Home building on land thread 2021 - progress pics inside

[Nonliberal]

Caught these fine individuals stealing a heart shaped rock off the property ... LOL

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@24on48hunting Nonliberal Zen_Life

They were smoking a heart shaped rock on your property and scoping for building materials

 

[Nonliberal]

If you’re going to gravel your driveway, call around your local concrete companies. I had a few tandems delivered today. This is recycled concrete and less than half the price of crush and run. I tried a couple loads of the “free stuff”, it was more than a hassle than it was worth.......tons of boulders, see beside the power pole. We will see how it holds up, but so far I’m impressed.

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The free stuff is mud if its wet and its dust if its dry but if you get it down in the sweet spot itll turn to something like concrete. It's free for a reason though. I still a couple piles left

 

[mfoster]

They were smoking a heart shaped rock on your property and scoping for building materials and they will be back should have went ahead and buried them under the concrete

 

[Zen_Life]

12/31/2020...Closed on our construction loan... one time construction loan at 2.8% interest ... can’t beat it

Unless of course you pay cash :-)

Dang good deal! Almost getting their bud.

 

[mtnsmith]

This thread is dedicated to showing full transparency on home building in 2021 post covid 19

These are the steps you need to take when building a home on your own and these are the things I learned along the way:

All in budget including house , 6.5 acre land, gate, landscaping: $430,000.00.. house will likely appraise for $495,000 and we will gain $70,000 in instant equity.

1- Purchased land for $68,000 for 6.5 acres in cartersville GA - found the land on Facebook marketplace - wasn’t on MLS
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Key takeaways: download on x maps, make sure your land perc tests before buying, have your realtor pull newly constructed or recently sold home comps to assure you aren’t the most expensive build within 1 mile, check zoning , check it out after heavy rain to look for water runoff, look at topography of land for basement / slab ease of install.. We wanted 15 mins to town , no neighbors, a lot of privacy, and level lot... stay patient & cash flush and you will find what your looking for.. check for internet availability ( will update when I think of more)

note: her survey was old ( from 2001, the flags were gone) and a lot of people recommended that I get it resurveyed before purchasing... this would’ve cost $1500.. I simply took a cheap metal detector and used on x maps and found the 1/2 rebar pins on all 4 corners to assure accuracy of the plat.

2- staked out where we wanted the house and how big of yard we wanted and I logged the property for about 4 months and saved approximately $25,000 in roll off and excavating labor. Most trees were cut with a stihl 272 farm boss. Was around 1.5 acres deep and 1 acre wide View attachment 3125317

2.5 got tired of hauling all of these trees out so I rented a chipper, hired an excavator and paid him $250 and started chipping all these trees .. which made it a perfect land erosion control plan for the vacant land to be spread in it.. ( clearing the land yourself was extremely taxing and challenging... don’t know if the labor was worth saving the $25,000)
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3.hired an architect after calling 5-7 people for quotes, brought him inspiration from the outside of a house and the inspiration of a home inside the house and he combined them into 1 and adjusted the roof line... estimated cost savings on using him vs making changes with home plans.com was around $1200
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SQ FT DETAILS: 2458 first floor , bonus 303, garage, 661, front porch 201 , back porch 206...

4. financing key takeaway: you can purchase your land and use your land as a down payment to build a house... we purchased the land outright and on a one time close construction loan with 3.875% interest and 3
Years ..my payment is around $1700 a month all escrowed in. ( call me with questions )

5- land looking much better after bulldozing, grading, and adding a construction entrance ( amazing how much it can change )
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6- slab pour - key takeaway : make sure to let your concrete or let your contractor know you want it to cure for 2-3 weeks.. 4 weeks if you can. View attachment 3125385

7- foundational survey conducted , per bank rules to make sure you didn’t mess up and encroach before we continue building.View attachment 3125414

8- framing materials delivered: make sure they deliver them one day before they anticipate framing to avoid theft or tampering ( we installed Tactacam reveal live monitoring security cameras on the entrance and at the homesite , also installed several no trssspassing signs
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Please contact me at 678-800-9883 if i can answer any of your land or new construction questions.

Joe Smith Realtor

Cannot believe how close your floor plan is to the house we have for sale in Ellijay. Only significant difference is ours is on a finished basement with two more garages also in the basement. Several other houses in our subdivision with similar floor plan. You will like it. I hear current cost for home building is around $200 per sq ft.

 

[Realtor]

Cannot believe how close your floor plan is to the house we have for sale in Ellijay. Only significant difference is ours is on a finished basement with two more garages also in the basement. Several other houses in our subdivision with similar floor plan. You will like it. I hear current cost for home building is around $200 per sq ft.

That’s crazy! Send me a picture of it !!

 

[mtnsmith]

That’s crazy! Send me a picture of it !!

Photos on Zillow. Google: 377 Ridge View Trl, Ellijay, GA

 

[mtnsmith]

Photos on Zillow. Google: 377 Ridge View Trl, Ellijay, GA

That vine on the front has been removed - grew like a weed!

 

[mtnsmith]

Beautiful house!!!!

Thanks.

 

[mtnsmith]

I hope she is offering you a 1.5% commission discount , I offer all odt members that for listings :-)

She doesn't have a listing, just give her a 2.5% buyer agent commission if she sells the house for 10k more than my asking price - her proposal.