WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.480 --> 00:00:04.040 KFI AM six forty. You're listening to Dean Sharp The 2 00:00:04.080 --> 00:00:10.480 House Whisper on demand on the iHeart Radio app AM 3 00:00:10.560 --> 00:00:15.599 I AM six forty live streaming and HD everywhere on 4 00:00:15.640 --> 00:00:20.679 the iHeart Radio app. Welcome Home. I am Dean Sharp 5 00:00:20.839 --> 00:00:25.160 the House Whisper. I design custom homes, I build them too, 6 00:00:25.280 --> 00:00:28.480 and I am your guide to better understanding that place 7 00:00:28.519 --> 00:00:31.879 where you live. Every weekend Saturday mornings from six to 8 00:00:31.920 --> 00:00:36.880 eight Pacific time, Sunday mornings nine to noon Pacific time. 9 00:00:37.280 --> 00:00:40.960 Today on the show, as per our usual custom, it 10 00:00:41.039 --> 00:00:45.200 is an all calls Saturday morning. We're just taking your 11 00:00:45.240 --> 00:00:49.240 calls this morning, and it's something that I love. I 12 00:00:49.320 --> 00:00:52.280 have grown to love it so much over the years 13 00:00:52.600 --> 00:00:57.359 that we've decided to typically make Saturday mornings nothing but calls, 14 00:00:57.799 --> 00:01:00.719 and it has it turned out to be a wonderful 15 00:01:00.759 --> 00:01:03.479 time that we spend together. Let me give you the number. 16 00:01:03.799 --> 00:01:07.640 The phone lines are open right now. Eight three three two. 17 00:01:08.200 --> 00:01:11.920 Ask Dean eight three three the numeral two Ask Dean 18 00:01:12.079 --> 00:01:16.159 eight three three two. Ask Dean. It's just that simple. 19 00:01:16.599 --> 00:01:19.239 You get to set the agenda for today's show. That's 20 00:01:19.239 --> 00:01:22.560 what's so wonderful about taking calls. Anything you want to 21 00:01:22.599 --> 00:01:24.000 talk about regarding your home. 22 00:01:24.599 --> 00:01:25.200 You have a. 23 00:01:25.159 --> 00:01:29.799 Big architectural design question. Oh, I'm so ready for it. 24 00:01:30.280 --> 00:01:32.319 You got a leaky toilet, I'm ready for that too. 25 00:01:32.359 --> 00:01:37.439 And how about just anything in between construction design DIY, 26 00:01:37.799 --> 00:01:41.000 anything from property line to property line, from the ground 27 00:01:41.040 --> 00:01:44.920 to the sky about your home. Let's talk about that today. 28 00:01:45.040 --> 00:01:47.799 Whatever's got you scratch in your head? Eight three three 29 00:01:48.159 --> 00:01:52.959 two ask Dean, let me introduce our awesome team. As 30 00:01:53.159 --> 00:01:57.200 per usual, Sam is on the board. Good morning, dam 31 00:01:57.560 --> 00:02:01.359 Good morning Dean. How you doing. I'm good. I'm good. 32 00:02:01.400 --> 00:02:04.959 I'm doing well. How are you. You seem well rested 33 00:02:05.000 --> 00:02:05.840 and ready to go? 34 00:02:06.359 --> 00:02:06.760 I am. 35 00:02:06.840 --> 00:02:11.680 I've been really valuing the benefits of getting better sleep recently. 36 00:02:11.719 --> 00:02:14.120 I think I'm getting old. I just turned forty six, 37 00:02:14.120 --> 00:02:17.000 and I feel like I hit a brick wall forty six. 38 00:02:17.080 --> 00:02:21.680 You're ancient, I know. Oh, I'm just kidding. You're young. 39 00:02:22.039 --> 00:02:22.520 You're young. 40 00:02:22.639 --> 00:02:26.159 You're a young man in the prime of his life 41 00:02:26.479 --> 00:02:31.800 on Saturday mornings. Tell that to my left knee. I know, right, 42 00:02:31.879 --> 00:02:34.719 those things they don't heal up the way they used to. 43 00:02:38.120 --> 00:02:41.319 Another young man in the prime of his life. Producer 44 00:02:41.439 --> 00:02:45.680 Richie not near a microphone. No all right. But Richie 45 00:02:45.840 --> 00:02:48.840 is on the board. He is taking your calls. He 46 00:02:49.000 --> 00:02:53.479 is awesome in every way, imaginable, Golden Mic Award winning Richie. 47 00:02:54.280 --> 00:02:57.120 He is there. He will tell you everything you need 48 00:02:57.159 --> 00:02:59.879 to know. You'll pop you into the queue and then 49 00:03:00.199 --> 00:03:02.319 you and I we can put our heads together and 50 00:03:02.560 --> 00:03:04.400 talk about whatever is going on with your home. So 51 00:03:04.479 --> 00:03:07.400 Richie is taking calls right now. Eight three three two 52 00:03:07.719 --> 00:03:10.879 ask Dean. Calls are always light, first thing in the morning. 