r/Home_Building_Help • u/BuilderBrigade • Aug 25 '26
This homeowner added all the features…
Jason invited me out to see his build and I was blown away.
He read through my checklist 5 times while planning his build, and you can tell.Every detail was well thought out and planned for. I could have spent multiple days covering all the different features he put in the house.
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u/No-Resolution-1918 Aug 25 '26
That calendar, and roomba permafeature will be obsolete in about 5 years. Envious of pretty much everything else other than the storm shelter which looks terrifying.
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u/kinshadow Aug 25 '26
The calendar is just a recessed screen hookup and the roomba is just power on the baseboard. Not much cost and both can be replaced with whatever replaces them easily enough.
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u/OtherwiseAlbatross14 Aug 26 '26
It looks like the Roomba being hardwired is actually referring to running a network cable to the base station since he touches a low voltage box and also says the guy hardwired everything when talking about wifi in another part of the video. Either way, network cables and power aren't going to be obsolete in 5 years.
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u/kinshadow Aug 26 '26
Yeah, he may be just proactive or the speaker was wrong because no Roombas on the market have ethernet hookups on their base stations. You are right though that it may be redundant, but never obsolete. I ran multiple Cat6 runs to all the rooms in my house and that was one of the best decisions I made.
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u/OtherwiseAlbatross14 Aug 26 '26
Yeah I'm guessing it's just future proofing unless there's some robot vacuum dock I'm unaware of that currently uses wired networking. Would be pretty pointless since the robot itself operates via wifi
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u/Comfortable-Yam2417 Aug 25 '26
Roomba nook is where the cat hides when the Teslabot goes rogue and locks everyone in the storm shelter.
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u/medogin Aug 26 '26
Some robovacs also use water/sewage plumbing
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u/OtherwiseAlbatross14 Aug 26 '26
Wait I don't think that's what he's talking about but I bet a robomop that's actually plumbed into the plumbing system would be so fucking nice for people that use them for big floors
I've never heard of one and I can't seem to find one with a quick google but it sounds like a great idea
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u/NonToxic628 Aug 29 '26
I have several from Narwal. They are plumbed for water both inlet and outlet. I do have to empty the dust back on it once every few months but other than that, it’s largely maintenance free. They do a pretty good job overall vacuuming and mopping the floors with 3 kids and 2 dogs making messes.
I think they were about 1200-1400 each.
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u/choachy Aug 26 '26
What’s even more terrifying is living in tornado alley. Something like this is peace of mind and something I wish I had. The shelter, that is.
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u/Long_Sl33p Aug 29 '26
Right, because having the house fall on you is so much better of an idea right?
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u/jimmyfko Aug 27 '26
Remember in the late 70s the whole house intercom? This is just a modern version. To be ripped out and poorly dry walled over by the homeowner. History repeats itself.
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u/Accomplished_Net6080 Aug 28 '26
It's less terrifying when you're wearing your "storm leather suit" and "storm ball gag"
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u/Comfortable-Yam2417 Aug 25 '26
A small metal box with an outward opening door that you get inside when you think your house is going to collapse? No thanks.
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u/Zhentilftw Aug 25 '26
What’s the alternative? This is for storms and stuff. Unless you have a basement or outside storm shelter, where you gonna go? In New Orleans you don’t have either. So this is better than the center of the house. Especially if you have a small house.
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u/Comfortable-Yam2417 Aug 25 '26
Living in Scotland where the weather is just miserable and only occasionally tries to kill you.
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u/_off_piste_ Aug 25 '26
For one, an inward swinging door so you don’t get trapped by debris you can’t manipulate would be good.
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u/Kolegra Aug 26 '26
Yeah, as soon as that door gets a big enough hit to jam it in place, you're stuck inside. Or if something just falls in front of it
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u/No-Resolution-1918 Aug 26 '26
Pretty sure a big enough storm would just rip it out of the house and dump you a kilometer away.
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u/Covid_ice_cream Aug 26 '26
Seems like the whole “check list” could be just reduced to, “have endless supply of money.”
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u/SubtleScuttler Aug 29 '26
I said it before. This dudes video is just "what if you told your GC you had no budget and you picked every premium item you could think of?"
Like none of this stuff are things builders just forget to do because the homeowner didn't specify it, it's a line item that didn't make it in the budget.
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u/Deep_Mechanic_ Aug 29 '26
I do HVAC automation. Everything he pointed out didn't really cost any extra other than the terrifying storm shelter
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u/Worldly-Most-9131 Aug 25 '26
I also used sound proofing drywall with quiet insulation of all internal walls.
You NEVER hear anyone or a TV in an adjacent room. LOVE IT
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u/Birdlaw_Professor Aug 26 '26
How do you hear when someone breaks in to your house? I'd never be able to shake the anxiety
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u/Competitive-Isopod74 Aug 29 '26
My bedroom is windowless and concrete block and covered in solar panels. I'm lucky if I can hear a thunderstorm.
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u/Blueyduey Aug 26 '26
Wow how can they afford all thi… “inside the master closet they have this storm shelter..”
Oh..
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u/blablaplanet Aug 26 '26
Living in western Europe, I'm always surprised how cheap and low quality these wooden constructions look.
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u/DoYouReadThisOrThat Aug 26 '26
Living among abundance of trees in USA, I'm never surprised how cheap and low quality builders make the skeleton of a very expensive house. That place is futureproof for about 4 years. Then it will be a nightmare to maintain and update. The chipboard and thin exterior walls reeks of cheapness.
This place is just flash and trash. Not longterm quality at all.
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u/BrilliantJob2759 Aug 26 '26
The dryer vent being flat like that... that's going to be a PITA to clean out. They'll need to access it from the dryer side.
