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re: How Much Cheaper Would A Home Be If The Owner Built It Themselves?
Posted on 4/17/19 at 1:03 pm to OweO
Posted on 4/17/19 at 1:03 pm to OweO
had a friend who is a airline pilot build a house with his wife (both had experience in contracting). After figuring out the amount of money he lost from working less he says he saved maybe 20% - but wound up getting divorced 1 years after moving in.
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Posted on 4/17/19 at 1:04 pm to OweO
Will this house need to be ADA compliant?
This post was edited on 4/17/19 at 1:07 pm
Posted on 4/17/19 at 1:07 pm to nvcowboyfan
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airline pilot
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t wound up getting divorced
his story checks out, baws
Posted on 4/17/19 at 1:08 pm to OweO
When I hear "build it yourself" I think coordinating all the contractors, etc, and not actually doing the labor.
Anyway, even the former was very expensive for my brother as he also paid for a divorce when it was all over.
Anyway, even the former was very expensive for my brother as he also paid for a divorce when it was all over.
Posted on 4/17/19 at 1:09 pm to OweO
Roughly half the cost is the cost of material and permits. So a 250k house probably costs 125k ball park
Posted on 4/17/19 at 1:09 pm to SlickRickerz
Your estimated numbers are so off the chart there should be an option to down vote twice. I have no idea what size slab you think you are pouring. Maybe you’re building a bunch of slabs? Or why you are only estimating for an outhouse instead of real plumbing. And good luck only spending $10k for framing lumber.
This post was edited on 4/17/19 at 1:11 pm
Posted on 4/17/19 at 1:11 pm to rowbear1922
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Will this house need to be ADA compliant?
No. Unless it is used for public access
Posted on 4/17/19 at 1:28 pm to OweO
Maybe cheaper until the thing falls apart or burns down because nobody knows what the frick they are doing.
Posted on 4/17/19 at 1:37 pm to OweO
I don't know the exact number but probably 30-40% less.
I can guarantee you this, when I fly on a private plane I don't board it unless the pilot is a full time pilot. I'm not jumping in a plane w/ a doctor or lawyer that also flies a plane as a hobby.
I feel the same as to who would build my house.
I can guarantee you this, when I fly on a private plane I don't board it unless the pilot is a full time pilot. I'm not jumping in a plane w/ a doctor or lawyer that also flies a plane as a hobby.
I feel the same as to who would build my house.
Posted on 4/17/19 at 1:40 pm to OweO
Many people in my family built their own house (not self contracted, actually built) and it is massively cheaper. You have to pay somebody to come pour the concrete and outside of that it can all 100% be done yourself.
Not that long ago, knowing how to build a house wasnt that uncommon of a skill.
Not that long ago, knowing how to build a house wasnt that uncommon of a skill.
This post was edited on 4/17/19 at 1:42 pm
Posted on 4/17/19 at 2:07 pm to Howyouluhdat
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Not possible
Maybe not but that’s what he said
He’s always seemed to be honest about shite. This was probably 10 years ago if that matters. Posted on 4/17/19 at 2:10 pm to Topisawtiger
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Spent $90k and it appraised for $203k. 3000ft heated, almost 4000ft under roof with porches and garage
Another poster said that’s not possible.
Posted on 4/17/19 at 2:12 pm to OweO
Your mom finally booting you out of the basement baw?
Posted on 4/17/19 at 3:02 pm to OweO
First of all you have to get house plans approved before a zoning committee
Building fees permits... all electrical an plumbing has to be done by liscensed trades
All depends on the building codes in area you plan to build
Building fees permits... all electrical an plumbing has to be done by liscensed trades
All depends on the building codes in area you plan to build
Posted on 4/17/19 at 3:12 pm to kciDAtaE
Posted on 4/17/19 at 3:16 pm to OweO
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How Much Cheaper Would A Home Be If The Owner Built It Themselves?
Saving a little on contractor but paying more for materials. The self contracting homeowner gets no where near the material price as the GC that builds
20, 30, 70 houses a year. Not even in the same ballpark.
Posted on 4/17/19 at 3:18 pm to OweO
You don’t build your own house to save money. You build your own house for quality and to get what you want.
Posted on 4/17/19 at 3:24 pm to Cymry Teigr
I do it everyday buddy guy. Learn your places and learn where to go. You’re trying to say you are spending less than $30k on a slab including , plumbing and city hooks up. Sure man. Remember also, you’re paying someone for that, can’t do it all yourself. If you think think a company is putting more than $100k to build a $200k house, you have it all wrong. You’re doing it yourself, so yeah you’re gonna spent around $100k in materials. That’s it, no labor because your doing it with your bare hands.
Posted on 4/17/19 at 3:25 pm to Halftrack
My step-dad and mom built their house almost 100% by themselves. Milled their own lumber and siding, built their own cabinets.....i think they bought the hardwoods from a surplus shop and hired a guy to install. Took them a few years. I’d bet there are plenty of things not exactly up to code....but its a nice place, simple design. Power was already run to the old trailer that was on the property.
Posted on 4/17/19 at 3:39 pm to tiger chaser
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all electrical an plumbing has to be done by liscensed trades
Biggest myth ever when it comes to residential. You do not, I mean do not have to be a contractor to self contract. You submit everything to zoning under self contract and then have to wait. Usually around a month for your work to be approved. If it isn’t, you fix the issue and resubmit. You do not need any liscense to do your own work, you just follow the code. Read the code and do everything to speck. When your work is finished, they will send in an inspector to check out your work and will approve or disapprove and you fix the issues. A house can be built completely by yourself, other than the slab. Contractors do not save that much when it comes to materials, sure they save a few bucks on bulk material, but call around, you’ll find great prices yourself. A self contracted house can easily be built between $50-$100k all depends on how large and how big.
This post was edited on 4/17/19 at 3:41 pm
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