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custom home builders la
If a potential owner / builder has decided to build a new home, I have regularly a little confusion when the" cart before the horse "comes into play. What I mean by that is the owner / builder and try to the design and idea, plan, before they have saved the country or a whole lot.

I understand the excitement of the design and implementation on paper their ideas for their dream home, and leave me a glimpse of why it is important to have your first land purchased. Here are some considerations before you with a plan Designer:

1. Is the land / lot, you have all agreements are not known? What I'm saying is you should contact the former owners, brokers and region or city planning department and see if there are any restrictions or obligations on what you can actually build it.

2. What are the setbacks for the land / and how much will that affect the size and footprint of the proposed home? A setback is room, in front of the local planning department, not for your sitting at home. This is usually for the center-right, as for the supply, the expansion of roads, etc. For example, if you consider the lot is 50 meters wide and have a 5 foot side yard setback, so you prior to Start 5 feet of each side 40 meters from you for the actual width of the Home Foundation. This is an issue even for a city where you can create a lot of side garage.

3. Are there any height restrictions in the area? What is the maximum height of the roof from grade level (the country) that you can build? There may be a problem for a larger story 2 with a steep roof line.

4. Where are the opinions? Once you have the land and go around him, you get a fairly solid, where you like the kitchen, living room and bedroom to the lot. If you have a plan, then you will notice that the existing subscription is not for the right position or the amount of windows that take advantage of the view.

5. Sewer and septic. If it is a lot of space, then you need to see if the country has "perked" and the size of the septic field and you can be and how many bathrooms you expected, how many per room. Your broker and Heath local authority should be able to answer this question. One advantage of testing is used to see how the actual ground absorbs or retains water. A test does not blithely alternative septic systems, which can be very expensive. A city is generally much a tie in to sewer, but check with the broker or local planning.

6. Privacy. If you have a piece of property that is steady traffic on the road before, you may change your mind where you want your bedroom or living room to be. If you are planning already done, this may be a re-draw.

7. Engineering. More and more states and provinces are calling on engineering reviews plans before they will be building permits. If you determine that the land could be of interest to you, research the local building department and find out whether structural or civil engineering work is required. Better now to find out before you have already made plans, which are not specifically for this area.

There are many variables in the owner / builder process, especially when things are not properly thought through or in a specific order. I have too many customers spend thousands of dollars for "dream plan" just in order to restrict where they can land, are too big for the lot they found, or simply do not take advantage of views, the slope of the terrain, etc. and on either end of new plans or the overall task.

I am not saying that if you have a series of drawings that you can not find the perfect match for them or that you have done something wrong. What I propose is that it would be easier and more caution in the early stages of planning, as the priority country before the planning and increase your success for a major new home building experience.

© Larry J Clark AllPro Building Systems 2006

Larry Clark is president of the Abshomes International Inc., markets and manufactures panelized new home packages from Canada, for export worldwide. Abshomes has subsidiaries: AllPro Building Systems, Cabins.ca, create and save and plan sites Home Plans Canada, successfully supporting owner / builder clients, contractors and builders, since 1991.