cool homes

**skifishbum** · 08-31-2018, 06:44 AM

Originally Posted by iceman

First we gotta sell the damn house.

for a mere .420% of the selling price i can send you a guy with a proven track record
and rest assured 100% all financial gains will be used in pursuits of piscatorial prey or powder

**muted** · 08-31-2018, 08:58 AM

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**muted** · 08-31-2018, 08:59 AM

Originally Posted by AKturnanburn

5yr central america project pretty much done....

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Upper deck looks like a great place to hang out. House has a bit of a tugboat aesthetic...

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**4matic** · 08-31-2018, 01:58 PM

The Bakersfield sound:

Buck Owens:
https://www.realtor.com/realestatean...5_M29733-74091

Merle Haggard:
https://www.realtor.com/realestatean...-04688#photo22

You can get some cool house if you can stomach Bakersfield.

**Shredhead** · 08-31-2018, 02:05 PM

Originally Posted by AKturnanburn

Yup, slow and steady wins the race, lots of lessons on this one.

shred, its been like 15yrs, you still make it up ever? I'm still in AK during the ski season, come shralp the talkeetnas.

Where?

Not every year, but still visit every couple. Just got a new Summit X, so we’ll have to see how the spring looks
.

**The AD** · 08-31-2018, 02:06 PM

Originally Posted by Adolf Allerbush

Is that a house or the top terminal of an aerial tram?

**AlpiNord** · 02-13-2019, 01:13 PM

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Snow makes anything look cool.

**Svengali** · 02-13-2019, 01:52 PM

^Roof even comes with its very own glaciers.

**basinbeater** · 02-13-2019, 03:21 PM

and all the lights are on all the time.

**iceman** · 02-13-2019, 03:28 PM

It's got that kinda eery Kinkead glow, like there's a monster inside. If there was a wisp of smoke coming out the chimney it'd be even scarier.

**old goat** · 02-13-2019, 05:52 PM

Originally Posted by Alpinord

Snow makes anything look cool.

Keep it simple in deep snow country--basic box, simple gable roof shedding where it won't do any damage. All those valleys are asking for trouble. Get the curb appeal from good materials and details.

**XXX-er** · 02-13-2019, 06:06 PM

I can see all the icicles hanging off the gutters in the ^^ pict which ain't so cool

I had to put heat trace with a thermostat in mine which was a hassle but now its totally trouble free

**AlpiNord** · 02-13-2019, 07:29 PM

Originally Posted by old goat

Keep it simple in deep snow country--basic box, simple gable roof shedding where it won't do any damage. All those valleys are asking for trouble. Get the curb appeal from good materials and details.

No shit. Thanks for the design advice. I still like the aesthetic of the snow, icicles and lighting in this image.

Regarding design criteria, a very common conflict is the aesthetics vs the pragmatic. After the third time of pointing out the downsides of 'we want something like this' in 300 inches per year snowfall,offer different approaches, and the client raise their voices and again state 'WE WANT SOMETHING LIKE THIS'!! You give them what they want and try to protect access points and outdoor spaces and mitigate ice damming issues.

**::: :::** · 02-13-2019, 07:32 PM

Vibes

**::: :::** · 08-01-2019, 11:26 AM

Killington area house

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**m2711c** · 08-01-2019, 11:30 AM

Yeah, that’s ugly.....

**iceman** · 08-01-2019, 11:43 AM

I like it.

Hard to tell how flat the roof really is but if the slope of the overhang through the kitchen goes all the way back it should be plenty for drainage and it certainly looks like it's built strong enough for heavy loading. I like that it's not on top of the hill and that the roof doesn't project up so it will blend in more than stick out, despite the glass. The wood helps that imo.

That's a bigass sink in the kitchen, I wonder if it's custom, I haven't seen one like it at least.

Wht's the lower-level siding, Cor-10? Or maybe copper? I can't tell.

Is the glass mirrored or does it just look that way because of the conditions?

**iceman** · 08-01-2019, 11:50 AM

https://www.jacobtalbot.com/blog/201...westport-point

No idea who that is playing pool.

**::: :::** · 08-01-2019, 11:51 AM

More on it here: http://birdseyevt.com/portfolio/lift-house/

**RootSkier** · 08-01-2019, 11:55 AM

Originally Posted by iceman

Wht's the lower-level siding, Cor-10? Or maybe copper? I can't tell.

Just regular hot rolled steel that they are allowing to rust is my bet.

**Norseman** · 08-01-2019, 11:56 AM

Originally Posted by iceman

https://www.jacobtalbot.com/blog/201...westport-point

No idea who that is playing pool.

Betties in natural habitat? Nice place

**RootSkier** · 08-01-2019, 11:57 AM

Originally Posted by iceman

https://www.jacobtalbot.com/blog/201...westport-point

No idea who that is playing pool.

Space saved for eggplant joke that I am still working on...

But seriously, cool house, cool dog, etc. Does the master bath have showers on both sides, or is one of those sides just glassed in for turd avoidance purposes?

KQ · 08-01-2019, 11:59 AM

Originally Posted by RootSkier

Space saved for eggplant joke that I am still working on...

But seriously, cool house, cool dog, etc.

off topic - I so love your avatar. It always makes me happy when I see it.

**iceman** · 08-01-2019, 12:09 PM

Originally Posted by RootSkier

Space saved for eggplant joke that I am still working on...

But seriously, cool house, cool dog, etc. Does the master bath have showers on both sides, or is one of those sides just glassed in for turd avoidance purposes?

I've been known to call it the Poop Mahal.

Basically for esthetics of the room more than anything else.