Do’s and Don’ts of Home Building

Do’s and Don’ts of Home Building

Building a home is exciting, but is also a big responsibility. It’s a once in a lifetime event, so one can’t afford to make mistakes. Here is a small guide to the dos and don’ts of home building that you must keep in mind that will help you in building your dream home…

My Dream Home

·         The first thing one chooses is a plot of land. You have to ensure that it’s an area you are happy with. The many parameters include building permissions, proximity of schools, hospitals. It will narrow down your search and ultimately make your experience of living there happy and satisfactory.

·         Once you have purchased your plot, get together a team, which includes an architect, structural engineer and a builder, who have enough experience and a good track record. Decide on what share of your total budget you are willing to allocate to services like designs from the architect and engineer.

·         Hire a professional architect from an online market storefor buying and selling of  buildingMaterials and for building material suppliers and freelance Civil Engineers,builders, artisan, electrical engineers, water specialist quantity surveyore.t.c at a very affordable rate. They are presently recruiting qualified personnels for each job before the website is launched. or you probably want to hire a local architect. Once you pick out a house plan that fits your needs and expected budget, simply buy a few sets and start getting estimate from builders.

·         Selecting a builder is the key. He/she is the one who will translate the architect’s design into reality. Past experience in similar type and scale of houses as yours is the essential. Design in many cases might change during construction as one improves through observation. Have contingencies plans and terms in place with the builder for such situations.

·         Decide whether to hire a builder or be an owner builder: The goal of being an owner builder is mainly to save money if done correctly. However some people are not meant to be owner builders, as it takes a strong personality to manage contractors. That’s where merchant builders come in with this avenue you can hire a site engineer or supervisor with affordable price quotes to supervise all the contruction on the sites. Possible problems when acting as owner builder without a supervisor

•           Construction Overruns (if there is a word like that)

•           Managing Contractors to finish on time.

•           Reports on any  frivolus activity on site. E.t.c

If you have never built a home before and absolutely need to act as owner-builder, hire a reputable builder to supervise you and the building of your new home, for a much smaller fee than their normal fee. The builder/supervisor will help you with the cost breakdown and manage the subcontracting on an as needed basis. If one of your contractors gets out of hand or you need help of any kind, you can call the supervisor for assistance. The builder/supervisor can also help when technical inspector issues come up. If you decide on hiring a builder to do everything, make sure you hire a reputable builder or supervisor with a good reputation and plenty of references. That’s where Merchant builders comes in they are recruiting based on your qualification and experience so its certain to get a certified builder for an affordable fee compared to when you get them offline. Or Ask your friends if they know of good builders, and when you start to hear the same name over and over you know you've found a good one. The most important point is shop around until you find a builder with the most reputable and honest background. Be sure to find a builder that has been in business for a minimum of three to five years in your particular location.

·         You must do your research while planning a home, in terms of the exterior and interior design. If you know what you want, it makes communication with the builders a lot easier and narrows down brainstorming with the architect. If your Structural Engineer is not from the same town or city then do explain to him the sand composition and type, and any other unwanted activity of the soil area. This plays a vital role in the type of foundation that will be constructed.

·         When you purchase material for construction, make sure it’s of the top quality and is recommended by structural engineer and builder or visit Merchant builders for listings for cement, granite, and suppliers. For example choose Cement from a reliable & reputed company. Use only sand that is free of impurities to avoid cracks & irregularities in the concrete mixture etc.

·         Know what goes into the Estimated Cost Breakdown of your home. This is the breakdown of each particular cost of construction of the home. The foundation, plumber, framing, plumbing, heating, electrical, painting, and builder's profit, etc. The builder usually completes this form to show you exactly what it will cost to build your new home. The most important thing to remember here is that you do not want to underbid any line item and you do not want to overbid any line item. You want accurate numbers from real bids (not guesses) and a 5% contingency for cost overruns

How to compare building material prices for getting best prices

If you want to get good price on building materials and you don’t how to compare building material prices. This article helps you for getting this.

