Homework Assignment 6

1.) Planning – Find a suitable location to build the house. Buy the lot. Purchase blueprints or design your own blueprints.
2.) Analysis – Add up the costs involved in building the house. Be sure to include small, easily-to-forget things like the cost of doorknobs and other hardware. Analyze the total amount and compare it with your current finances to be sure you can actually afford to build the house.
3.) Design – If the cost is going to be too high, pick new, smaller blueprints or edit your own blueprints to fit your budget. Finalize the plans and call a contractor.
4.) Development – Talk with your contractor to decide who will do what in the process of building the house. Be sure you have a reliable person for each part of building the house. Make sure you don’t have a lazy plumber!
5.) Testing – Get a building permit so that you may legally begin building your house. In most cities, you must take a copy of the building plans to city hall so that they may approve the plans. They may have a few rules that you have to follow such as having the soil tested prior to breaking ground for the house.
6.) Implementation – Start building the house! This is the long part, but in the end, it will be worth it.
7.) Maintenance – Frequently visit your new house while it is still being built so that you can make sure all the parties involved in building the house are doing their part correctly. You don’t want that lazy plumber sitting back eating potato chips on your time and money!