Comments on: Home Building Costs http://www.diy-home-building.com/98/building-costs/ Conversation and Resources to Help Build Your Own House Thu, 25 Feb 2010 02:08:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Spanish Slate Information Center http://www.diy-home-building.com/98/building-costs/comment-page-1/#comment-244 Spanish Slate Information Center Wed, 03 Feb 2010 09:11:06 +0000 http://www.diy-home-building.com/?p=98#comment-244 Budgeting is certainly key, but the willpower to stick to a budget is important too. It is easy to get carried away once you start shopping but if you have the attitude that if you upgrade one thing you need to pick something else to downgrade or leave out. At least then the good emotions of the upgrade are balanced by the emotions of the downgrade. Material choice is important as you say too. Cheaper is always the best way to make your budget work. Budgeting is certainly key, but the willpower to stick to a budget is important too. It is easy to get carried away once you start shopping but if you have the attitude that if you upgrade one thing you need to pick something else to downgrade or leave out. At least then the good emotions of the upgrade are balanced by the emotions of the downgrade.

Material choice is important as you say too. Cheaper is always the best way to make your budget work.

]]> By: Brian Hastings http://www.diy-home-building.com/98/building-costs/comment-page-1/#comment-158 Brian Hastings Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:10:33 +0000 http://www.diy-home-building.com/?p=98#comment-158 One of the most important things is to get a project manager or a general contractor before you plan. There are a lot of good resources out there for a project like this. Brian One of the most important things is to get a project manager or a general contractor before you plan. There are a lot of good resources out there for a project like this.

Brian

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