53 00:03:11.000 --> 00:03:13.000 So now is your chance. If you've never had a 54 00:03:13.080 --> 00:03:15.400 chance to get in and get on the air, now 55 00:03:15.560 --> 00:03:19.639 is your best chance possible. Give us a call. And 56 00:03:19.680 --> 00:03:24.840 there's my buddy. Eileen Gonzales at the news desk. Good morning, Eileen, Good. 57 00:03:24.639 --> 00:03:26.639 Morning, y'all. Are making me feel old today? 58 00:03:27.319 --> 00:03:29.120 Why is that Aileen. 59 00:03:29.120 --> 00:03:33.360 Calling this forty six year old young man old? 60 00:03:37.000 --> 00:03:39.599 Well, you're you're what you're at thirty three? 61 00:03:40.159 --> 00:03:44.599 I'm mentally probably probably my twenties. 62 00:03:44.639 --> 00:03:48.120 Mentally, there you go, so am I think? I think, 63 00:03:49.120 --> 00:03:52.680 although I would say I'm doing you couldn't pay me 64 00:03:52.759 --> 00:03:54.400 to go back to my twenties. Mentally. 65 00:03:55.439 --> 00:03:59.439 Well, I'm feeling about eighty right now, but are you physically? 66 00:04:00.000 --> 00:04:01.560 I'm a little tired today. 67 00:04:01.680 --> 00:04:03.280 What's the tea of choice this morning? 68 00:04:03.919 --> 00:04:05.800 Problem? I haven't had any tea yet. 69 00:04:05.879 --> 00:04:11.479 Oh wow, Yeah, Eileen is the mistress of tea on Saturday. 70 00:04:11.599 --> 00:04:12.520 Mistress of tea. 71 00:04:13.120 --> 00:04:17.000 He guides us through all of the teas that are 72 00:04:17.040 --> 00:04:21.759 available to to, you know, to soothe and or excite 73 00:04:21.800 --> 00:04:24.879 the body on any given morning. So basically I look 74 00:04:24.959 --> 00:04:27.920 to Eileen to tell us what tea is the right 75 00:04:28.000 --> 00:04:30.279 tea for today? And you haven't had any, so we're 76 00:04:30.279 --> 00:04:32.800 gonna have to give you a dance to you know, 77 00:04:32.959 --> 00:04:33.560 poor cup. 78 00:04:33.839 --> 00:04:37.279 That makes me sound like an eighty year old english woman. No, well, 79 00:04:37.360 --> 00:04:40.839 you know what, the mistress of tea. Everybody in the 80 00:04:40.920 --> 00:04:43.720 UK young and old. They all drink tea, so don't 81 00:04:43.720 --> 00:04:44.439 don't worry about it. 82 00:04:44.439 --> 00:04:45.399 All right, we're good. 83 00:04:45.639 --> 00:04:49.680 They all sound older than they really are. Any that's 84 00:04:49.800 --> 00:04:52.519 just the way it goes. Sitting across the table from me, 85 00:04:52.680 --> 00:04:57.879 another young lady, my better half, my design partner, turner 86 00:04:57.959 --> 00:05:06.199 Mike On. Oh, that was in its spotty the it's 87 00:05:06.199 --> 00:05:08.560 for some reason we're cutting in and out on our 88 00:05:08.720 --> 00:05:11.040 headphones today, things for cutting in and out. But I 89 00:05:11.040 --> 00:05:13.319 don't think that was a spotty elephant. I think that 90 00:05:13.399 --> 00:05:16.439 elephant just did I think she did her whole thing 91 00:05:16.560 --> 00:05:20.319 right there. Anyway, my best friend in all the world. Uh, 92 00:05:20.360 --> 00:05:23.120 and the reason I keep getting up in the morning. 93 00:05:23.199 --> 00:05:24.199 Tina is here. 94 00:05:24.639 --> 00:05:25.759 Oh, welcome home. 95 00:05:26.000 --> 00:05:26.560 How you doing? 96 00:05:26.920 --> 00:05:27.399 I'm good? 97 00:05:27.680 --> 00:05:30.959 Yeah, yeah, you've seen a little low e today. No, 98 00:05:31.160 --> 00:05:33.240 are you just quiet? You need your tea? 99 00:05:33.879 --> 00:05:34.759 I need my coffee. 100 00:05:34.800 --> 00:05:35.680 You need coffee. 101 00:05:35.879 --> 00:05:38.720 I don't need coffee. I just love coffee. 102 00:05:38.879 --> 00:05:44.600 You do, so do I we're Are we coffee holocks? No, 103 00:05:44.720 --> 00:05:47.639 because if we go without it, we don't go through withdrawals. Yeah, 104 00:05:47.639 --> 00:05:50.560 I don't get We just enjoy coffee. Yeah, we're fortunate 105 00:05:50.639 --> 00:05:53.279 that way, a fine coffee. We actually will drink a 106 00:05:53.319 --> 00:05:55.560 coffee in the evening to relax and fall asleep. 