Ask HN: Anyone ever been involved in the home construction process? Any tips?

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by shanecleveland • 14 years ago

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We are building a house and would love any advice from this who have done it before. Thanks.

Loginid2• 14 years ago

I grew up in a family contracting business.

It is hard to give any meaningful comment without more information.

Are you actually intending to build the house yourself, or are you contracting it out?

Is the design set?

shanecleveland• 14 years ago

Sorry about the broad question. We are contracting in out, and we are in the design process right now.

I guess I was just looking for very general tips based on others' experiences. As an example, people we know who have had a home built seem to all have little things they love, hate or would do differently about their homes, such as build a bigger laundry room or have a bathroom near an entryway so kids and guests do not have to walk through the entire house to access it.

I thought the HN community may have some interesting insights.

Loginid2• 14 years ago

If you are looking for design tips that relate to designing a home according to how people actually live, check out http://www.notsobighouse.com/

Ask HN: Anyone ever been involved in the home construction process? Any tips?

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