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Not our 1st home, but advice for our 1st experience building a home

David Carter
3 years ago

I should clarify that we've built homes in a builder development, but this is our first foray into purchasing land and then building a home. We're at the beginning stages of this process, and have a realtor helping us select land. In addition, we've been talking with zoning boards and other community officials (e.g., county and township) about what we'd like to do, what kind of deed restrictions might apply, etc. We're kind of at a loss as to where to go from there.


Do we select a builder and propose a house plan to them, before we purchase the land? We want to make sure that we can roughly fit within our total budget for the entire project, before committing to purchasing anything. Any advice on how to walk through this kind of process is appreciated.


Also, what about using existing house plans (there have to be hundreds of websites that offer them!)? We originally wanted to pursue a custom home, but after speaking with several architects and finding out how much they charge for a project like this, we agreed on finding existing house plans that suit our needs and wants (which we understand will be a compromise, which we're OK with). Anyone have experience with purchasing and utilizing plans from a particular website or company you'd recommend?

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