Most people think building their own home involves vast
knowledge of all aspects of the home building process. The
impression of most people is they don’t really know enough to
build their own home. Let’s face it, most of us know a little
about the process. Some of us may know a lot about one aspect or
the other involved in building a home. You may know how to paint
or do carpentry work or lay tile, but you probably don’t know
everything about home building.
What is so different about building a home than the rest of
major tasks that we take on in our everyday lives? Right now I
am typing on my laptop over a wireless connection that is
networked to the Internet. Do I know how all this works? Nope, I
just knew how to put it all together and eureka, I can do it!
Well we all know it is not that simple sometimes with computers,
but my point is you don’t need to know everything about
something to do it.
In this age of the Internet with it’s endless sources of
information and connection to other people that have the
knowledge you need, almost anything is possible. So why is
building your own home any different? It isn’t really, let me
tell you why. First a little background about the building
process.
Most of us buy a home that is built by a builder, or general
contractor. The General Contractors hire Sub-Contractors to do
the work, or essentially build the homes. The Subs put up the
framing, roofing, siding, flooring etc… Normally the General
contractors employ building supervisors to watch over the
building process. They are the managers that have day-to-day
contact with the subs. This process is not really complicated.
So what is so mysterious about building your own home? What do
the builders have access to that you don’t? Nothing, this is the
fact that not to many people know. I built my own home. Am I
some kind of rocket scientist, not hardly? The fact is you can
save thousands of dollars and have the home of your dreams. We
saved 40% and have a beautiful home that is exactly what we
wanted.
You have access to the Building Contractors, House Plans, land,
materials and financing. You just don’t know it! You see the
General Contractors just put it all together and present it to
the masses, at a hefty markup of course!
Building your own home is very similar to all the other
important tasks that you have mastered in your life. You study
the information follow a process and commit to the task. Is it
easy no, is it worth it, yes.
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