Owner-building is a lot better when we have a support network and opinions of those who have been there. Bob in Villa Rica, GA

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I changed the state location!!

Posted to Austrian-Chalet by Bob in Twin Lakes, CO on 1/30/2010 9:17:35 PM

I'm a Colorado native,but live right now in New Mexico,and will build in Colorado!!

So that's why I changed it to Colorado!!I think an Austrian Chalet makes more sense in Colorado then New Mexico!!

My House design,or something like it!!

Posted to Austrian-Chalet by Bob in Twin Lakes, CO on 1/16/2010

I had a chance to travel to Austria this past year

 and took some pictures of the houses there.

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This is an idea of the house I want to build in Twin Lakes,Colorado in a couple of years.	I like the balcony and the 3 floors.	That's the idea,a different look for Twin lakes!!
I'll want steps like this for the balcony.	This is common,a wooden top and stucco bottom.I'm not certain what I'll do with that yet! I like stucco for fire prevention.

Austrian Houses

Posted to Austrian-Chalet by Bob in Twin Lakes, CO on 1/16/2010

Austrian Houses!

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I took this to show a different idea for the house!

I'll find a young painter to do some painting on the house,its a big hit in Austria and I want a real Austrian style house to live in!!

House Drawings

Posted to Austrian-Chalet by Bob in Twin Lakes, CO on 11/10/2009

My architect Mike Riscica is now doing drawings of the house from sketches I gave him months ago, and revisions I sent a few weeks ago. I'm excited and will post them here if I can put a PDF file here to look at!

I'm still working to make the money to pay for this effort as I want to have it all paid for when I build.

Bob's Lot

Posted to Austrian-Chalet by Bob in Twin Lakes, CO on 10/27/2009 10:42:50 PM

Hello! This is my first entry on this site!

I'm working now and plan to build a house in Colorado, 13 miles south of Leadville. This will be started when two things are done by me!

1. Re-do a bit of my house in Albuqueque, then sell it at a good price!

2. Move to Leadville, and start the final run for the house! Subs, subs and more subs, then more work and a house, I hope!

More later as the planning stage goes on!

Bob

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This is the lot I own looking west, toward Mt. Elbert, Colorado's tallest mountain. That lot is at 9,500 feet.

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Leadville is a beautiful little town and it looks like you will have an awesome view! I'm going to get my house on the market next spring too. I look forward to seeing you're Austrian Chalet come to life and learning from each other as we build in the Colorado Rockies. I'm not too far from you, not quite as high up though. I'm at 7050 ft near Ft Collins. Wind pressure and snow load structural requirements make for really sturdy houses.

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