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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="Mojo88" data-source="post: 16388516" data-attributes="member: 184279"><p>About 5 years ago, I built a garage/living addition onto my house. I estimated it would cost ~$150k.... ended up costing me ~$250k... ouch, so be prepared for cost over-runs in virtually everything.</p><p></p><p>I wish I had simply built a new house, as my 'dream' house would be fireproof and hurricane proof, so I wouldn't have to carry homeowner insurance, but alas, my house is made of wood, and $3k every year goes to insurance, what a drag.</p><p></p><p>A pet peeve of mine is windows that are too low to the ground. On my addition, I made damn sure that the bottom of every window was at least six feet off the lawn. This way, I never have to worry about waking up in the middle of the night to see some creep's face staring at me, in which case he would meet my two good buddies, Smith & Wesson.</p><p></p><p>I like the idea above about metal roof. If I had built my 'dream' house, I would have used that, along with every other fireproof material possible.</p><p></p><p>And clear out ANY trees that could topple over and cause significant damage. A neighbor had a big tree blown down by high wind, it crashed into his house and did massive damage. Lucky no one was killed.</p><p></p><p>Good luck with your project. It can be fun, but at times, it will test your resolve, LOL.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mojo88, post: 16388516, member: 184279"] About 5 years ago, I built a garage/living addition onto my house. I estimated it would cost ~$150k.... ended up costing me ~$250k... ouch, so be prepared for cost over-runs in virtually everything. I wish I had simply built a new house, as my 'dream' house would be fireproof and hurricane proof, so I wouldn't have to carry homeowner insurance, but alas, my house is made of wood, and $3k every year goes to insurance, what a drag. A pet peeve of mine is windows that are too low to the ground. On my addition, I made damn sure that the bottom of every window was at least six feet off the lawn. This way, I never have to worry about waking up in the middle of the night to see some creep's face staring at me, in which case he would meet my two good buddies, Smith & Wesson. I like the idea above about metal roof. If I had built my 'dream' house, I would have used that, along with every other fireproof material possible. And clear out ANY trees that could topple over and cause significant damage. A neighbor had a big tree blown down by high wind, it crashed into his house and did massive damage. Lucky no one was killed. Good luck with your project. It can be fun, but at times, it will test your resolve, LOL. [/QUOTE]
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