Having a home built on your lot has many advantages, especially if you have a great lot. Every one is different though, in what they want in a home location. Sometimes people want to get into a certain development that is controlled by a single builder. This desire however can place them at a disadvantage.…
Building a home instead of buying may seem a bit strange in a market flooded with home foreclosures and many homes for sale. It is certainly a buyers market, both for buying a house, and for building one. Home builders are eager to build right now, in order to keep their crews going, and so…
There are guidelines and procedures for learning how to choose a homebuilder for a new home. Building a new home is a learning process for most families, but not one to go into with a trial and error approach. Selecting a homebuilder is one of the most important decisions in building a home. The structural…
Leadion homes are sometimes called tract houses. Leadion 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…