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July 25, 2018 by Marie

Taking DIY To A Whole New Level: Building Your Own Home

To build your own home is the dream of many, but it is one that rarely ever becomes a reality. To make it happen certain ideas, tools, determination, and areas of know-how are all needed in abundance. If you think you have all of that, then heed the advice below and begin your attempt at building your own new home, quite literally, from the ground up.

Keep your plans simple

The best-laid plans of a home builder often go awry when they become too farfetched and too difficult to follow. By allowing your plans to become less feasible with every new idea, you will find your costs spiraling out of control, and you will find your need for labor increasing. When this happens, your home will take longer to build, and more snags will be met along the way. So, keep everything simple, from the architectural plans to the way you go about the building and even to the way you furnish your new home.

Get the right tools and help for the job

You should be considering what and who you will be using to help you in your venture very carefully, as even the most experienced of builders can’t build a home on their own. And you shouldn’t ‘cheap out’ when you come to getting the right tools and help for the job, either, because you’re going to need the best.

To make your home durable and habitable for as long as you need it to be, it’s crucial that you provide it with everything that it needs during its inception. This means using the right tools and having someone on your side that knows how to use them.

Work with a conveyancer

You can’t just plonk your flag (or your shovel) into the middle of an open area, call it your own and then start building on it. Like when it comes to any sort of home transaction, you have to work alongside a conveyancer

Bird & Co Conveyancing, who offer conveyancing for a multitude of different types of property transaction, not least the buying of land and development sites, are one such conveyancer who could help you circumvent all the legalities of starting your own build. They would negate everything that needs to be done, said and signed between whoever owned the land before you.

Consider labor costs

Building a new home is, as you can probably guess, a costly job, and what accounts for most of the spend are the labor costs. For this reason, you should be careful with who you enlist to help you, always ensuring that you pick somebody who is proven to get you the most for the money you spend. Also, you should consider what areas you can cover yourself — you must be feasible when you do, and never take on anything you know you cannot handle.

You’re not just creating a new shed, you’re taking DIY to a whole level, and you’re making something of real importance. So, make sure to remember the home-building advice above.

About Marie

One and Co is owned by Maria Smith. She is an interior designer with a love for DIY, budgeting and everything home-related. You don't have to be a professional to have an awesomely designed home.

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