107 00:05:55.959 --> 00:05:56.480 It's true. 108 00:05:56.519 --> 00:05:57.120 Isn't that weird? 109 00:05:58.120 --> 00:05:58.560 All right? 110 00:05:58.920 --> 00:06:02.040 We should dive into the show, shall we. When we 111 00:06:02.120 --> 00:06:04.759 come back, we will go to the phones. There's still 112 00:06:04.839 --> 00:06:07.360 room on the board for you, though. There really is 113 00:06:07.399 --> 00:06:10.399 the number to reach me eight three three two Ask 114 00:06:10.560 --> 00:06:13.800 Dean eight three to three to ask Dean your home 115 00:06:14.160 --> 00:06:17.959 with Dean Sharp. The house whisper Heyfi Sharp, the house 116 00:06:17.959 --> 00:06:22.600 whisper hey. It doesn't matter whether your condo, cottage, or 117 00:06:22.879 --> 00:06:26.399 castle is your home. I'm here to help you take 118 00:06:26.439 --> 00:06:28.279 it to the next level. That's one of the things 119 00:06:28.279 --> 00:06:30.319 we love to do here on the program. It's one 120 00:06:30.360 --> 00:06:34.240 of the unique things about our show. It's not just 121 00:06:34.639 --> 00:06:40.199 home improvement talk. It is encouraging you that architecture, great architecture, 122 00:06:40.439 --> 00:06:45.240 great home building, custom home building. It's for everybody. It's 123 00:06:45.240 --> 00:06:50.120 for anybody or anyone who wants to step up and say, 124 00:06:50.279 --> 00:06:53.279 you know what, I want to customize this place. I 125 00:06:53.360 --> 00:06:55.879 want it to be me. I wanted to fit me. 126 00:06:56.079 --> 00:06:59.199 It's all about tailoring. It's not even about the expense 127 00:06:59.240 --> 00:07:03.480 of the material. It's about tailoring your home so that 128 00:07:03.560 --> 00:07:06.800 it fits you like a finely tailored piece of clothing. 129 00:07:06.839 --> 00:07:09.560 I tell people all the time that, you know, if 130 00:07:09.600 --> 00:07:13.439 you had the choice of buying a really let's say, 131 00:07:13.959 --> 00:07:17.920 what's an expensive fabric like silk, like an incredibly expensive 132 00:07:18.079 --> 00:07:23.720 silk shirt off the rack or blouse off the rack somewhere, 133 00:07:24.439 --> 00:07:28.079 or I just hand you a bolt of just simple 134 00:07:28.160 --> 00:07:31.720 old cotton. But we are going to take that cotton 135 00:07:31.800 --> 00:07:35.800 and we're gonna check every measurement on you, and we're 136 00:07:35.839 --> 00:07:39.920 gonna tailor that cotton to become a shirt that is 137 00:07:40.000 --> 00:07:43.600 so you, that is so designed for you. You know, 138 00:07:43.720 --> 00:07:45.480 nine out of ten people they say, I'll take the 139 00:07:45.519 --> 00:07:49.079 cotton shirt, and because they understand what it feels like 140 00:07:49.319 --> 00:07:53.199 to walk around in something that is just made to 141 00:07:53.560 --> 00:07:56.560 fit right, and that's what a custom home is all about. 142 00:07:56.639 --> 00:08:00.560 And inch by inch, layer by layer, we help you 143 00:08:00.600 --> 00:08:04.759 do that right here on the program every weekend, Saturday 144 00:08:04.759 --> 00:08:09.800 mornings six to eight Sunday mornings nine to noon Pacific time. 145 00:08:10.560 --> 00:08:12.839 By the way, we run a little late in the 146 00:08:12.920 --> 00:08:16.399 last break, so I'm going to push off taking calls 147 00:08:16.560 --> 00:08:19.120 until next segment here, but I wanted to let our 148 00:08:19.160 --> 00:08:22.000 team know and everybody else know. I guys, you guys, 149 00:08:22.040 --> 00:08:24.040 listen up here, Sam, Eileen Ritchie? 