Tips on comparing building material prices in Nigeria

Constructing a new house with the best quality building materials ensures the safety and durability of the house. The home owners always try to select the branded quality products for their home building needs. For this reason, they need to approach a reputed building material supplier, to avail the wide variety of building materials. The products may range from raw materials like brick, cement, Iron bars to finishing products such as marbles, plywood, wall paints etc. But you need to have a fixed budget to start the building project. Here are essential tips, which will guide you to compare the building materials prices and select the products accordingly.

Building Materials

You need to find a reputed wholesale supplier of building materials and ask for their quotes. The building materials can range from raw materials like brick, cement and roofing sheets. Hence, selecting a well known supplier is very important, as it will ensure the quality of your products and affordable pricing of the materials.

The pricing of the materials should always depend upon the quantity of order made by the client. If a client makes a bulk order, then the pricing should be done accordingly. The wholesale provider must offer their quote, according to the quantity of materials.

Try to compare the prices on the internet and get the detailed information of the current pricing status of the building materials. You can also compare between two wholesale dealer and their price quotes. Internet is the best medium to make such critical decision and placing your order accordingly.

In some cases, the building materials require some product certification or quality certification. The certified materials are costly than normal building materials. You should keep this point in mind and try to make a note of your certified products and the make the payment.

Always try to choose a supplier, who ensures delivery of materials in proper time. As we all know, time is money, time wastage is not at all permissible in construction business. If the supplier does not provide the order in the mentioned time, it will hamper your work in progress and can even cause huge loss.

Hence, it is advisable to approach any building material supplier, according to your location.

You can also go through the rates published on different newspapers and magazines. These will help you to get the complete knowledge of the pricing details and compare the products. Take your time to visit various suppliers and cross check the price list of their products.

Lastly, try to keep a contact with a local building contractor and seek advice from him, regarding your building materials NOTE: don’t assume based on the price he gives you he is not a merchant. The contractor will guide you through the proper aspects and pricing details of different products.

YOU CAN BUILD YOUR HOMES EVEN AS A SALES REP

MERCHANT BUILDERS….build quality homes and spend less

Merchant Builders is the number one online Market place to buy and sell all kinds of building materials such as

Ø  All kinds of Roofing sheets

Ø  Sanitary wares

Ø  Granites, sand and stones, concrete blocks, bricks cements,

Ø  Lightening and electrical installations

Ø  Interior and Exterior Decorations (furnitures e.t.c)

Ø  Security Gadgets

Ø  Iron bars

Ø  Aluminium Doors and windows,

Ø  Interlocking stones

Ø  Tiles and lots more

 and building services such as to Hire professional  Civil Engineers, Builders, Architects, Quantity Surveyor, Artisans, Craftmen, Real estate Agents e.t.c.

Merchantbuilders gives you a situation where you don’t have to move from one location to the other to compare prices and some merchants inflate the prices of materials too extreme, sometimes because they are the only one around and they really add up excess profit margin which affects individuals from investing into real estate and taking time to build their dream home.

Benefits of this market place

·         Merchants would have an opportunity to reach out to as many customers within their location/region and outside.

·         Individuals would be relax and set priorities to constructing their homes due to assurance they would get a good quality at an affordable price

·         Customers would be able to Order for materials right from their homes.

·         Once there is competition merchants would strive to offer quality services.

·         Customers can hire our certified professionals for their constructions which serve as job opportunity and Extra incomes to professionals in the building and construction sector in Nigeria.

·         Merchant builders would review/check the quality of materials to be listed by suppliers in  other words  customers are safe.

·          Merchant builders are set to recruit experienced and professional hands for each service. E.g  civil engineers, builders, craftmen e.t.c

With this innovation nobody is loosing out everybody is benefitting one way or the other nobody deserves to be on the loosing End. hurry now if you are a merchant or builder send your individual/company name and product listing to recruitersmerchant@gmail.com. for verification and registration before Launch Date. 

merchantbuilders.com is set to launch on the 5th of January 2015 SO WATCH OUT!!!! 

Post by Banjo Tola Francis

Strategist at merchantbulders.com