Question:
Do you think it is achievable to build a 3000 sq. ft. home within 4 months?
ANJANETTE C
2007-04-24 15:01:50 UTC
My husband and I want to build our dream home. Instead of buying an old home we want to build new. Is our 4 month goal realistic or am I kidding myself.
If you know some one who has had a home built within 4 months please share some info with me. I would love to hear the story.
THANKS!!!!!!!!!!
Four answers:
carman
2007-04-24 16:02:02 UTC
If a professional builder is constructing the house, it is probably doable. If you are intending to build the house yourself and have never done it before, I doubt if it is achievable.



Some of the major items are as follows:



Find building lot with proper zoning

Get construction loan, very difficult if you have no experience.

If no city water and sewer, you must do perculation tests, do design of septic, get it approved, etc, etc, very time consuming,$$

Get building permit, may need architect drawings, $$$$

Design house, need arch drawings $$ time

Screen subcontractors.

Schedule subs, you are at their mercy, they will take care of repeat customers before you.

Monitor subs for quality work and adherance to drawings.

Get building inspections as required by local government



Here is an option for you. Look at Factory built houses. They are built at a factory and are delivered to your building lot within a month. A ranch type comes in two modules, a two story comes in four modules. A crane lifts the modules onto your foundation. The modules are complete inside. All cabinets, trim, electrical, drywall, carpet, etc is in place. They just need several days of work inside to patch drywall seams where sections meet and on the outside, the siding needs finished. Most companies allow individual variations on their designs. The Factory built dealer will take care of the permits, have the foundation built and the sections completed. It is a fast solution and very reasonable price.

Sometimes this type of house is called modular. Sometimes they are sold by mobile home dealers but by no stretch of the imagination are they a mobile home. If you go into a modular, you would think that it was stick built on site.
jmrob29
2007-04-24 22:11:57 UTC
Extreme Home Makeover can build one in a week...but it literally takes hundreds of people to do it.



No, a four month timeline is not do able. You have permits you need to apply for and get approved, supplies to order, various inspections by city/building officials that can take weeks to schedule. If everything ran completely on schedule and smoothly, and you had a team of 30 skilled and licensed builders than you could finish in 6 months. But homes never go up without a snag.



You could perhaps get a doublewide manufactured home installed with a basement in 4 months.
anonymous
2007-04-24 22:09:41 UTC
A production builder who has a standard design, permit in place, subs under contract and using readily available materials can build in house in maybe five months if everything, including the weather, goes very smoothly. If you don't have a design, a permit, a lot, and a contractor in place you face a least 8 months to build a custom home, probably more like 10-12 though.
pinkbullet
2007-04-24 22:09:34 UTC
yes it is so posible.. as long as you have a dozensss of carpenters.


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