What you should know before starting to build a house

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What you should know before starting to build a house

House building – what you need to know in advance

One of the first questions that the customers address to us when they want to build a house with us or when they want to renovate a house is “How much will it cost?” Immediately after this next question arises the next one: “How long will this take?”

Well the answer to both questions is “It depends”

We do not want to be evasive, but you must understand that most of the times there are multiple variants that are taken into account to properly assess the duration and the cost of house construction project. One thing that most homeowners do not understand initially is that an initially planned project and also properly designed takes about the same time as the design and construction phases.

The design process can take up to 6 or 8 months for a new personalized house (including determining customer needs, designing these needs and making decisions on the best way of building). And this could take longer if there are complications, and problems like the ones related to permits and approvals. During this period the design and construction team works to understand and prevent potential problems that may arise.

Be realistic

Often it is difficult for homeowners to understand what it means to be realistic for every phase of the construction process. For example, to build a kitchen in a week is just not realistic, because of the number of services and professions involved. It would be reckless to believe that everything could be done in an optimal way in a short time.

The deadline for building a smaller periphery house compared to a personalized luxury home can seem also very confusing. Sometimes the customers ask us why a personalized house has a higher cost per square meter and the period of realization of the construction is longer than in the case of a simple house. The reason is that the developers and the construction companies have teams for working which move from one house to another and are committed to that project. This means they finish their job and go to the next house.

But in the case of a personalized house, the work could take longer, even though we are talking about the same area of construction. Therefore when you are designing a home is better not to make schedules for a short time, because rarely the things can go so fluently.

Understand the construction schedule

Do you know what a demolition requires? The clutter?The noise? The words on a sheet may seem terribly abstract when you look at them in your living room. But things can be totally different in reality. You may need to consider moving to another location to complete the work. If you do not understand what certain parts of the contract mean, you should ask the house construction company and receive the answers that you will need to clarify.

It is also important to understand which is the best time is to start a construction. There are clients who learn this on the fly, after insisting to start a construction project or renovation of houses when the winter knocks on the door. In this situation, the team could only dig or pour the foundation, because then the whole project to will be held up for several weeks. What we learn from these experiences is to better manage the possible delays and to be realistic.

The graph of building houses

Generally, when a house is built is better to have a schedule of work. Similarly, it is preferable that you understand what each step registered there entails. The graph works should be specific enough that it includes important details that will help you and your entire team involved in the project to understand the logical flow of the activities, so you can follow the logical steps that are going to happen. You can request a chart like that to the house building company even before the work starts. This graph could easily be revised over the time depending on some details of the project.

Think about what could influence the development of the schedule of construction work.

In this domain of house building generally exists an unwritten rule among the contractors and the designers: “It will take a little more than you think.” That’s because there are a number of factors that may influence the schedule of the work.

Here are some of them:

– The complexity of the project

– The weather (weather conditions)

– The number of workers involved in the project

– The permits and inspections

– The refused or delayed orders regarding the acquisition of materials needed.

Generally a house construction company can advise you to opt for materials, equipment and products which are found routinely in the deposit of profile local shops. If some of these materials or products (for example special lighting, imported tiles or items made by order) are not found in the local network and must be ordered in advance, it is indicated to take into account the possible delays caused by delayed orders.

Of course you must take into consideration authorizations, required approvals for house construction. On the site, the inspection team may come during the progress of construction. A site master will check for compliance of the work for you, if what stands on the site coincides with what appears in achievement plans. The contractor shall coordinate these inspections and checks, so they do not negatively influence the good development of the works or the appearance of delays.

A site master or an inspector can see if there is a gap between what appears in planning documents and what is built. In this case he may request further information, even if what is being built is not actually contrary to the rules of construction. There are house construction projects that are ceased during the progress of the work.

But with proper control of the building team, the project should move forward properly. As there are no works of art that everyone considers perfect, as there is no construction schedule that fits all projects. Each project is unique due to its building location, materials,customer requirements. We think here it takes a bit of creativity, even though we are talking about this area which is so technical and quite rigid of building a house.

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