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Easy Steps to Site Selection
- Location
- Choose a town you feel comfortable with. Make sure it lends
itself well to commuting to work and that the school system
will facilitate all your children’s needs. Know the
area and how far it is to get groceries, gas etc. . . .
- Cost
- Stay within your budget. Often feasibility and site work
cost maybe more important than initial cost, however stay
within reason. Many times certain types of homes lend themselves
well to certain types of lots, for example lot’s on
a gradual slope make great homes with drive underground garages
and walk-out basements. If the initial cost for this lot was
within you budget, though if this were not the type of home
you were looking for the increase in site conditions cost
may offset the low initial cost of the lot, making it a poor
choice. Many times it’s not the least expensive lot
that can create the least expensive total cost for new home
budget.
- Feasibility
- This takes into account topography of the land, location
of road, power lines neighbors, any views, and other variables
that may be important in building your home on this particular
building lot. Many lots are not always perfectly square and
the area that you can build on is not always as big as it
appears. It’s important to have a basic idea of how
much room your home will need and look at the available area
on the site that you can build. Keep in mind architects do
design homes for special circumstances such as narrow, water
front, one story sites, etc. . . .
- Site work cost
- These are the costs associated with clearing the trees,
grading the land, digging the hole for the foundation, length
of the driveway and utilities, a well and septic system. These
costs can change tremendously from one home to the next and
have big affect on your new home budget. For example maybe
you paid a little more for the building lot than you had hoped,
however the town water and sewer were right at the street.
It is a lot less expensive to tie in to this existing system
then to build a septic system and dig a well. Money that can
be applied back to your home budget.
- Solar Orientations
- Many homes lend themselves to facing the sun in the front
or back. Consideration of the house placement or lot selection
should be made. This may cause additional lot clearing, and
or site work. It’s important to know your daily schedule
and whether or not you enjoy mornings or evening sun.
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