Started By
Message

re: How did they build all those houses so fast off Burbank by BREC?

Posted on 8/20/23 at 3:05 pm to
Posted by ugasickem
Allatoona
Member since Nov 2010
10812 posts
Posted on 8/20/23 at 3:05 pm to
Idk. They all get paid different I imagine. I just schedule them.
Posted by ugasickem
Allatoona
Member since Nov 2010
10812 posts
Posted on 8/20/23 at 3:07 pm to
You realize they are all different companies, doing different activities, in an orderly manner to produce the final product right?
Posted by financetiger38
Member since Nov 2022
3182 posts
Posted on 8/20/23 at 3:10 pm to
quote:

You mean the shoddy homes with <$150/mo electric bills during the summer and are easy to cool to 72° even when it's 100° outside?



Yeah the ones built with really shitty lightweight materials and trusses held together with very fragile gusset plates. But congrats on that energy efficiency though. I’d rather live in a house that won’t get blown over by a strong gust of wind, especially in south Louisiana.
Posted by SulphursFinest
Lafayette
Member since Jan 2015
8908 posts
Posted on 8/20/23 at 3:20 pm to
25% appreciation sounds pretty good to me.

I’ve seen several sell within a week while most houses are sitting on the market right now.
Posted by mikelbr
Baton Rouge
Member since Apr 2008
47580 posts
Posted on 8/21/23 at 1:09 pm to
quote:

Yeah the ones built with really shitty lightweight materials and trusses held together with very fragile gusset plates. But congrats on that energy efficiency though. I’d rather live in a house that won’t get blown over by a strong gust of wind, especially in south Louisiana.




Ida brought 60mph winds through my neighborhood for several hours. Power was out 7 days. Came back on just before Kickoff against Sissy Blue UCLA. But not a shingle was lost. I guess it sounded good in your head.

This post was edited on 8/21/23 at 1:11 pm
Posted by EDDIE61112
Baton Rouge, l
Member since Apr 2021
94 posts
Posted on 8/21/23 at 1:12 pm to
quote:

Yeah the ones built with really shitty lightweight materials and trusses held together with very fragile gusset plates


Sorry bro. DSLD doesn't do this. I tried to hate on them, but they build a decent house.
Posted by goofball
Member since Mar 2015
16921 posts
Posted on 8/21/23 at 1:26 pm to
All basically the same plan.
Posted by goofball
Member since Mar 2015
16921 posts
Posted on 8/21/23 at 1:28 pm to
quote:

DSLD doesn't do this. I tried to hate on them, but they build a decent house.



They are worlds better than Horton.

My beef with DLSD is that their neighborhoods tend to transition very quickly. I suspect they are working with lenders to get shady financing deals done to sell houses that wouldn’t be able to sell quickly to qualified borrowers.
Posted by EDDIE61112
Baton Rouge, l
Member since Apr 2021
94 posts
Posted on 8/21/23 at 1:35 pm to
quote:

My beef with DLSD is that their neighborhoods tend to transition very quickly


They sell houses to their employees, and those employees then rent them out and that's all hell breaks loose.
Posted by Basura Blanco
Member since Dec 2011
8542 posts
Posted on 8/21/23 at 1:36 pm to
quote:

My beef with DLSD is that their neighborhoods tend to transition very quickly.


They transition very quickly because they are built and sold below the surrounding market. These are the starter homes that everyone bitches about being non-existent for first time buyers.
Posted by Gorilla Ball
Member since Feb 2006
11852 posts
Posted on 8/21/23 at 1:44 pm to
Messicans
Posted by HenryParsons
Member since Aug 2018
1548 posts
Posted on 8/21/23 at 1:49 pm to
quote:

Jesus
Posted by KamaCausey_LSU
Member since Apr 2013
14686 posts
Posted on 8/21/23 at 2:09 pm to
quote:

All I did was post that the subdivisions built along Burbank East of Bluebonnet didn’t flood in 2016. If I’m wrong correct me, if not go jump someone else with your BS.

I'm still trying to figure out which neighborhoods we're referencing. A massive portion of the area east of Bluebonnet and south of Highland flooded in 2016 (and again in 2021). Many of the new houses probably avoided flood water in 2021 due to the house pads being raised. But the streets and many cars were underwater in the University Villas and Pelican Lakes subdivisions.
Posted by Basura Blanco
Member since Dec 2011
8542 posts
Posted on 8/21/23 at 3:29 pm to
quote:

average time for cookie cutter houses is 3-4 weeks or less to go from dirt lot to be move in ready.


