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Building Your Own House | Building Your Own House Requires Effective Management | Here we are – you have the dreaming and planning down and you are ready to build your own house. Being an owner builder primarily requires functioning as a construction project manager. Once your lot is chosen, your plans are drawn, your team is developed, your permits are in in place, and your loan is closed you are ready to break ground and begin to build your own home. But first – a successful do-it-yourself home building project requires an effective management system like what is used by every good contractor. Building your own house without a solid management system is like pouring the foundation of your house without cement. Like cement added to sand and stone solidifies the concrete, a management system added to thorough planning solidifies the foundation of your home building project. | Building Is An Extension Of The Planning Process | If your planning is complete, the management that is required for do-it-yourself home building just becomes a hands-on extension of the process. The management process to build your own home takes each area that you have planned and puts them into orderly action. Using simple construction management tools, care is taken to make sure every detail of your plan unfolds in a efficient and effective way. Building your own house involves management in these four primary areas - Choosing materials and suppliers
- Working with subcontractors
- Scheduling for efficient progress
- Financial and quality control
In the planning stage you found and bought your perfect lot, decided on and modified your home design plans that meet your needs, chosen the materials and methods appropriate for your project, established home building costs and a budget, found a home building loan, and the team to help you get your home completed. Now it is time to take action and start building. | Establish Your Management System and Build Your Own Home | Just like the planning phase of home building, the management phase has many questions that need answering. Here are some of the questions related to the management of building your own house – answer these and you have established the foundation for building your own house. - How do I manage my team and effectively schedule sub-contractors?
- Where and how should I use contractor contracts and forms?
- How do I make sure things are up to code and deal with building inspectors?
- What checklists do I need to cover all the bases and maintain quality control?
- How can I best deal with conflict that arises?
- How will I facilitate complete and efficient delivery of materials?
- What is the best way to maintain financial control and deal with loan draws?
- Is it beneficial to use home building software to help manage things?
- How do I maintain adequate home building insurance throughout the building process?
From here, we can go into further detail concerning building your own house, and the planning and management required in do-it-yourself home building. The following links will take you to further discussion of each area of owner builder consideration. | 
