Production homes are sometimes called tract houses. Production home building companies buy large acreages of farmland or wooded areas to develop. They divide the land into home site lots and build roads to each home site. They build homes on the tracts, whether they are sold or not. In times when housing is in demand,…
A checklist for building a new home is best way to start when planning a home building project. Use this checklist to keep track of what’s needed for your particular situation. New Home Building Checklist Checklist for building a new home 1: The first thing I recommend you do on the checklist for building a…
Building a new home can be exciting yet overwhelming. Listed below are basic home building steps you should be aware of before getting started. 5 Basic home building Steps First, consider your budget and whether or not you have the finances and credit to support building a new home. Next you need to get with…
There are many options when it comes to residential construction loans. One of the most practical and popular one in today’s market is the construction-to-permanent loan. Also known as the “rollover” loan, this loan is two loans in one. During the building process it is a construction loan. A construction loan has many benefits, including…
Yes, building a dream home for less can be accomplished. As a matter of fact there are many ways to save on home building. Research affordable housing, green building materials, Ferro cement, insulated concrete panels, rammed earth, adobe and shipping containers for more information on different green techniques. Finding general contractors may be a bit…
Questions about building a new home? Just ask a builder. So you have decided to undertake the process of building a home from scratch. You have your ideas on paper, you have money set aside and have been pre-qualified for a loan, and now it is time for you to find a home builder to…
It is only logical to ask, when building a custom home, what are the expensive items? Some of them are fairly easy to guess, but others may surprise you. Many times an item doesn’t have to cost more, if you shop more carefully for it. More importantly though is the question of which expensive items…
As you start to look around at your home building options, you may or may not notice there are several different types of home builders for new homes out there. I’ve classified them into five general categories. Let go over each one so you can start to get a feel for the type of new…
Our home buying new construction tips will focus on comparing builders and their advertising. There are many homebuilders and contractors who can build your home. We are going to look at ways to read their websites, investigate their national or local reputations, discover more about their services, and decide which builder will have the privilege…
When writing new construction tips, one almost needs a crystal ball, and you definitely need to plan for an unknown future. It’s always been that way. Just think, if Great Grandpa had known that new fad called electricity was really going to catch on, he’d have installed more outlets. He might also have realized that…