150 00:08:24.600 --> 00:08:25.079 Did you know? 151 00:08:25.720 --> 00:08:30.439 Did you know as of the latest Nielsen ratings that 152 00:08:31.759 --> 00:08:36.399 we are the number one radio show in Los Angeles 153 00:08:36.440 --> 00:08:40.799 on Saturday mornings in the I mean radio period number 154 00:08:40.840 --> 00:08:41.600 one right now? 155 00:08:41.879 --> 00:08:43.080 Nice? 156 00:08:43.720 --> 00:08:46.399 That's really cool? Anybody? Okay? Sam? 157 00:08:46.600 --> 00:08:46.879 Got you? 158 00:08:48.080 --> 00:08:49.200 Eileen? Did you know that? 159 00:08:49.360 --> 00:08:51.759 I did not know that? That's really cool? 160 00:08:51.879 --> 00:08:55.919 I didn't either. I didn't either, you know, And I'm 161 00:08:55.919 --> 00:08:58.240 sure we're going to be, you know, off kicked off 162 00:08:58.279 --> 00:09:00.960 the top of the hill soon by somebody. But I'm 163 00:09:01.000 --> 00:09:04.080 just saying, if you're up at six to eight on 164 00:09:04.159 --> 00:09:07.679 a Saturday morning in LA. The odds are if you're 165 00:09:07.679 --> 00:09:10.799 listening to the radio, you're listening to us just just 166 00:09:11.039 --> 00:09:13.799 talk and talk, and you're listening to the rooster. And 167 00:09:14.120 --> 00:09:17.120 I think people just enjoy what we have to offer 168 00:09:17.159 --> 00:09:20.399 here because we're all in a good mood and we're 169 00:09:20.399 --> 00:09:23.000 bringing the love and we're bringing the help to the home. 170 00:09:23.120 --> 00:09:26.279 So anyway, I just wanted to congratulate you guys that 171 00:09:27.120 --> 00:09:29.960 we're all part of something that right now is doing 172 00:09:30.000 --> 00:09:33.200 really well here in southern California, and that was our goal. 173 00:09:33.879 --> 00:09:36.480 Sammy the beagle is certainly happy about it. He's just 174 00:09:36.480 --> 00:09:39.320 staring at me, like, did you feed me this morning? 175 00:09:39.360 --> 00:09:43.440 I really don't care about anything else. So anyway, all right, y'all, 176 00:09:43.840 --> 00:09:46.679 we're going to the phones. When we return. I promise 177 00:09:46.720 --> 00:09:49.200 you the number to reach me eight three three two. 178 00:09:49.639 --> 00:09:54.639 Ask Dean eight three three the numeral too. Ask Dean 179 00:09:55.039 --> 00:09:56.960 your Home with Dean Sharp the house Whisper. 180 00:09:57.879 --> 00:10:01.200 You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 181 00:10:01.279 --> 00:10:03.080 KFI AM six forty. 182 00:10:04.840 --> 00:10:09.799 Hey, Hi, am six forty Live dreaming everywhere on the iHeartRadio. 183 00:10:09.960 --> 00:10:12.360 App Ean Sharp of the House whisper here with you 184 00:10:12.519 --> 00:10:17.159 this morning? Talking all things your home, and as is 185 00:10:17.200 --> 00:10:20.000 our custom on Saturday mornings, we're just taking calls. The 186 00:10:20.080 --> 00:10:23.759 number to reach me eight three three two. Ask Dean 187 00:10:23.919 --> 00:10:27.919 eight three three the numeral to ask Dean. We are 188 00:10:28.080 --> 00:10:32.320 live right here in southern California on this lovely spring 189 00:10:32.679 --> 00:10:35.639 Saturday morning. Let's go to the phones. I want to 190 00:10:35.639 --> 00:10:38.600 talk to David. Hey, David, welcome home. 191 00:10:40.000 --> 00:10:43.559 A good morning. Dean. Wondering if you could kind of 192 00:10:43.679 --> 00:10:45.759 give me an idea of what I should expect to 193 00:10:45.799 --> 00:10:49.000 pay per square foot to build a new house. I 194 00:10:49.039 --> 00:10:52.279 own the land, looking at about twenty two hundred square feet, 195 00:10:52.399 --> 00:10:55.919 four bedroom, two and a half bath, ranch style, nothing 196 00:10:56.039 --> 00:10:57.799 super high end, just a nice house. 197 00:10:58.679 --> 00:11:02.559 Okay, uh here in southern California. 198 00:11:03.799 --> 00:11:06.120 Uh yeah, I've got I've got land up in right 199 00:11:06.159 --> 00:11:11.639 Wood and uh uh yeah, looking to put something up. 200 00:11:11.679 --> 00:11:15.240 Yeah, right Rightwood's a beautiful, beautiful area right there, just 201 00:11:15.279 --> 00:11:18.200 a little tucked away hidden mountain oasis. 202 00:11:18.600 --> 00:11:18.799 Uh. 203 00:11:18.919 --> 00:11:25.759 Any any strange conditions in terms of the land itself. 204 00:11:25.840 --> 00:11:28.200 Is it a pretty flat lot? Is it a sloped lot? 205 00:11:28.240 --> 00:11:29.399 Are you on the hillside? 206 00:11:30.639 --> 00:11:33.200 No, it's it's it's pretty flat. It'd be a little 207 00:11:33.200 --> 00:11:33.799 bit of grading. 