Building Your (First) Home From Scratch: 5 Tips

You sure can hand over the entire job to your contractor and take a laid-back approach yourself. But then when you’re building your home – the first one that – you need to be more proactive. After all, you’re going to be living here for years and decades; your family will live here. It ought to be exquisitely perfect that delivers you the satisfying, homely feel.

Here are five tips you need to follow when building your first home from scratch:

1. Find the right place

You likely have a construction plot by now. If not, take your time to pick a great spot. 

Find a good plot in a locality that does not only have good amenities but also has a good development prospect. Make sure it fits your unique needs and lifestyle adequately – and that it has close proximity to essentials like the bus stand, hospital and police station. 

2. Experience of the contractors matter

Many people end up hiring a relatively newer contractor – with unskilled construction workers – because they charge low. Don’t be one of them!

The experience of the contractor is very important. More experience would ensure they have adequate skill, know about quality compliance, can optimize the cost whenever there’s an opportunity, and can deliver a good outcome. 

So, take your time in picking the right contractor that boasts adequate experience. 

3. Ensure the quality of materials used 

While your contractor should make sure the materials being used in the construction are of good quality, it’s your responsibility as well to check and make that happen. 

Find one of the best TMT manufacturers in Kolkata. Buy the best TMT bar for house construction in West Bengal. Buy cement from the best brand.

Remember, your house will only be as strong and sustainable as the quality of the materials used in building it. 

4. Hire a good floor plan designer 

Instead of trying to do it yourself using some free online tool or relying on the designer of your contractor, it’s a better idea to hire a freelancer floor plan designer. 

Hire an experienced professional and work together to come up with a desired floor plan. 

Let them use their expertise and experience in designing the floor map. But do chip in your inputs from time to time to make sure the final outcome satisfies you adequately. 

5. Budget a bit liberally 

This goes without saying.

If you’re financially adept, you wouldn’t need to worry much in the financial department. However, if you’re crunched in the budget, you must do the maths near-accurately. 

Analyze and estimate the cost. Consider all the different factors, including the possible delays, unexpected events, and the additional costs that can pop at any time.

So, avoid neck-to-neck budgeting. Have a liberal budget with the extra fund that can be deployed whenever there’s an uncalled, unexpected expense. 

Conclusion 

These are five tips you must follow closely when building your first (or second or third) home from scratch. 

Since it’s your home, it’s essential that you stay in sync with the process and pay attention to even the little details instead of relying on a third-party blindly. 

You want a beautiful, strong and lasting home – and you must take proper measures to make that happen.