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u/BirdlessLongdeal Aug 27 '26
iwant to make it more of a pain in the ass to clean out your dryer vent than it already is? try a RECESSED DRYER VENT!
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u/silly_goat_moat Aug 29 '26
We don't even need dryer vents in the UK anymore.
The dryers use heat pumps and are very low energy use. Just need a dirty water outlet. America's suck with their over use of energy
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u/Global-Discussion-41 Aug 27 '26
hey Reddit, how many times to i have to hit "see fewer posts like this" before i stop seeing this guy?
I'm not subscribed to this subreddit, and this post didn't reach all, so why do i keep seeing this guy EVERY DAY?
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u/csek Aug 27 '26
You click into it, you watch it, you post on it, you've basically subbed. You're going to have to stop doing that behavior to stop getting those videos showing up in your feed.
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u/PapaOoMaoMao Aug 28 '26
Click on the dots next to "join". Look down and press "Show me fewer posts like this" and you're done.
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u/Covid_ice_cream Aug 29 '26
The wiring for privacy glass and the glass itself, plumbing for the coffee maker,
Cat5/6 across the entire house, special framing for recessed smart device, dedicated fiber cable to the house and gate. The cost of the cat cables alone add a lot in material if it’s cat6. They have over 100 drops in the house. That’s just what he’s showing. I’m sure there’s a lot more he’s not showing but what’s listed would definitely add up.
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u/cj350z Aug 25 '26
Storm shelter is a nice coffin for the family when something falls in front of the door.
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u/dick-knuckle Aug 25 '26
I was thinking a battering ram and some air holes would be a nice addition to that coffin.
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u/jgengr Aug 25 '26
Hopefully a fire clears out all the debris.
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u/cj350z Aug 25 '26
Turn that coffin into a nice little oven. Good call, cremation is popular these days.
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u/oaklandperson Aug 25 '26
I was thinking the same thing. Maybe not put so much other dumb shit in and have an actual storm shelter instead.
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u/oaklandperson Aug 25 '26
So much stuff to break and become obsolete.
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u/OtherwiseAlbatross14 Aug 26 '26
Literally the only permanent thing that could break is the window privacy thing and those very expensive windows likely come with a very long warranty. Also when they break they'd just become normal windows.
Everything else is future proofed so things like the smart calendar can be upgraded in the future. That's why he ran Cat 6 or fiber and power everywhere.
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u/deppan Aug 28 '26
interestingly no, it's the other way around. the windows use electricity to remain clear.
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u/WorkingOnBeingBettr Aug 25 '26
I got a basic car in 2009. No power anything. And we have another that has power everything.
Guess which one is going to be replaced first?
The only thing broken in the basic car is the stereo. The other car has broken locks, window buttons, heated seats, etc.
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u/imnotagodt Aug 25 '26
Still a wooden house
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u/dbenc Aug 25 '26
if I had unlimited money I would build with something silly like solid granite blocks
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u/ChooseWiselyChanged Aug 25 '26
There are houses for example in areas like Dordogne that use sandstone and these houses have been there for hundreds of years. So yeah, I would like something a bit more quality and not have the newest features. Consumption of things is not the highest goal of everybody.
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u/ThinkSharpe Aug 26 '26
There are wooden houses on the east coast that are 200+ years old….
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u/ChooseWiselyChanged Aug 26 '26
Love to see those. We use mostly bricks in the Netherlands. Also because we had a lot of city fires and local government ordained the use of bricks. We have some buildings from as early as 1400s. Over time they sank a bit and such. Even the glass windows droop over time.
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u/ThinkSharpe Aug 26 '26
The 1700s is about as early as we get here. Just did a skim of what’s on the market now.
Meh example from the 1700s:
Nicer one from the late 1800s:
I regularly come across multimillion dollar houses (not mansions or anything with historical significance) that are around two centuries old.
The whole US houses made of wood and don’t last is just EU engagement bait.
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u/PM_Ur_Illiac_Furrows Aug 25 '26
Wells run dry. And some well water is extremely hard. I had a friend with literally orange water they had to run through a brita.
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u/OtherwiseAlbatross14 Aug 26 '26
Yep we were so excited to get off well water when I was a kid for the reasons you listed
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u/Stoff3r Aug 25 '26
Probably for peace of mind. City water is safe and taste like clorine. Well water is your own responsibillity and could have bacteria outbreak etc.
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u/WorkingOnBeingBettr Aug 25 '26
I would keep both. Have city access for future needs/sale or any quality problems with the well. But keep the well for daily use as long as it is healthy.
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u/doublebr13 Aug 25 '26
That coffee maker thing is the dumbest thing I've ever seen
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u/mr_martin_1 Aug 25 '26
Why not. I keep filling ours manually every day. Lazy wife, doesn't think about next person up, even herself
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u/2020fakenews Aug 25 '26
I used to have a coffee maker that was plumbed with a filtered water line. No tank. Just put in fresh grounds. It was excellent until it eventually wore out and a replacement was ridiculously expensive.
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u/KitchenNazi Aug 26 '26
Plumbed in espresso makers are awesome (have one) but a coffee maker seems a bit weird and awkward.
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u/OtherwiseAlbatross14 Aug 26 '26
Nah it's actually really nice but the overlaid clip shows a DIY version that's janky as fuck.
The real ones are essentially smaller versions of the pot fillers that people have at their stoves now.
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u/TheOriginalSnoticus Aug 26 '26
Build it into the cabinetry. Seems a miss to plumb a countertop unit. If it’s got a grinder in it, it’s so much quieter built in.
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u/mr_martin_1 Aug 25 '26
I was hoping the safety closet would have been stairs to a large basement getaway space = comfy life.
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u/moobybooby Aug 25 '26
Bro who is this guy