Guys and Gals,
I am getting ready to build a new home on some land I have had. Anybody have any resources for the steps that are involved with this? I would rather know a bit BEFORE going to a contractor as you could all imagine :). Thanks in advance for any advice yall can give.
anybody?
Howdy Aflexaholic:
Why not be the general contractor yourself and hire the framer and electrician and plumber etc yourself. If you know absolutely nothing about the process you may be better off hiring a GC. You could also hire a consultant. I have helped others build for a $1000 per month for 4 to 5 months and saved them thousands. Hope this helped.
Why not find a Help-U-Built type builder. You can be your own GM. and save 25%-35% of cost. I know there is few builders like that in San Antonio, TX. May be you can locate one at your hometown.
i’ll check around for those. I trully am not knowledgable about this at all. All i have ever done in real estate is rentals. I guess there is no better time to learn than now though right? Problem is this is over an hour away from where i live so it would be tough to make sure workers are trully doing their job.
I think the Help-U-Built type builder can assign you a GM, if you don’t might pay a little extra. But you can still control your budget. I am planning doing that in near future. You can pick your house plan or they can help you with one. Why not do some search on the web. or try this one www.help-u-build.cc. good luck