More house building questions

mrsskiz

When did you put a contract on a house to be built and what was the average length of time between then and settlement? We looked at a ton of houses online last night and DH is still leaning towards building. My concern is building during the winter months and it taking longer than expected. If we aren't going to build, then we are going to stay with my parents for a few months since there is a months worth of weekend work that needs to be done at the beach house before we can stay there for the winter. I'm not willing to spend a whole month working on the beach house to only stay there a month. But if we are going to build, we are taking into consideration the predicted snow fall and colder than average temps they are calling for this winter and spend the time working at the beach to be able to stay there through the winter.

klm42404

You would be surprised how quick the houses go up. Both of ours were about 3 months. I want to say that its about 2-3 weeks for digging the basement, pouring the concrete and framing. Once it is under roof, not much will slow them down. When you visit a new home site, they should have an average time for you including any people that are ahead of you. are there any builders/ models that you have liked so far?

janma529

I think it depends on the builder and on the type of house.  At one point there were 3 different builders in our neighborhood and they all seemed to have different timelines.  Sometimes it might depend on the lot you want, too.  The sales rep for the builder should be able to give you an idea of how long it will take. 

mrsskiz

klm42404 said:

You would be surprised how quick the houses go up. Both of ours were about 3 months. I want to say that its about 2-3 weeks for digging the basement, pouring the concrete and framing. Once it is under roof, not much will slow them down. When you visit a new home site, they should have an average time for you including any people that are ahead of you. are there any builders/ models that you have liked so far?

mrsskiz

klm42404 said:

You would be surprised how quick the houses go up. Both of ours were about 3 months. I want to say that its about 2-3 weeks for digging the basement, pouring the concrete and framing. Once it is under roof, not much will slow them down. When you visit a new home site, they should have an average time for you including any people that are ahead of you. are there any builders/ models that you have liked so far?

mana8503

We signed our papers mid-January.  Broke ground 2 March, settled 26 May.  The Jan-March delay was because there were other houses in front of us.  Karen is right, after the roof is up, it's quick.  We got a lot of rain and at one point our basement was a pool, but they pumped it out and kept going.  It was so fast.

uderin02

When we were going to build in Townsend Village 2 it was 6 months from start to finish.

phanatic

We broke ground on our house in February or March & moved in Mother's Day weekend. I cannot remember, though, because I was pretty darn pregnant with Deacon at the time.