How to Build a Home, Step 11: Attorney Review of Contract
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Today we continue our blog series, How to Build a Home, with step 11, the attorney review of your contract. This is one of those things that has to be done to limit your exposure when building a home. Things like injuries, poor workmanship, and money disputes can turn your dream project into a nightmare. […]
How to Build a Home, Step 10: Create Your Bid List
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Today we continue our blog series, How to Build a Home, with the next step, creating your bid list. This step is not only important for owner builders who are managing the process themselves, but also for those who are hiring a builder to create their home on a cost-plus or percentage basis. You will […]
Scope of Work and Specification, How to Build a Home, Step 9
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At this point in the home building process, you’re ready to create your Scope of Work and Specification. This is an extremely critical step to make sure your new home is built with the best quality and with your specific choices. Not only will these be used in the bidding process to tell potential subcontractors […]
Attic Snow? How it gets there and what to do About it.
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Do you have attic snow? In other words…have you experienced snow accumulating in your attic? If you see new water spots on your ceiling after a windy snowfall you might have this problem. Attic snow can accumulate when the wind conditions are just right and you have ridge vents. Obviously snow is no good in […]
How to Build a Home: Step 8, Finalize Plans
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In step eight of our How to Build a Home blog series, we want to finalize our plans and specifications. Leading up to this point, we’ve determined out overall budget, located and purchased a lot, selected a house plan, determined a rough cost to build, and setup a construction loan. Now we are ready to […]
Construction Loan: How to Build a Home – Step 7
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The construction loan is the seventh step in our blog series, How to Build a Home. At this point you’ve determined your overall budget, selected a lot and house plan, analyzed your estimated rough costs to build, and now you’re ready to put together the construction loan to build your dream home. Your Credit Score […]
The Best of Armchair Builder 2012
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At the end of last year we compiled a list of some of the best Armchair Builder resources from the year. Well, here we go again. We’ve put together some of the best articles, videos, and building resources…just in case you missed something this year. We’ve covered a lot of ground but if you have […]
Lot Purchase: How to Build a Home – Step 6
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The actual lot purchase is the 6th step in our, How to Build a Home, series of blog posts. At this point you have done all the necessary due diligence to make sure there are no hidden surprises in this property and it fits your budget. You’ve gone through our Lot Purchase Guide completely to […]
The new home building industry is heating up according to the statistics published today by the Census Bureau and Department of Housing and Urban Development. Permits give us an indication of what future home building activity will be. The numbers below show the percentage change (comparing November 2012 to November 2011) in privately owned housing […]
Analyzing Costs: How to Build a Home – Step 5
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The next step in our blog series, How to Build a Home, is to analyze your overall costs. By adding your estimated rough cost to build to the lot cost, you will have an idea of the overall project cost. Comparing this estimated total cost for the completed home to your overall budget from step […]
