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Buying 4 acres to build a home on. Any Advice/Suggestions/Warnings/Do's & Don'ts?
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<blockquote data-quote="DriftwoodSVT" data-source="post: 16388494" data-attributes="member: 43348"><p>We built a total custom home on 5.5 acres back in 2016. I made a thread here to document the building process.</p><p></p><p>Things I recommend.</p><p></p><p>1. Spray foam - we did all exterior walls, above the ceiling and under the roof. Cost about $8k more than standard insulation, but man it's worth every penny. I rarely have to run the heat or AC, it's so efficient.</p><p>2. Metal roof - if it's in your budget, do a metal roof. It cut our home owners insurance in half versus having a non-metal roof. Pays for itself over time.</p><p>3. 8 ft garage doors - so glad we did the taller doors, especially now that I have the Tremor.</p><p>4. Tankless water heater - We did electric since it's rarely ever running and they are so efficient, not to mention it's one less propane line to have in the attic. It's much easier to run the lines for it while building versus trying to retro-fit it later on. Saves money since it only runs on demand.</p><p></p><p>The only things we have that use propane are the Cooktop and Fireplace. Everything else is electric. In 4 years we've only had to fill the propane tank once, and it was only down to 50%.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DriftwoodSVT, post: 16388494, member: 43348"] We built a total custom home on 5.5 acres back in 2016. I made a thread here to document the building process. Things I recommend. 1. Spray foam - we did all exterior walls, above the ceiling and under the roof. Cost about $8k more than standard insulation, but man it's worth every penny. I rarely have to run the heat or AC, it's so efficient. 2. Metal roof - if it's in your budget, do a metal roof. It cut our home owners insurance in half versus having a non-metal roof. Pays for itself over time. 3. 8 ft garage doors - so glad we did the taller doors, especially now that I have the Tremor. 4. Tankless water heater - We did electric since it's rarely ever running and they are so efficient, not to mention it's one less propane line to have in the attic. It's much easier to run the lines for it while building versus trying to retro-fit it later on. Saves money since it only runs on demand. The only things we have that use propane are the Cooktop and Fireplace. Everything else is electric. In 4 years we've only had to fill the propane tank once, and it was only down to 50%. [/QUOTE]
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