Touring 3 Dallas Texas Jobsites

[@samuelbonacorsi2048]

Ferrier is a brave man to take on a job with a client who has so many “sensitivities”. Although good health is certainly a blessing, many of these people can be high maintenance on a good day. It’s easy to spent extra hours on the phone going through minutia and wondering if things will ever be good enough.

[@Mystprism]

Crazy on that third home that they have a laundry list of sensitivities and still got a gas range. Stainless cabinets to avoid even a speck of mold but nox products are no problemo.

[@firstdaddy]

@@Mystprism My interpretation to "High Sensitivity" client = bat shit crazy.

[@JosiahK555]

Ya it's possible to have your body be destroyed by mold and be ok with natural gas....

[@m_cabral]

Probably the usual combination of gas burners being pretty good at any price, nostalgia, and bad experiences with cheap to medium priced coil electric ranges in apartments. Induction works just fine whenever I’ve used it. I can’t speak for Texas gas rates but in Georgia we have what is supposed to be a “competitive” market for gas. What we really have are middle men that sell the same gas with 2x markup or more. I wouldn’t install gas appliances here. On a therm to kWh basis the rates are equal but you can’t make your own methane at home the same way you can throw solar panels on the roof. That’s even before coefficient of power discussions start. Between air quality concerns, how cheap it is to run romex, and fuel prices, I think we’ll see a lot fewer gas ranges and appliances in the future.

[@pandagold4722]

induction all day. But its texas.

[@luxdevoid]

I was a painting contractor who always did top quality work with only the best materials. The key is finding GCs who can communicate that value. 99% of customers are thinking about reselling before they even build and they simply dont care about the long term quality.

[@davelindgren5245]

The pictures are a great tip. I had a guy put a screw into the drain from a toilet. It was a miracle that we didn't use that toilet that often for the first 15 years we lived in the house. I was doing some work in the garage and found that everytime that toilet was flushed, a couple drops of water ended up inside of the wall. I found it before there was that much damage by accident.

[@chaseweeks2708]

I like the protection on the slider in the second house. I think I'd build it a little different though. If you bevel it, it's a lot easier to get a dolly or tool cart over it, and I'd add a grab handle at each end to make it easier to pop in and out at the beginning and end of the workday.

[@lukegoodwin2160]

Damn everyone hating on the first house? maybe you cant see the quality through the camera but that first house is top-tier. Everything about the colors and finishes are in style and what a lot of people are trying to mimick, and the outside design feature I think looks great. Sweet house.

[@DozIT]

I think the exterior looks awful (subjective). But the craftsmanship is clearly top notch and the builder should be proud - also the millwork is a work of art!

[@juliancate7089]

Was Tim doing the "Everybody's talkin' 'bout my tight pants" skit before shooting the video?

[@evansmiller2595]

EXACTLY what I was thinking...🤣🤣🤣

[@cjplay2]

Music Intro. BETTER than the building workshops intros. Matt was clearer and easier to hear on this one. So either his mic was better or the mix was.

[@imtheonevanhalen1557]

I saw Matt touching the wall on that first house without gloves....gotta redo the entire wall guys

[@VillelaHN]

28:19 Cool idea.

[@MichaelM-to4sg]

You MUST paint the sill protector is high vis paint. As the structural engineer and most importantly the president of my development company, GL is an enormous issue we must always be cognisant of. Someone trips on that, you’re looking at exposure to workman’s comp and/or GL claims. If OSHA or a representative of my insurance underwriter saw that, I’d be looking at possible fine and certainly an uncomfortable discussion. Get that thing painted!!

[@kai6424]

You might want to just call it Build Science 101 and not BS 101......

[@VillelaHN]

7:55 Oops! 😅

[@SaveTheSunF1R3x]

😂 i was thinking the same thing rofl

[@MrFish1968]

At 25:58 in the video it looks like you missed the 2x6 stud with a ton of nails

[@zephyr1408]

A side note ? Style always comes back around ( I wore those same style clothes growing up in Monterey Ca). And the same with houses are coming back around to ultra modern look ! Like Mid Century! Nothing New Under The Sun! Who coined that term ?

