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Plans Done. Financing done. What's next
Here is a small update for everyone. Anyone with advice or any initiative to help please comment or PM me. Our plans are done. Here is what is left we have to do. I assume we will be putting the shovel in June. 1) Septic design ($2000-4000) 2-4 weeks 2) Geothermal design (1000) 2-4 weeks 3) Engineered windows/energy report because our windows cover more than 22% of exterior (1200) 1 week 4) Truss and joists Desgin and quotes (free) 2-4 weeks 5) Finalizing survey/ site plan (already paid 12,000... I expect to pay another 2000) 1 week 6) Heat-loss (300-500) 1 week 7) Solar system Desgin (free) to be included on detached workshop roof 1 week 8)GRCA PERMIT (500) unknown 9) building permit/city fees
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New comment Apr 5
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@Mitch Cleary I agree 100%, I do like to plan ahead. I do like contracts that are created mutually(not one sided). Thanks for the advice!😃 I will pm you regarding construction loan. I wish we all shared a pool of documents/forms/application/contracts/checklists in this group so we can all benefit from.
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@Evan Bell thanks so much for the input! Lots to think about and incorporate Job will be on a 2 acre lot northwest Cambridge I’m going to have to read your comment 5 times to understand each point. Have you built in Cambridge before ?
Hiring a custom home builder for part of the work. Hybrid GC approach. Thoughts?
Here's my story. We bought a home in South Burlington 3 years ago. There were tenants but the seller bought them out to vacate because our builder said we'd be building in months. We started working with a builder who is a build plus builder. After we took possession the builder said we'd be building in a few months. Never happened. They gave us the name of a planner who dropped the ball and never filed the minor variance (after we learned 9 months later). We disconnected all the utilities as per the builder's request. Eventually when we got the variance approved in December 2022 the butterflies in my stomach were saying that we can't continue with this builder. Things didn't add up to this point so we basically gave them notice (we're looking at our legal options but that's another story). We decided to put our property up for sale and rent simultaneously to maximize our options. We didn't get the offers I wanted. So we are back at considering build again but the quotes we've got are significantly above budget. I talked to a homeowner who got a custom build done that suggested I hire subcontractors to do the kitchen, bathrooms, tiles, flooring, painting and get a builder to demolish, pour the concrete, frame, drywall, doors, windows, plumbing, electrical, etc and to postpone building the basement for 2 years. He found significant savings this way (eg. painting for $3000 + cost of paint vs $30,000). We're not looking to have $600 taps in our home (frankly, from our experience proved to be far less reliable than many other common brand names). Above ground (2 storey) total square footage is 3800 square feet. Basement estimated at 2100 sq feet. I'm trying to get in a total cost of $1.4 million. Question: If we take the approach suggested above ie. builder builds up to the point of inside finishes what would the estimated cost be?
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New comment Apr 5
0 likes • Apr 2
Of course you will save money. Do you think builders put their heart and energy into finding the cheapest and best option for you? Go with who they know and who will get the job done they don’t really look at the price as much. I don’t mean to talk about builders, but in general builders are not the “best quality for the best price” More concerned on the timeline and making you happy than the price
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@Jacques A Bruyns I agree !!!
Newbie Contractor to help WIN-WIN
Hey everybody, my name is Jacques and I am looking for an opportunity to help. I run a successfully awning installation business for the last 7 years . Last fall I enrolled into Durham College Carpentry Construction Techincian course. This course is designed to teach everything for residential home builds from designing/ estimating to managing full builds. I want to spread my wings and looking for an opportunity to work toward my own builds but in the mean time I want to CG. If this interest you, I am will to negotiate pricing being a student CG.
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New comment Mar 27
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pm me please
200-300$ per sqft in southwestern Ontario
Here’s some examples of detached homes in Southwestern Ontario.. It’s available now. https://www.livabl.com/tillsonburg-on/northcrest-estates
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Affordable housing + passivehouse building standards
While not everyone's cup of tea, we need to be building more homes like this: https://youtu.be/EhnbpakXk7U?si=h7GEjH3b62rVt2-o
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New comment Apr 5
Affordable housing + passivehouse building standards
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Video is private
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Ahmad Zee
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@ahmad-zee-7079
dad/first time builder -2 acres in kw 1-1.5 m budget 6000sqft home with detached workshop 30x40 5bed 6bath modern 4800ca@gmail.com May/April 2024

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