Many of us tend to think old-school when thinking about how long it takes to build a new home. Take your time and do it right. I agree with that sentiment wholeheartedly. So, when you take your time and do it right, it should take longer to build a new home, right? Wrong! Want to know why? Read on…
“Doing it right” means planning every detail, down to the last stick of lumber, the last tile, and the last light bulb. It means painstaking work designing plans, poring over them to find mistakes and problems that will crop up during construction. It means re-drawing plans, visualizing how the heat & air ducts will run, where the plumbing will be, and figuring out whether a particular framing member will be in the way of a vent, fixture, duct, or wire. Most builders skip these critical, time-consuming steps, knowing that they can always solve the problems “in the field”. The problems always crop up, causing the builder to go back and re-work something, like having to remove framing components to route an air duct, which takes time, costs money, and reduces the overall quality of the job.
When you fix problems like these on paper, rather than on the job, the job moves more smoothly; when the job moves more smoothly, it moves faster. Many builders will tell you it takes them a long time to build a home because they take their time and do it right. Don’t be fooled.
Thanks for reading!
Tim
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