’t that different than that of Georgia, Tennessee, Ohio, Indiana and Minnesota (based upon my experience having contracted custom home builds in those locations)
Whoop Whoop! Go Dallas Limestone!
Matt sounds like a little kid that just won a trip to Disneyland :D
The wine in this dudes wine cellar is worth more than my house!
I enjoy your vids. Helps me understand some of the things I need to look for in good construction, especially the stuff you shared from Europe. How do you even find good builders willing to do a good job much less at a fair price, especially for building a "normal" house and not some mansion? (especially since it seems like most builders send in a sales guy, then go get labor from the lowes parking lot to do the actual work). In the building boom, even ordinary work is done extraordinarily shoddily up here. I'm not far away from having my next house built, but looking back, my last one sure wasn't built great (though it looked pretty). Can a good builder do the design or does it always require an architect? (they are SO expensive). I'd love to come down to Austin, but I think I'll probably stay up in Dallas as that's where my work is. I want my next one to be small, but look like a castle :)
I would like to see how( more detail)you blow in the roxul in the wall.
Play Safe From Elliot Lake Ontario Canada.
Didn't think I'd see a fellow elliot laker on this channel!
"Sorry for the long answer"
"Matt, I didn't even ask you a question."
Lmao. Matt you should be a professor or start a school or something.
respect to Matt big ups
A great video!
So you traveled from Austin to Austin? (and please.. get a handheld gimbal or even better for your use, just get something like a little, new Gopro Hero that has good built in image stabilization..)
I like your videos but need some one like you up in Canada.
13:00 Not sure what northern builders don't use 2x4 trusses, but in Minnesota these used a lot, in fact the room I'm in right now, sits on top of trusses that been there for almost 30 years
Are there plans you can share for that awesome job site desk?
Amazing home!
Do they plan to have a riding mop and vacuum? Be sure it fits in the elevator....
2x4 floor trusses are pretty popular in Chicago!