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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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