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GETTING STARTED
1. Choosing the best BUILDER for
you. Consider why you should choose one builder over another. Find out how long they have been building. Ask to see homes
they have built in the past and talk to people who are living in them. Find out if your builder will be on site sometime
during each day of the process to insure quality of all work performed. Does the builder use the same subcontractors on a
regular basis? Platz Custom Homes Inc. has been using the same subcontractors to insure quality of construction and warranties.
2. Once you have purchased a lot you can start planning to build by finalizing your blueprints and specifications with
your builder. You must decide on the best placement of your home on the lot.
3. Determine the amount of time it will
take to complete your new home, and other factors that might affect the completion.
4. Finalize the price of the project
and find out what factors may affect the finished price.
5. Review all of your selections and allowances with your builder
to make sure they are adequate for the job. Discuss how change orders and extra's are handled. Insist that your builder
keeps you informed of the progress of the project.
Example of typical selection list.
(Doors, windows, roofing, siding,
stone or brick, plumbing fixtures, fireplace, millwork, cabinets, hardware, counter and vanity tops, light fixtures and receptacle
locations, appliances, vinyl flooring, carpeting, tile walls and flooring, paint and stain colors.)
6. Once you have all
the above done to your satisfaction you can start building.
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START BUILDING
1. Your Lot must be surveyed and
the house staked out on the lot.
2. All building and any needed sanitary permits must be obtained.
3. Top soil should
be stripped, and stock piled (Some subdivisions have already removed the top soil)
4. Excavation begins and the basement
is dug. (This is when you should get excited)
5. Masonry work begins by pouring the footings for your foundation. After
your footings are set the walls will start to go up.
6. After the mason has completed his work the excavator will come
back and back fill the foundation.
7. Lumber will be delivered and the carpenters go to work framing your house, putting
up roof trusses, installing windows.
8. After rough carpentry is completed the roofing shingles and gutters will be installed.
9. Plumber, Heating contractor and Electrician will run rough wiring, heat ducts and plumbing in all walls.
10. Walls
will be insulated and vapor barrier installed.
11. Drywall will be hung, taped, finished and sprayed.
12. Hardwood
flooring and tile work begins.
13. Finish carpenter will start installing interior doors, millwork, cabinets and installing
all hardware.
14. Plumber returns to finish plumbing, install fixtures etc.
15. Heating contractor returns to install
furnace and finish heating work and Air Conditioning.
16. Electrician returns to install light fixtures and all finish
wiring.
17. Painters will start finishing all woodwork, painting walls and ceilings.
18. Carpeting and Vinyl floors
will be installed.
19. Final Clean up and any touch up work.
20. Moving day.
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