How long does it take to build a house
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mgdbaa
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about 3000 k feet. Is 6 months a good time?
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jp2854
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it could take longer as most construction guys dont work in bad weather (rain/smow) outside work that is inside they work rain or shine
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EmptyTimCup
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mgdbaa
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I was just wondering, because a friend of mine thinks her house will be built in 6 months. I was like, no way. I have heard some horror stories when it comes to building a house.
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jp2854
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when we had our house built over 10yrs ago my mom and i went down one weekday to check on the house as we were off (the plumbing and heat hadn't been put in yet). they had a space heater in teh house to keep the temp above freezing as they were doing the pipes adn didn't want the water to freeze in them when they turned it on
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rhenderson
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Do you have you plans/blueprints? Permits? Septic, Driveway, Electrical, Plumbing, etc.?
Ask your contractor. You get at least a target completion date in your contract.
Ask your contractor. You get at least a target completion date in your contract.
GWguy
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My co-worker is having one built, 90 days start to finish. However, she is in a new development where a gang comes in does a foundation, moves on to the next one and so on. Once the foundation is done, the framers come in, again, one after the other. The entire development goes up in no time at all.
Individual homes, 6-9 months would be more normal.
Individual homes, 6-9 months would be more normal.
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EmptyTimCup
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clevalley
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the builder and how much you are willing to "tip" the various inspectors to come out and approve things so construction can move along.
popsicle
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It took a little over a year to build our house. 2800 on top of an unfinished walkout. We had a great builder, they just build a few houses a year. We had to sometimes wait on the subcontractors because we were "sharing" them with other builders.
Small builders usually don't have dedicated crews like they have in the neighborhoods where they cookie cutter stamp the houses out one after the other.
Ibelieve
A week late and $3 short
I was going to say 30 minutes.
It's 60 minutes. Forty-two if you take out the commercials.
penguin6
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I think 6 months is a good time frame. It's dependent on so many factors that even if the contractor say it will take exactly 47 days they can't be precisely sure because it might rain one day and the dozer gets stuck, or there is a traffic jam another day and a delivery of lumber is delayed, or the guys who specialize in electrical conduit are sick one day or on an emergency repair somewhere else and they can't come and nothing can go on until that is done. It's really such a collection of independent actions it's hard to put an exact 100% accurate estimate on building a place.
Is it being built by a contractor who is subbing out to other contractors or by a builder who has people on staff in his shop (i.e. plumbers, electricians, drywallers, etc). Could make a difference in scheduling if the folks are already in place and scheduled to work.
Is it being built by a contractor who is subbing out to other contractors or by a builder who has people on staff in his shop (i.e. plumbers, electricians, drywallers, etc). Could make a difference in scheduling if the folks are already in place and scheduled to work.
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