208 00:11:34.039 --> 00:11:34.120 Uh. 209 00:11:34.279 --> 00:11:39.159 Water and power already exist accessible with little little to 210 00:11:39.279 --> 00:11:41.399 no not a lot to do to get to the 211 00:11:41.440 --> 00:11:44.720 water and power exists on the property. It's a little 212 00:11:44.720 --> 00:11:45.200 bit of grading. 213 00:11:45.240 --> 00:11:48.360 I think, are you playing on doing any of this yourself? 214 00:11:48.679 --> 00:11:52.159 Or is this hired out to a general contractor? Or 215 00:11:52.200 --> 00:11:54.440 are you gonna do it kind of owner builder and 216 00:11:54.639 --> 00:11:56.720 run the subs yourself? What's the plan? 217 00:11:58.120 --> 00:12:01.840 No? No, I would have a company contractor come in. 218 00:12:01.879 --> 00:12:03.600 I wish, I wish I had the knowledge you had 219 00:12:03.799 --> 00:12:05.559 that I could do a few things myself, but it 220 00:12:05.600 --> 00:12:07.240 would it would be through a contractor. 221 00:12:07.840 --> 00:12:12.080 Okay, Well, I mean, okay, So here's the thing, you know, 222 00:12:12.799 --> 00:12:14.960 I can give you a range. I give you a range. 223 00:12:16.080 --> 00:12:21.200 Set these days, things are still hovering on average. On average, 224 00:12:21.200 --> 00:12:24.399 things are still hovering around the low three hundred dollars 225 00:12:24.480 --> 00:12:29.559 per square foot for own building here in southern California. 226 00:12:30.080 --> 00:12:33.879 Some people say, some people claim that you can get 227 00:12:33.919 --> 00:12:38.279 it done between two and four hundred dollars a square foot. 228 00:12:38.639 --> 00:12:41.960 But I don't find anybody building for two hundred in 229 00:12:41.960 --> 00:12:44.000 the two hundred dollars a square foot range. I don't 230 00:12:44.000 --> 00:12:48.399 find anybody realistically building in that range. That isn't number one. 231 00:12:49.279 --> 00:12:54.600 Foregoing the general contractor, and they're still having people do 232 00:12:54.720 --> 00:12:57.960 it other than them, but they're playing the role of 233 00:12:58.039 --> 00:13:02.519 general contractor. So you're eliminating that fee, you know that 234 00:13:02.519 --> 00:13:05.799 that profit level there from the general contractor, you're also 235 00:13:05.799 --> 00:13:09.440 inheriting a lot of a lot of liability and a 236 00:13:09.480 --> 00:13:14.240 lot of headaches along the way. And as far as 237 00:13:14.679 --> 00:13:17.840 whether it goes above three hundred dollars a square foot, 238 00:13:17.879 --> 00:13:20.159 and I would say probably like three twenty five three 239 00:13:20.159 --> 00:13:24.759 point fifty is probably realistic as far as planning. But 240 00:13:24.919 --> 00:13:28.840 really it's not the shell of the home that that 241 00:13:29.720 --> 00:13:34.320 that brings that cost in. It's really the finishes. And 242 00:13:34.679 --> 00:13:37.159 you know, I have to tell everybody this all the time. 243 00:13:37.519 --> 00:13:41.480 It's the finishes. And how significant are the finishes when 244 00:13:41.480 --> 00:13:45.519 it comes to pricing a home. Well, I'll put it 245 00:13:45.559 --> 00:13:49.320 this way. We design a lot of luxury estate homes, 246 00:13:49.879 --> 00:13:57.000 and yes, because of unique structure and or uh, you know, 247 00:13:57.080 --> 00:14:00.960 structural requirements, because we're doing something bazz are with the 248 00:14:00.960 --> 00:14:03.919 shell of the home, the actual the actual you know, 249 00:14:04.360 --> 00:14:09.600 studs or ceilings or rooflines of a home. Then the 250 00:14:09.639 --> 00:14:14.279 base cost of the shell can go up significantly based 251 00:14:14.320 --> 00:14:20.879 on that. But even with those considerations aside, most luxury 252 00:14:20.919 --> 00:14:24.919 homes in terms of shell run roughly the same as 253 00:14:25.000 --> 00:14:28.000 most you know, average middle of the road homes run 254 00:14:28.120 --> 00:14:31.360 in terms of shell. It is the finishes that make 255 00:14:31.399 --> 00:14:34.559 the difference. And that's why I'm underscoring that it's really 256 00:14:34.600 --> 00:14:36.759 the finishes that end up making the difference. I mean, 257 00:14:36.799 --> 00:14:40.960 we can build for well over one thousand dollars per 258 00:14:41.000 --> 00:14:45.600 square foot depending on how luxurious finishes end up being 259 00:14:46.039 --> 00:14:48.639 in a home. Which is why I am so when 260 00:14:48.639 --> 00:14:53.399 it comes to mainstream middle class homeowners, why I am 261 00:14:53.519 --> 00:14:58.039 so big on design and saying to you guys that 262 00:14:58.200 --> 00:15:03.240 design matters most because it does because I've seen again 263 00:15:03.279 --> 00:15:06.519 and again finishes being added on to a home and 264 00:15:06.600 --> 00:15:09.759 added and added and added and added like layers of 265 00:15:09.919 --> 00:15:15.000 makeup on trying to make somebody look thirty years younger, 266 00:15:15.000 --> 00:15:18.039 and it's never going to happen. So the point is, 267 00:15:18.440 --> 00:15:20.840 it is the design of the home. It's the flow 268 00:15:20.879 --> 00:15:27.039 of the home that ultimately ends up soothing and treating 269 00:15:27.080 --> 00:15:31.679 you right, and then the finishes are We're not putting 270 00:15:31.679 --> 00:15:34.480 as much pressure on the finishes. I always say, you 271 00:15:34.519 --> 00:15:37.960 design a home well and put that effort in ahead 272 00:15:38.000 --> 00:15:42.000 of time, and that is ninety percent of the game. 273 00:15:42.240 --> 00:15:44.600 It really is. And at that point, the last ten 274 00:15:44.639 --> 00:15:47.320 percent are the materials that you're going to use, and 275 00:15:47.360 --> 00:15:50.240 you can use paper or you can use platinum, and 276 00:15:50.279 --> 00:15:53.519 you will still get the overall effect if you're designing 277 00:15:53.559 --> 00:15:55.200 that home well. Now, I don't want you to use 278 00:15:55.320 --> 00:15:59.399 cheap materials, as in substandard materials. But the point is 279 00:15:59.440 --> 00:16:02.120 a well design home doesn't have to lean so heavily 280 00:16:02.159 --> 00:16:05.200 on those finished materials because it's all an average. Anywhere. 281 00:16:05.200 --> 00:16:07.519 You're going to be spending more per square foot on 282 00:16:07.600 --> 00:16:12.879 certain rooms. You know, bathrooms and kitchens are the most 283 00:16:12.960 --> 00:16:16.720 expensive rooms in the home. Those are easy to spend 284 00:16:16.759 --> 00:16:20.440 one thousand dollars per square foot in. And then you've 285 00:16:20.480 --> 00:16:24.000 got other rooms like bedrooms and living rooms and dining rooms. 286 00:16:24.159 --> 00:16:26.200 You can label them whatever you want, but they are 287 00:16:26.320 --> 00:16:31.000 essentially empty shells. They're just empty boxes that you're going 288 00:16:31.080 --> 00:16:33.600 to put furniture inside. And those rooms are going to 289 00:16:33.679 --> 00:16:36.519 be built for way less than two hundred dollars a 290 00:16:36.559 --> 00:16:40.840 square foot. So it's the average of the home overall. 291 00:16:40.879 --> 00:16:42.720 And that's why I want you to understand that the 292 00:16:42.879 --> 00:16:48.000 average is about three twenty five three point fifty right now, 293 00:16:48.080 --> 00:16:51.440 I would say, generally speaking, per square foot, But that's 294 00:16:51.440 --> 00:16:54.639 an average, that's not every square foot those are. That's 295 00:16:54.720 --> 00:16:58.360 taking the really low square foot rooms and adding those. 296 00:16:58.559 --> 00:17:02.279 So that's that's the role it finishes play. And when 297 00:17:02.720 --> 00:17:06.680 when most folks are building themselves a home, they actually 298 00:17:06.759 --> 00:17:09.440 find it hard sometimes to put you know, tap the 299 00:17:09.480 --> 00:17:13.400 brakes on the finishes. You think, well, I'm starting out 300 00:17:13.400 --> 00:17:15.960 with this finish, but then you're like, I wonder if 301 00:17:15.960 --> 00:17:19.160 should we upgrade the roof tile, And there's nothing wrong 302 00:17:19.200 --> 00:17:21.319 with that. I just want you to understand the temptation 303 00:17:21.480 --> 00:17:23.319 to do that as you go, and before you know it, 304 00:17:23.799 --> 00:17:25.559 you're you're starting to raise the price. 