alt.energy.homepower

> I know a guy who started building his own house twenty years ago. He had
> the land, and $100,000 to start with. He figured the hardest part was
> the foundation, so he figured he'd contract that out and do most of the
> rest himself. The quote on the foundation came to $100,000. So he jumped
> in with both feet and learned how to do a foundation. He's pretty much
> done with the place now, but the finishing touches do seem to go on
> forever.

The quote to have our basement "finished" while they were building our house
in 2003/04 was $ 40-45K.

I said> forget it..I'll do it.

Here we are 3 years later and I have done the full bath (finished) and 2
bedrooms framed/plumbing/electrical/ drywalled.
Just putting the last 2 doors on now then SWMBO will paint and get carpet
done.

I've spent plenty of time (I m retired) but only $ 2K for what we have so
far. This leaves living room/game room and media room areas but since they
re "open concept" it wont be too hard or take a lot of $$. Easiest part is
electrical..I have 3 full 15A circuits to use for the 3 rooms and the
toughest part (for me) is sheetrock.. I may actually rent a lift this time
for the ceilings.

BTW, a local supplier had about 6 lifts of 9' X 48" X 5/8" firerock get
wet on one corner. It got stained and some had surface mold on the corner
of the paper.
They are selling it for $ a sheet (Yes- One Buck) so I picked up 20
sheets and have cut the ends (1 Ft) off giving me 8 ft sheets of clean stuff
for a dollar. I'm using that vertically for the 8' walls. I may go back for
more.