Building A House Gifts

'We wanted to maintain the integrity of the original house.'

A cock up of builders

'I told the neighbors we are planning to build a house next year, but they don't seem too happy about it.'

'Plant a tree, build a house, father a child and make sure that there is a good lawyer in your closest circle of friends.'

"Try not to see them as a ridiculously expensive pile of bricks but rather as a value for money self build opportunity!"

"It's a quote form the builder, he says that the $2000 will just cover the cost of him coming over to laugh at us!"

Young Frank Lloyd Wright

"Young Frankenstein"

"Yes. I said 2 by 2, but you needed to use 2 by 4s for the Ark...begin again."

Lady using paint roller as rolling pin for baking dough.

Painting by the numbers for adults

'Good news. I found where the termites have been living.'

'These elves sure are helpful around the house.'

Why it's bad when home owners change their minds about the bathroom's location late in a building project.

'Couldn't you just bring a bucket and spade like other children?'

"Yes, I know they fit, it's just not what I pictured for a three car garage!"

"As I understand it, after this scaffolding comes down the city will be done."

'How many studio apartment construction projects did you say you'd worked on before?'

"Thanks! Carl put his heart and soul into it, along with, of course, lots of mud and a boatload of his own saliva."

"This the first time you guys ever installed an above-ground pool?"

"Measure twice, cut once...and curse three times!"

'I found the termites!'

This will be an environmentally sound house built entirely from trees that fell over naturally from old age.

Another All Steel Home Built By Wit Construction.

"We're having one heck of a time building that trapezoidal thing of yours..."

God's Subcontractors

Name one serious woodworker who doesn't use state of the art kit. Thomas Chippendale.

"Well, yes, it's not what you would call a practical nest, but my wife insisted on using an architect..."

Do it yourself books.

'You've reached McWit Quality Construction. If your foundation has cracked, press 1, if your plumbing is leaking press 2, if your house is collapsing, press 3 ...'

"Steady. This is going to be so sweet."

Building Sandcastles.

'The housing market may be flat, but pillow-fort construction is blooming!'

"If they want a snowball fight, then I'll give them one."

"Remember now, anything is DIY-abe if you just do it yourself."