305 00:17:26.759 --> 00:17:29.400 Okay, very good, Dean. So about three to three fifty, 306 00:17:29.480 --> 00:17:31.160 and that includes if I own the land. 307 00:17:32.160 --> 00:17:35.240 Yes, yeah, now that's just the build just the build yeah. 308 00:17:35.160 --> 00:17:37.240 Just the build up. Very good, Very good, Dean. Thank 309 00:17:37.279 --> 00:17:37.759 you for your time. 310 00:17:37.799 --> 00:17:40.640 Have a good day, David, you too, Thanks for the question, 311 00:17:40.720 --> 00:17:45.559 my friend, and good luck on that home. Rightwood's a beautiful, 312 00:17:45.599 --> 00:17:48.960 beautiful little mountain town here. Not a lot of people 313 00:17:49.000 --> 00:17:51.400 realize that right Wood is a lot more accessible than 314 00:17:51.799 --> 00:17:56.799 places like Big Bear and Arrowhead, but without climbing all 315 00:17:56.799 --> 00:17:58.400 the way up the mountain the same way, it's just 316 00:17:58.400 --> 00:18:01.559 like right around the corner the pass of the fifteen 317 00:18:01.640 --> 00:18:06.680 there and it's lovely snow trees and just a we've 318 00:18:06.680 --> 00:18:09.039 done some design consult up there and it's a it's 319 00:18:09.079 --> 00:18:12.559 a beautiful place. All right, more of your calls when 320 00:18:12.640 --> 00:18:15.440 we return. There is room on the board for you. 321 00:18:15.559 --> 00:18:17.720 It's kind of a sleepy callar morning. I'm just letting 322 00:18:17.720 --> 00:18:21.599 you know. This is your official announcement that it is 323 00:18:21.640 --> 00:18:24.839 a sleepy callar morning, which means there's room for you. 324 00:18:25.319 --> 00:18:29.160 Eight three three two ask Dean eight three three the 325 00:18:29.240 --> 00:18:31.880 numeral two. Ask Dean. If you don't normally get through, 326 00:18:32.000 --> 00:18:34.799 or you've tried before, now it's the perfect time eight 327 00:18:34.839 --> 00:18:38.759 three three to ask Dean. We'll have more of your calls. 328 00:18:38.960 --> 00:18:42.920 Can't buy Dean dropped the house, whipper, welcome home. We're 329 00:18:42.920 --> 00:18:45.599 taking calls this morning. There's room on the board for you. 330 00:18:45.960 --> 00:18:48.960 The number to reach me eight three three two ask 331 00:18:49.119 --> 00:18:53.240 Dean eight three three the numeral two ask Dean eight 332 00:18:53.319 --> 00:18:56.440 three three to ask Dean. Let's go back to the phones. 333 00:18:56.480 --> 00:18:59.200 I want to talk to Douglas. Hey, Douglas, welcome home. 334 00:19:00.400 --> 00:19:04.039 I have two questions. First question is how there's the 335 00:19:04.079 --> 00:19:08.319 one shut and lock a door with wet paint. 336 00:19:11.359 --> 00:19:13.480 Okay, how does one shut and lock a door with 337 00:19:13.519 --> 00:19:19.240 wet paint? We don't. We don't because it's a mess. 338 00:19:19.519 --> 00:19:21.960 And uh, I know if you go online there are 339 00:19:21.960 --> 00:19:26.279 probably uh you're gonna find some tips and some tricks there. 340 00:19:27.200 --> 00:19:29.799 They work sort of. Okay, I'll tell you the one 341 00:19:29.839 --> 00:19:33.880 that I think works better than most. But the most 342 00:19:33.960 --> 00:19:36.240 important thing to understand when it comes to a door, 343 00:19:36.279 --> 00:19:37.880 and I know this is a problem for some people, 344 00:19:38.000 --> 00:19:43.119 right because it's an exterior door. Paint is something that 345 00:19:43.359 --> 00:19:48.160 it just needs its time to dry effectively. And so 346 00:19:48.359 --> 00:19:52.839 part of the construction process is understanding when are we 347 00:19:52.920 --> 00:19:55.839 going to and how are we going to address painting 348 00:19:55.920 --> 00:20:00.960 exterior doors, you know, interior doors, don't. We don't run 349 00:20:01.039 --> 00:20:04.559 through this kind of trouble because we just tell people, hey, listen, 350 00:20:04.599 --> 00:20:07.079 you're not going to have the door you know on 351 00:20:07.319 --> 00:20:13.400 your your bedroom