Should you build your dream home now?
Yes I think you should. Not only is land cheap, but all the building trades are suffering from lack of work to do, so you can get them to come and build your home for you for less that it would have been 2 years ago. In addition, the price of lumber and other building materials has gone down so now is a good time to get a new home constructed for far less than it would have been done in the past.
And since the tradesmen have less work and more time, you are likely to get a better quality of work done on your home.
So what are the options for getting your home built?
Of course there is the traditional way, referred to in the trade as "Stick built". This is where all materials are hauled to the site and built stick by stick by all the tradesman.
Then there is the type of housing called manufactured. Most people will think I mean Mobile Homes when I write this, even though most of them are not easily mobile. But there are other options as well.
In the 70's there was a short time when modular homes were popular and they are still an easier way to construct homes that are not particularly "boxy." Manufactured homes seem to all have the boxy feel, even the triplewide ones. But the modular homes are constructed of interlocking boxes and they can be hooked together in many configurations to make many different designs. Since the modules are manufactured at a site and hauled intact to a building site, the walls tend to be more square than traditionally built homes. They must also meet all the same standards as a stick built home. Despite that, they never really caught on, and most people consider them inferior to traditionally built homes.
There is also the Geodesic dome home that can be bought in a kit and constructed in a day as far as the basic shell. This is a brilliantly designed home that uses far less resources to construct than traditionally designed homes, and to be inside one is to feel energized in a strange but wonderful way. They were popular in the late 60's and the 70's after Buckminster Fuller made them popular.
Of course going back to the 1800's, kit homes were available in many designs, and many of them are still standing. Sears and Roebuck sold many kit homes and my Grandmother lived in one: my aunt lives in the one next door to it and they are both still in very good shape. Many of the Queen Anne designs were built from a kit.
Many private builders still choose them. Log cabins are kit homes, and many homes you would never think were a kit are in fact purchased as a complete package or kit. All the materials needed to complete the home except for pouring the foundation and getting the plumbing and electricity hooked up are included in one package and are trucked to the site.
My favorite way to build now is to used Panelized Homes. These can be accommodated to any design because only each wall is manufactured at a factory and all the walls are hauled to the building site by freight and assembled onsite. This process saves at least a third of traditional building costs and allows for any kind of exquisite construction you can imagine. If an architect can design it, the home can be built using panels.
These homes meet and exceed every requirement of "stick built" homes and will keep your home construction costs down. The walls are absolutely square. You can บ้านมือสอง have all the materials you choose incorporated into the design. The best of both worlds, individual design, and bargain pricing.
So should you build now? I say yes, get some land at a bargain price...design your home...and get the panels assembled and brought to you. The house will only go up in value as you will have paid a bargain price to get it.
For finding awesome workers, I recommend AngiesList on the internet. Don't wait though. There has never been a better time to buy.
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