[@bakerz7269]

I dont know how these guys do it. Houses MUST be expensive and ppl MUST be buying them. To have all these "design" teams and other employees outside the trades. Overhead is nuts

[@speciesofspaces]

Wait a minute, a couple hundred thousand dollars on cabinets and another hundred thousand on trim? I mean, okay, I guess but that house in the first part of the video is no where near that kind of budget. I mean it's fine but it's not exactly super high end in terms of those kinds of numbers. Side note, the weird carport thing with the exposed truss is pretty much on the nose and not what I'd picture in terms of informed design and formal execution. Only saying this because there is just so much stuff out there these days mocking the minimalist look with just strange decisions and impulses added. I guess in this case that carport thing is formally quoting the other houses in the neighborhood.

[@TheoneandonlyRAH]

I'm a big fan of densification for efficiency. Would love videos of dense multi family housing too the highest building standards

[@buildshow]

Noted! Love that idea

[@bobbygetsbanned6049]

I'm more a fan for reducing urban sprawl.

[@Virxo182]

Appreciate the car analogies throughout and the total end quality that's built into the process. Overall the savings in time and dollars is wild to think about.

[@kennethbarber438]

what's with the covered area over driveway at 15:10?

[@hallcody3]

“Everybody’s talkin bout his tight white pants”

[@deahelkcunklaer2180]

Never trust a builder who looks like he came straight to the job from clubbing

[@ytgord]

Heads up that @ 21:48 you have the QR codes displayed - which allows anyone to download those plans... FYI. May want to give the builder a heads up to take down those dropbox links.

[@jimhoward1655]

We sure have came along ways from living in caves teepees and grass huts.

[@SpecialAgentNoble77]

That's because they always kept Anthony from Designing Women busy at the edge of the village. ..

[@ronalves9118]

Beautiful homes, But how many people can afford $500,000 homes. Ron USCG RET

[@zephyr1408]

As a finish carpenter these are super high end homes not relevant to 98% of home builders or buyers. A lot of the stuff ( like cabinets) are crazy expensive and with a house full of kids will be hacked to pieces in 10 yrs. Tim is probably a nice guy however he is not living on my planet! How about a good solid mid size home for a family under say 3.5 million ?

[@unclebill5170]

Me as a taper I tell all my new home customers that the house has to be heated or they don’t get a warranty

[@ScottyM1959]

These craftsmen are nothing shy of masters of their trades! Matt, do you have any videos of all cement homes roofs included? I've heard it's possible. I just wanted to see it in your format with the questions built in.

[@unclebill5170]

And it seems they always try and go budget when they go to drywall and paint you get what you pay for. Yeah there is guys that can drywall tape a house for cheaper, but it’s not gonna be up to the level of more expensive person usually because they take more time to do their job they’re not just an In-N-Out

[@kperkins1982]

Painted walnut? They say the customer is always right but you just know whoever made those cabinets out of such a nice wood died inside when they found out about the paint.

[@maxsteiner7816]

It’s not painted walnut. A professional painter was consulted and contracted to apply a matte (clear) finish that cures and behaves within the same process parameters as the rest of the house finishes. Professional painters are the best resources on clear finishes, lacquers, and varnishes.

[@kperkins1982]

He called the first house a Ferrari. I'm sorry but a Ferrari home wouldn't have neighbors 5 feet to either side. This is a Mazda that thinks it is a Maserati.

[@DozIT]

Come on it’s at least a Lexus!

[@mrhbigga]

ferrari build quality would be unlivable 😂

[@DozIT]

@@mrhbigga but would look great and somehow appreciate in value :)

[@musicgroopie1]

Texas is no longer affordable for Texans. I had a builder give me a 400,000 dollar estimate for a 1400 sft barndominium. You heard right. A metal barn with bedrooms. My current brick 1800 sft home is worth 375,000. I told him to go pound sand. I'm putting a travel trailer on my land and will be my own builder for half that price. Not to mention the poorly skilled labor builders are using to get rich. Google all the law suites in Texas by new home owners. No house under 2,000 sft should cost more than 150 dollars per square foot. Then again, Ford, Chevy and Dodge are 40 grand over priced and have multiple recalls on crappy labor poorly built trucks. When I was a trim carpenter in the eighties, builders wore a tool belt and they lived in 2,000 sft homes. Todays builders are just bankers with superintendents gouging young home buyers who are basically clueless the construction world.