for today, okay, but exterior doors it's 352 00:20:13.400 --> 00:20:16.440 a point of security for a house. So you just 353 00:20:16.480 --> 00:20:21.000 need to understand this that most paint drives within the 354 00:20:21.079 --> 00:20:26.119 span of a day. Now it most paint cures over 355 00:20:26.200 --> 00:20:28.839 the span of a week or so, but dry to 356 00:20:28.920 --> 00:20:31.559 the touch. That's really all that we're looking for. And 357 00:20:31.640 --> 00:20:35.720 as dry to the touch as possible. So most paints, 358 00:20:35.880 --> 00:20:39.759 water based, water based late text paints will dry to 359 00:20:39.839 --> 00:20:42.400 the touch in one to two hours. Oil based paints 360 00:20:42.880 --> 00:20:45.920 may take six to eight hours. So you have to 361 00:20:45.960 --> 00:20:48.519 time it. You have to time it right. You got 362 00:20:48.519 --> 00:20:51.559 to time it in terms of, you know, access to 363 00:20:51.640 --> 00:20:54.279 the house, and so these are the kinds of things 364 00:20:54.279 --> 00:20:57.000 that you know, we get up early on a nice, 365 00:20:57.079 --> 00:20:59.720 warm day in which you know, we know we're not 366 00:20:59.720 --> 00:21:03.000 going to any rain or excessive moisture in the air, 367 00:21:03.559 --> 00:21:06.599 and we get to that door as quickly as possible 368 00:21:06.640 --> 00:21:08.200 so that we know by the end of the day 369 00:21:09.079 --> 00:21:11.920 it is dry to the touch and well on its 370 00:21:11.960 --> 00:21:14.119 way to curing. Net not going to be fully cured, 371 00:21:14.160 --> 00:21:16.079 but well on its way, and we can get the 372 00:21:16.119 --> 00:21:18.559 door hung back in its place so we can at 373 00:21:18.640 --> 00:21:21.559 least close it for the night. So six to eight 374 00:21:21.599 --> 00:21:24.319 hours for oil based paints, one to two hours for 375 00:21:24.480 --> 00:21:28.359 latex paints. Being dry to the touch curing that's a 376 00:21:28.359 --> 00:21:31.720 whole nother issue. Now, a couple of tricks with an 377 00:21:31.720 --> 00:21:35.960 exterior door. One, make sure that you remove the weather 378 00:21:36.039 --> 00:21:40.319 stripping the weather stripping bulbs around the edge of that 379 00:21:40.440 --> 00:21:43.680 exterior door so that when you do close it and 380 00:21:43.720 --> 00:21:47.480 secure it at night, close it carefully without it touching 381 00:21:47.519 --> 00:21:50.759 the jam, and throw the dead bolt on it so 382 00:21:50.799 --> 00:21:53.200 that it'll hold it there. And the door really shouldn't 383 00:21:53.240 --> 00:21:56.720 be If the door is trimmed properly, it shouldn't actually 384 00:21:56.720 --> 00:22:00.759 be making any contact with the jam. Whatso, however, take 385 00:22:00.799 --> 00:22:04.519 off the door, shoe off the bottom, and so on. 386 00:22:04.759 --> 00:22:09.680 If your door is touching wood to wood when it's closed, 387 00:22:10.119 --> 00:22:13.640 then before you paint it, it needs a little sanding, 388 00:22:13.680 --> 00:22:16.480 a little planing, a little trimming. That's the sign of 389 00:22:16.519 --> 00:22:20.799 a door that shouldn't be in the condition that it's in. 390 00:22:21.200 --> 00:22:27.039 No door should have any contact with the jam on 391 00:22:27.319 --> 00:22:30.599 any side of it, if it's been trimmed properly. So 392 00:22:31.160 --> 00:22:34.240 we paint the door, we let it dry, it's you know, 393 00:22:34.440 --> 00:22:37.319 for a few hours, and then we rehang it. And 394 00:22:37.400 --> 00:22:41.559 rehanging it without the weather stripping should essentially allow it 395 00:22:41.640 --> 00:22:45.559 to sit there without making contact with the jam. If 396 00:22:45.559 --> 00:22:47.720 there's any worry about that, you can rub a little 397 00:22:47.720 --> 00:22:51.000 petroleum jelly on the jam side so that in case 398 00:22:51.039 --> 00:22:54.720 there's a contact that it doesn't stick and pull overnight. 399 00:22:55.200 --> 00:22:59.720 But that's really kind of a last ditch effort. I 400 00:23:00.160 --> 00:23:03.240 for to simply evaluate the door ahead of time and 401 00:23:03.319 --> 00:23:06.160