10 Things To Think About Before Building Your Home
These are some of the biggest problems that homeowners
face, while building their house. Simply by reading this information,
you could save yourself thousands of dollars, if you're serious about
building a home.
1. Always request a fixed price contract from your contractor. This will
eliminate cost over runs and problems with your budget. Don't build a
house any other way.
2. Make sure that you understand the basic home building language that
will be spoken by your contractor, engineer, architect and building
inspectors. If you're not sure about what they're talking about, have
them explain it to you in detail.
3. Make sure that you understand how the bank loan works. The last thing
that you're going to want is an unhappy contractor, that isn't getting
paid when they're supposed to.
4. Have your contractor work out a construction schedule so that you can
get a pretty good idea, how long it will be before you can move into
your new home.
5. If you hire a general contractor to build your new home, don't
micromanage them. If you're going to hire someone to do a job and you
don't feel that they are competent, hire someone else. Whatever you do,
don't micromanage your general contractor or subcontractors.
6. Look over your building plans and make sure that you understand what
your home is going to look like. The worst thing that could happen to a
new homeowner, is to have a home built for them, that doesn't look
anything like they had envisioned it.
7. Before you purchase the property, make sure that you go down to your
local building and planning department, to make sure that there aren't
going to be any problems. Ask the building department about your home
building fees so that you're not surprised later on.
8. Take your contractor and architect out to lunch one day to pick their
brains. It wouldn't be a bad idea to write out a list of questions to
ask them while they're enjoying their free lunch.
9. Make sure that you get along with your building contractor. If any
problems arise during construction, you want to make sure that you're
dealing with someone who can solve problems without getting upset or mad
at you.
10. Last but not least, make sure that everything is just the way you
want to. Spend some time double checking your home building plans. Any
problems that you can solve before construction starts, will save you
and your contractor's a lot of frustration.
I hope this helps to make your home building experience more delightful.