In our previous post, Wine Bar Installation, Part I, we discussed how to plan for your new project. We shared tips for saving money while getting a custom look to your new wine bar. Here we will share with you our basic steps for installation and show how we took a boring, unused space […]
Plot Plan: How to Build a Home, Step 17
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The engineered plot plan allows us to build quality, trouble-free homes. They are used throughout the construction process to ensure local zoning requirements are met and to help the lot drain properly. When done correctly, a plot plan is created that will minimize the cost of construction and the potential for basement moisture. […]
How Long to Build a Home?
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If you’re thinking of creating your dream place to live, you may be asking, how long to build a home? The shows on TV demonstrate a home being built in a week. But this requires a huge budget and hundreds of workers going to town at the same time. For those of us in […]
How to Build a Home, Step 16: Sign Contracts
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Today we continue our blog series, How to Build a Home. This is step 16, signing contracts with the different trades and suppliers. If you’ve missed the previous fifteen steps, stop by our blog to get caught up. So at this point in the process, you’ve selected the trades and suppliers to build your […]
How would you like to add a new wine bar that fits perfectly into your home? It’s totally possible to create a great custom look without spending a fortune. Here we share with you our latest project along with some tips for planning your new built-in wine bar. Wine Chiller The actual wine chiller (a.k.a. […]
How to Build a Home, Step 15: Negotiating
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At this point in the process to build your dream home, you have reviewed your bids and have decided which trades and suppliers appear to be the best fit. Remember, you want to review all kinds of items before hiring contractors…not just price. So now that you have an idea of which companies you want to […]
How to Build a Home, Step 14: Revisit Overall Budget
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Today we continue our quest to take you through all the steps on how to build a home. At this point in the process, you have received and reviewed your bids from the contractors. So it’s time to take another look at your budget. Remember, up to this point you have only used rough estimates […]
Build My Home The Right Way
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I want to build my home the right way….can you give me some tips to do that? This was a recent reader question here at the Armchair Builder blog. The short answer is…Yes, we can. One of our goals here is to provide unbiased, quality information to those of you that are planning to build […]
How to Build a Home, Step 13: Review Bids
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As we continue our blog series on How to Build a Home, we’re ready to review the bids that you’ve received. This step is very important to owner builders who want to save money acting as their own general contractor. If you take the time to carefully analyze each bid, you will save money and […]
How to Build a Home, Step 12: Send Out Bid Packages
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We continue our blog series, How to Build a Home, with our next step, sending out your bid packages. This is one of the most important steps in the pre-construction process. By taking the time to create detailed bid packages, with all of your project information, potential trades and suppliers will be able to provide […]
