There are many sites on line that feature home builder review ratings, or give homeowners the opportunity to comment on their home builder. Naturally there are a lot of complaints on these sites, as home owners who are unhappy with their homes seek to warn others. There are many websites devoted to some of the…
Here are some cool home building ideas for a sustainable lifestyle. It is becoming increasingly important to be practical and self-sustaining, or at least that our homes have a potential for it. Sustainability can be beautiful as well as practical. Building in sustainable features can make them more attractive than having to retrofit later. Here…
By the time you are ready to consider signing a building a home contract, you should have a good idea what sort of contractor or homebuilder you are dealing with. Home building companies vary a lot in policy and structure. Building a home is a major decision and much of your home building success is…
In order to put forth the variables in a home building schedule we will create 5 different scenarios to illustrate the different situations that can occur. Home Building Schedule: A tale of 5 Homes Home Building Schedule Home 1: Luxury Custom stick built home 5000 square feet During the first month the future owners will…
In most states, new home sales agents must be licensed real estate agents. While obtaining a real estate license is not difficult in most states, it does require a licensing exam. The test contains a smattering of real estate laws that pertain to real estate sales, and a few basic construction questions. By far the…
It seems that building your own small home on your own land should be among the inalienable rights in the constitution. At one time it was assumed that people could build a home on land they owned without supervision. Building your own small home is still possible today, but you will need a permit, and…
Your home builder or contractor has all the right software for calculating home building costs. Because he has entered the prices of all the building materials he uses, and because the software automatically calculates the quantity of each material, and multiplies that quantity by the price, he can tell you virtually to the penny how…
Enjoy our new home building guide below, and be sure to download our 98 page free book, on the subject of home planning. Take advantage of all the articles on this site in order to learn how to build your own home. The goal of HomeBuildingSmart is to educate and inform our readers, so that…
Good custom home building information should explain your choices not limit them. This site is all about providing a variety of home building information that can help you make the right choices for your family. I highly recommend you download our free 98 page home building guide. In this article I’m going to get you…
There are many ways of building an energy efficient home. Some work better than others, but combinations of these ideas can save a lot of money on your utility bills for years to come. Building an Energy Efficient House: Size Matters A smaller home is much more efficient to heat and cool. It is also…