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Planning for Weather:
Allow at least four months to build your
home. Why so many? The biggest factor is mother nature.
If rain has delayed your building project, chances are
that the sub-contractors working on your building project
will be working on other sites as well. Once a delay occurs,
it seems to have a domino effect on other parts of the
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Customizing A House
Plan: If you plan to customize a
floor plan, choose a houseplan that you can enlarge
rather than one you wish to reduce. Reducing
the square footage can affect the minimum clearance standards
for halls, bathrooms and kitchens and can compromise the
balance of the exterior design. Moving walls can
adversely effect windows, columns, doors and the roof
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Combining Floor Plans:
We are flexible and will work with you to customize your
dream home. If you choose a floor plan, but prefer
the front of a different plan, we can incorporate the
two. We can change the front elevations on any of
our homes and reverse our house plans to suit your needs.
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Legal & General
Reminders: You should always check for the legal
set-backs and easements on your property. This will
allow you to determine the maximum width and depth of
your home. Before ordering your house plans we recommend
that you check your local building codes. You may
need to modify your house plans to comply with local building
regulations, snow loads, seismic zones, energy codes,
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Before You Place
Your Plan Order: You should order 8 to 10 sets
of house plans for constructing your home. Why so many?
One copy for you to keep, and at least one copy for your
lender. Some areas of development require an architectural
review of your plan before you can construct. A
builder needs as many copies as you can give him/her.
Each sub-contractor needs a working copy of the blueprints to
prepare a bid and to complete the job. Sometimes
the sub-contractor does not return the copy of the houseplan
when he finishes the job. Even when you begin picking
out the floor coverings you need the measurements from
the floor plan. This is one area that you should not try
to cut cost, because extra sets of house plans are only $20.00
each when you place your order. |
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