Woohoo!!!! I got myself a Drop-Down!!!

[huntingislife]

Just picked up my house tonight. It is a 6x14.5 v-nose for $1300. I am gonna gut the inside and redo it to my liking. Now the fun starts. I hope I can sleep tonight

[love to hunt]

Post pics bud and ask lots of questions. Everyone is always glade to help.

[Paul Waldowski]

Matt,

It's better than being a kid in a candy store Post pic's so we can all see the progress.

[deepportage01]

Way COOL man, Now the fun starts with the re mod, I'm glad to see that you went with the drop down,perm's are nice but they are hard to move from lake to lake.

I would sleep in it tonight

[huntingislife]

I will get some fresh pics tomorrow when its light outside. I have it all planned out in my head but I am sure that will change as I go. I think my boat is gonna have to sit and collect some dust for awhile. Hmmm, maybe I should skip my classes tomorrow

[huntingislife]

Here are some pics of my house. Tomorrow the whole thing gets a fresh coat of black paint.

[huntingislife]

Here are my rough plans so far:

It is a little under 6' inside so I think the wider dinette will allow a person to sleep slightly at an angle. Plus my girlfriend is shorter than me so she fits fine, whereas I will sleep on the side bunk. I guess I should mention that my gf and I bought this together. But I havent seen her half of the money yet, you know how that goes.

I didn't like how there are two bunks on the side. So I figured a wider dinette in back that, depending on how big I decide to make it, might be able to sleep 2 people. Then the other bunk for the 2nd or 3rd person. That bunk will be up unless we're sleeping so it will be out of the way.

The floor is just a layer of wood so I am going to seal off the troughs and put a layer of foam insulation on top and then another layer of wood. Then I can start over with the placement of my holes and install catch covers.

Oh and in case you are wondering: The side window was from a greyhound bus.

[KidWalleye]

I dig the blank canvas. It gives you all the options you could ask for. I think mine is coming next year.

Good Luck, Kid

[JigginIsLife]

Most Deffinatly i am Green with envy. I wish i had a drop down trailer -JUST THE TRAILER. i hope that it turns out to be heaven beucause i know it would be mine. haha good luck

[huntingislife]

Got the oustide painted. I also put a new window in the back.

I also put the insulation and new floor in.

I got 2 panels up today but I had to wait for all my window and door framing/trim pieces to finish drying. So maybe tomorrow night I can get quite a few more panels up. I was planning on using those plastic trim inserts to hook the panels together but found out they are a pain to use. So I decided I will just pick up some thin wood trim for the panel joints.

I am real excited how it is coming together. Its a little slow because I am doing it all myself. But I figure a couple more weeks and it should be done.

[Kylersk]

Looks good! Remember, 'It's only a fishhouse'. Or at least that's what my wife kept saying to me while building mine. =)

Anyways, have fun!

[Tommy21]

i have a couple questions that maybe you or some one can help me out please reply on my topic Need Help Building House how much is the 1/2 inch green treated plywood and how does ur walls come together i am trying to build a square 8x12 skids wat is the cost of the inside and outside pannels and wat was the total cost of the hole house u built its a beautiful house thank you

[Rick]

How is your house coming Matt???

[huntingislife]

I have the bunk in now and some cabinets. I also have the lights and catch covers in. I havent got too much done because school has kept me real busy these last couple of weeks. Then last weekend I had to run back to ND to sight in the rifles and get some stuff ready for deer season. So I didnt work on it at all. I will post some pics either tonight or tomorrow but now its back to full steam ahead on this project.

[Snake River King]

sweet lookin house man!!!! I can't wait to build mine next summer I have one question, why didn't you put up siding first instead of interior wall board, what was the advantage?

[huntingislife]

I guess I dont understand your question. The house was built already when I bought it. I am just refurbishing it now.

[huntingislife]

Here are some pics of my progress.

[ice_it_06]

Matt:

Very nice transformation of that interior.

Nice looking work as well !!