I am not going to speak to your situation as I have no idea on location, when this took place, or size of the home, but there is no way in hell you are going from dirt to move in ready in 4 weeks in this day and age, and likely not in the last 20 years within a municipality.

Taking the most aggressive, lucky time-table possible and assuming the lot is graded, and its a 3/2 1500 ft home you are looking at the following at minimum:


-4 days to form, plumb, rebar, inspect, pour and 24 hour cure ready for framing.
-5-7 days for walls, wall sheering, roof rafters, roof decking, comp shingle roofing
-4-7 days for trade rough in, inspections. (Exterior doors and windows, Hardi, brick, stucco, etc on going). Insane but maybe doable.
-2 days for insulation and energy inspection. (Exterior continues)
-4 days for drywall, float tape texture (again, insane)
-7-10 days to hang trim, int doors, cabinets, install counters, paint interior and exterior, tile shower and tub walls and maybe bathroom floors. (again, insane and unlikely, but possible if no oil based paint is used and its above 65 deg)

In a perfect world, you are at 4 weeks with no final flooring, no final trades, no appliances, no driveway (not cured anyway), no sod, no clean-up, no dumpster and porta-potty removal, no final electrical meter, and no final inspection and certainly no certificate of occupancy. And it didn't rain, they worked 7 days a week including Sundays and a lot of nights, trades worked expediently with other trades up their arse (and vice versa) inspectors showed up and passed inspection the morning after work was completed, and there was not one issue with materials, labor, design, engineering, or one single delay amongst 7-10 subcontractors with their own scheduling, labor and material issues.

Not even the dumbass remodeling shows pretend this is possible. Well, some do, but...Hollywood.



Posted by DakIsNoLB
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2015
625 posts
Posted on 8/21/23 at 3:39 pm to
quote:

That area didn’t flood in 16.


More development restricts watershed. Restricted watershed is more prone to flooding.
Posted by whoa
New Orleans
Member since Sep 2017
4670 posts
Posted on 8/21/23 at 3:47 pm to
quote:

My point stands, if you didn’t flood in 2016 you are less likely to flood next time

My neighborhood east of Bluebonnet did not flood in 2016 but did flood in 2021.
Posted by StrikeIndicator
inside the capital city loop.
Member since May 2019
470 posts
Posted on 8/21/23 at 3:57 pm to
LEAN
Six Sigma mentality
Posted by CWS91
Baton Rouge
Member since Nov 2005
1010 posts
Posted on 8/22/23 at 7:24 am to
quote:

I am not going to speak to your situation as I have no idea on location, when this took place, or size of the home, but there is no way in hell you are going from dirt to move in ready in 4 weeks in this day and age, and likely not in the last 20 years within a municipality.


I have to agree about the time frame in going from dirt to move in in 4 weeks... it takes longer than 4 weeks to deal with the parish in getting permits, inspections, final occupancy, etc.
Posted by goofball
Member since Mar 2015
16921 posts
Posted on 8/22/23 at 7:43 am to
Seems like they’d be difficult to sell when their target audience is going to struggle to get 30 year fixed below 8 right now with their shitty credit and high debt load.
Posted by doubleb
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2006
36455 posts
Posted on 8/22/23 at 8:46 am to
My post:
quote:

quote:All I did was post that the subdivisions built along Burbank East of Bluebonnet didn’t flood in 2016. If I’m wrong correct me, ...


quote:

I'm still trying to figure out which neighborhoods we're referencing. A massive portion of the area east of Bluebonnet and south of Highland flooded in 2016 (and again in 2021). Many of the new houses probably avoided flood water in 2021 due to the house pads being raised. But the streets and many cars were underwater in the University Villas and Pelican Lakes subdivisions.


Pelican Lakes and University Villas are both way WEST of Bluebonnet. I’m addressing the homes along BayouFountain and along Burbank EAST of Bluebonnet.

This includes that new development at the Burbank curve, Lakes at Bluebonnet, and Bluebonnet Highlands (next to Walmart along Bluebonnet). To the best of my knowledge these properties (homes) didn’t flood in 2016. If I’m wrong let me know.
first pageprev pagePage 3 of 3Next pagelast page
refresh

Back to top
logoFollow TigerDroppings for LSU Football News
Follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram to get the latest updates on LSU Football and Recruiting.

FacebookTwitterInstagram