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javeryh:

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--- Quote from: DirtyDachshunds on August 09, 2010, 05:07:46 pm ---I also have an ugly drain line a support pole right in the middle of the basement (see the two ugly wooden pole things in my pictures), pain in the ass.  Currently is your demo wall just a concrete wall?  Depending on how you want to use the space, you don't necessarily have to take that wall out.  What kind of things do you want to have in your basement?

That planned addition will really be nice once it is all done.  Especially with the head space in the basement.  That is almost a necessity if you want to finish it.  I paid a little more for an extra foundation block for my basement and I love all the head room.

 I can't imagine how much all that space is going to cost in NYC.  Probably a little different here in Columbus, OH.

...and the only reason I put some much time in my layout is because I'm a first time home buyer, im really excited to get in our new place, and they've been building the house for the last 7 months.  So this is all I can do for now until it's all done.

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I am planning on a home theater room and a bar/arcade room.  I like your idea of the bar/seating area behind the couch - I don't think I'll have room for 2 rows of recliners so that's a great solution to accommodate more people.  I'd love a bathroom down there but I don't think I have the room (or the money) and I'd love a pool table but I definitely don't have the space.  All the junk around the room (oil drum, water heater, etc. all take up space, unfortunately).

Your design is great because I didn't notice the support poles and you have hidden them into your layout rather nicely.  Congrats on the house - there's nothing better than owning your own place.  This is also my first house although I've been there 6.5 years already and it is looking more and more like this will be it for us even though we planned this as our starter house.  It is way too expensive to move and we can't really afford anything bigger in town.  To give you an idea, my next door neighbor just sold their house for $580,000 and they have a smaller house than I do - mine is 25' x 25' on 0.14 acres.  I've got two stories and an attic with an unfinishable basement!  It is crazy.

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Different world.  We paid $184k for a new build over 2k sq ft on 1/3 an acre here. 

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Wow.  I really wish all of my family and friends didn't live on the east coast.  I'm estimating that my proposed addition will cost almost as much as your entire new house!!!   :o :o :o  It really is a different world.  No wonder everyone around here is underwater on their mortgages and out of money. 

 :banghead:

Would it be possible for you to upload your sketchup file so I could play around with it or at least get an idea of how to make my own?

javeryh:
Also, check out this build - guy dug out his entire basement and it is coming out sick.  http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1117148

DirtyDachshunds:

--- Quote from: javeryh on August 09, 2010, 05:48:13 pm ---
--- Quote from: DirtyDachshunds on August 09, 2010, 05:40:09 pm ---
--- Quote from: javeryh on August 09, 2010, 05:26:00 pm ---
--- Quote from: DirtyDachshunds on August 09, 2010, 05:07:46 pm ---I also have an ugly drain line a support pole right in the middle of the basement (see the two ugly wooden pole things in my pictures), pain in the ass.  Currently is your demo wall just a concrete wall?  Depending on how you want to use the space, you don't necessarily have to take that wall out.  What kind of things do you want to have in your basement?

That planned addition will really be nice once it is all done.  Especially with the head space in the basement.  That is almost a necessity if you want to finish it.  I paid a little more for an extra foundation block for my basement and I love all the head room.

 I can't imagine how much all that space is going to cost in NYC.  Probably a little different here in Columbus, OH.

...and the only reason I put some much time in my layout is because I'm a first time home buyer, im really excited to get in our new place, and they've been building the house for the last 7 months.  So this is all I can do for now until it's all done.

--- End quote ---

I am planning on a home theater room and a bar/arcade room.  I like your idea of the bar/seating area behind the couch - I don't think I'll have room for 2 rows of recliners so that's a great solution to accommodate more people.  I'd love a bathroom down there but I don't think I have the room (or the money) and I'd love a pool table but I definitely don't have the space.  All the junk around the room (oil drum, water heater, etc. all take up space, unfortunately).

Your design is great because I didn't notice the support poles and you have hidden them into your layout rather nicely.  Congrats on the house - there's nothing better than owning your own place.  This is also my first house although I've been there 6.5 years already and it is looking more and more like this will be it for us even though we planned this as our starter house.  It is way too expensive to move and we can't really afford anything bigger in town.  To give you an idea, my next door neighbor just sold their house for $580,000 and they have a smaller house than I do - mine is 25' x 25' on 0.14 acres.  I've got two stories and an attic with an unfinishable basement!  It is crazy.

--- End quote ---

Different world.  We paid $184k for a new build over 2k sq ft on 1/3 an acre here. 

--- End quote ---

Wow.  I really wish all of my family and friends didn't live on the east coast.  I'm estimating that my proposed addition will cost almost as much as your entire new house!!!   :o :o :o  It really is a different world.  No wonder everyone around here is underwater on their mortgages and out of money. 

 :banghead:

Would it be possible for you to upload your sketchup file so I could play around with it or at least get an idea of how to make my own?

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Yea, I can tomorrow.  It is on my other computer.  However the file is like 30mb, so I need somewhere to upload to

eds1275:

--- Quote from: sstralkowski on August 09, 2010, 02:56:04 pm ---Love the color of the flooring, but the different color lighting is playing hell with the grey walls.  I can barely make out that it's grey at all. 

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Yeah, those are just the bulbs I have, and they're different. That's not intentional. I'm still renovating ;) The grey is very slight though. Look to the wall/ceiling to get a better jist of the difference.

kronic24601:

--- Quote from: DirtyDachshunds on August 09, 2010, 05:40:09 pm ---Different world.  We paid $184k for a new build over 2k sq ft on 1/3 an acre here. 

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HA! Try living Los Angeles, CA region and then we can talk. I just a small 3b/2b shack under an airport and across from multiple apartment buildings and it STILL is about to break the bank. I'm currently sketching up a way to have a game room/workshop in the garage, but it's a small garage 19/21... and I have a Skeeball machine... so my space is tight. Google Sketchup is awesome though it really helps to lay things out before I get started.

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