Watching a house being built

[Horace]

They are framing it now. The foundation stuff wasn’t much to watch. Between this and the food trucks it’s not all bad living in a half built neighborhood.

[jon-nyc]

You need to get out more.

[Mik]

Food trucks would be a nice benefit.

[Horace]

@jon-nyc said in Watching a house being built:

You need to get out more.

Would need to wear a hard hat.

[Jolly]

Speak mex?

Walk over and they'll probably hire you. Great exercise and skills builder.

And it will let you re-appreciate you don't have to bang nails for a living.

[Horace]

@Jolly said in Watching a house being built:

Speak mex?

Walk over and they'll probably hire you. Great exercise and skills builder.

And it will let you re-appreciate you don't have to bang nails for a living.

It's a real shame I'm already employed. But my wife's still looking for work. Good idea.

[George K]

Set up a time-lapse camera.

[Horace]

@George-K said in Watching a house being built:

Set up a time-lapse camera.

In this time lapse, we can see 8 workers appear.

[Copper]

That Texas dust on the windows will remove the color from that view.

[Horace]

@Copper said in Watching a house being built:

That Texas dust on the windows will remove the color from that view.

Luckily it rains all the time. Otherwise the windows would never get washed.

[Copper]

That dust can be relentless, I noticed it on that construction site.

I remember dust storms in Dallas, I think Houston can get them too, I'm not sure.

[Mik]

Growing up in a neighborhood under construction was very cool. We never vandalized anything, but a few 2x4s and plywood sheets may have disappeared to be reincarnated as bike ramps.

[Horace]

Building a house is like writing a program. You put the majority of it in place very quickly, and then the rest of it takes 99% of the time. Here is a 24 hour time lapse.

[Jolly]

Well, once you start framing, you need to get it in the dry as soon as you can.

[Horace]

People are moving in to the house next to that one. They don't have a water view on that side of the street. Sad. I'm thinking of getting a house warming gift for them. What gift says "I'm sorry your house is inferior to mine, but I hope our neighborly friendship can survive your inevitable jealousy"?

[George K]

@Horace said in Watching a house being built:

What gift says "I'm sorry your house is inferior to mine, but I hope our neighborly friendship can survive your inevitable jealousy"?

Your sparkling personality is gift enough. They'll realize it.

[Copper]

@Horace said in Watching a house being built:

They don't have a water view

Just wait until they ask the HOA to remove your trees so they can see the water.

A lady actually wanted to do that here a couple months ago.

I don't think she got very far with it, but be alert.

[Horace]

@Copper said in Watching a house being built:

@Horace said in Watching a house being built:

They don't have a water view

Just wait until they ask the HOA to remove your trees so they can see the water.

A lady actually wanted to do that here a couple months ago.

I don't think she got very far with it, but be alert.

We've been waiting three weeks for permission to put some fruit trees in our backyard. In theory, they could block sight lines from across the street. Maybe some figs for the neighbors will help smooth things over.

[Mik]

Get her a nice big framed picture of your lake view. That should make them very happy.

[jon-nyc]

Especially if the water is brown.