[@hypestonks7083]

💯 Owner builder is the way to go. You save on cost and can control the process.

[@thebullgator]

@@hypestonks7083haha 99% of owner builders spend more and end up with a poor quality product. I’ve rescued several owner builders projects and walked away from several more. All the trades charge more for owner builders, I cannot imagine building a home with no experience.

[@robertgeiger7026]

👍

[@damonbehnke5817]

Lol paisley shirt with white pants and hair gel its 1985

[@handytbutler7380]

grew up in texas with my father who was a framer from the north. He said it back in the 80's and it still shows through today, texans just aren't smart enough to get it through their heads that you DON'T build a house on a slab in flat areas that sit on clay. Water does NOT absorb fast enough on clay and that is exactly why you see so much flooding like when houston flooded and now they are raising all of those houses 8 feet off the ground. Go to the area in the city of houston where they have a bunch of old houses for viewing, they are all built on concrete supports that are at least 4 feet off the ground. This guys garage looks even with the ground outside and same with the sliding door. that house will flood sooner or later .... such a shame people cant understand that and then they piss and moan their house flooded. It's a nice build but gonna have major issues down the road.

[@rorybellamy2533]

Weird this cool guy looks like Bizzaro Matt , Extremely excellent guy , but I would not want to paint for him.

[@joshua3084]

THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS IN DALLAS... I'm looking for some builders to build on a 1 acre lot in DESOTO, TX

[@creylacoste4981]

Bros shirt

[@dzaino1986]

26:22...nice work on the staples into the 2x6. Careful Matt or you'll get tetanus

[@joansmith3492]

the third guy made good sense and had permaculture techniques. Dallas does not get 38 inches of rain a year.

[@nospam865]

Look it up. It does. And that number goes up as you go east

[@minohablaespanol8381]

Hey what’s up Matt try making some content on some custom homes in the Highland Park area in Dallas

[@hallcody3]

That guys bold shirt pattern and color was really distracting Matt

[@bobbygetsbanned6049]

Whoa man, that first house is crazy ugly lmao. Inside and outside, every detail is hideous. Those cabinets especially look like freaking cardboard, so ugly.

[@ban80]

That's what I was thinking. They are bragging at the finishes. Looks like an idea. Shity trim shitty fake finishes. Just plane gross.

[@markstipulkoski1389]

It's looks like mid century modern to me. I love it. Clean and simple, not overly ornate. Classic. It will never go out of style.

[@chaseweeks2708]

Eh, everybody has different tastes. It does seem like excessive income seems to steer consumers toward uglier things though. They have to show people how much money they have. Just look at the vehicles rich folks buy. Most of them look awful expensive... and awful.

[@Crusader1815]

It's not as awful as Tim's wardrobe choices. James May shirt and skin tight white pants... really?

[@bobbygetsbanned6049]

@@markstipulkoski1389 Never go out of style? Buddy, that monstrosity was never in style lol.

[@evansmiller2595]

These "builders" with their paisley shirts, tight pants and leather loafers...🙄

[@turtle41]

I am not a fan of fireplaces in homes.

[@Squat5000]

People who don't rely on Daddy government love them for resilience

[@elderfarms]

More wood for me

[@bobbygetsbanned6049]

Wood burning fireplaces are amazing and worth every single energy efficiency loss they cause.

[@mjones9088]

Anybody who says they don’t like fireplaces, I have to wonder about their sanity…

[@Navy1977]

Why aren't you a fan of fireplaces in homes? Is it all fireplaces or just certain designs?

[@SpecialAgentNoble77]

Dude was too bougie for us blue collared dudes. 🤦🏿‍♂🤦🏿‍♂ We like the rough cut side of things. .. 🤷🏿‍♂🤷🏿‍♂

[@unclebill5170]

Me as a taper I tell all my new home customers that the house has to be heated or they don’t get a warranty