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Engineering?

Posted to Lafayette by Steve in Cramerton, NC on 8/11/2009 4:48:50 AM

So, I am on my 8th book so far... Reading about getting my plans engineered.  I plan on using advanced framing to build this house.  Has anyone done this?  Did you see a good bit of cost savings in the lumber purchase?  Was it difficult to find a framer who was knowledgeable?  When you had the house engineered, did he/she change the requirements for your foundation?


I am reading so many ways to cut costs by hiring an engineer, just wondering who out there has done it, and did the fee for hiring them pay for itself?


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Posted to Lafayette by Steve in Cramerton, NC on 7/25/2009 5:06:21 AM

So... My first journal entry.  We are going to build an Old World European-style home.  However, the developer will not allow an Owner-Builder since we will be one of the first homes going in.  That being said, we are going the UBuildIt route, with one of the preferred builders in the neighborhood.  I don't know of any way around this, and to be honest since this our first owner-builder, I am fine with it.  The 7% fee is a little hefty, but I am chalking this up as experience for the next build we do.


As of now I have the floorplans, and am shopping them around to various contractors.  We built a custom home about two years ago, and I still have the contacts from this house.  I've found the more I contact people, the more references I receive for other trades... So far, it's been a fun and eye-opening experience.  I have received a couple quotes from builders and the price difference makes me sick to my stomach.  I would hate to know what I could have built the house I am in now for, if I did it on my own...

More to come.


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