Customers who come to Modular Home to build your Modular house They follow similar steps. In this entry we are going to tell you the 7 steps to build your house. We have reduced all the steps we must do to seven. All these steps must be accompanied by the use of common sense, if at the same time you have a source of information like the one we offer you, you have gained a lot. There are many important decisions in life. Not so many transcendental ones, having a child, having our own home... It is normal for people to want to found a family, and for that family to have its own home. We tell you the seven steps to have your home.
How to prepare to build our prefabricated house
If you have come to this blog, it is not lost on you that we advise you to have your prefabricated concrete house. That is our reason for being, we are manufacturers of prefabricated concrete houses. But don't worry, the information we give you today will be useful for us as well as for other options for building your house. Whatever your choice of house, traditional or prefabricated construction. Choosing the builder or manufacturer, these 7 steps to build your house will help you. You have a goal and in order to achieve it you must make a plan. That is what we present to you today, the plan you need to complete the 7 steps to build your house.
7 steps to build your prefabricated house
Before buying a house, the first thing we should consider and the most essential thing is to know your real budget, what amount of money we have to carry it out. And this is something that only one person can be clear about. That person is you of course. Well now let's see the 7 steps to bring your plan to fruition:
- We have the great idea, we are going to build our house, everything begins thinking about our house.
- Get the land to build your house, we must choose the location of our house,
- It's time to design your house according to your needs and possibilities. It's time to make our house to our measure.
- The design of your home must be captured in a project, that project to which you will give your personal touch.
- Planning the works, a good construction management eliminates subsequent nightmares.
- The moment of truth arrives, we must build the house What do you want.
- The end of the work. When you finish building your house comes the finishing process, something that everyone self-promoter You want it to be as fast as possible.
I have an idea for my house
Most things in life start with an idea. Sometimes it is a simple idea, other times something more elaborate or thoughtful. But whatever the idea is, it is the germ of what will surely come to fruition. First of all, you have decided to take the step of being a self-promoter. You want to be the one in charge of what is going to be your house. A path full of emotions and undoubtedly with some vertigo begins. The first thing you must soak up is information. See the possibilities that the market offers you, traditional housing, alternative housing or prefabricated housing. Analyze how you can carry out your idea with existing systems. Which one will be most useful to you.
Choosing the location of your house
Without a doubt it can be one of the steps that takes the longest. Putting ourselves in this situation, there can be two scenarios. You have the land, which saves you this step in principle. Or you have to start searching for it. Well sometimes we think we have it but we don't. Our legislation differentiates between developable land and those that are not. In those that are developable, it differentiates lands with different uses. And developable land is not always suitable for residential use. You will have to clarify these questions at the City Hall where your land is located.
Let's think that we have to look for the land. The above questions are imperative to know in order to move forward with our idea. We can do a personal search, without relying on any external agent. Or delegate the search to professionals. Modular Home offers its clients the search for that ideal land.
Designing your house, a preliminary project
In Architecture, three phases of the architectural project have always been distinguished. A very basic first phase is the Preliminary Project. The general lines of the future building are given. Without going into the technical solution or the implementation of facilities, structure, etc. The second phase would be the Basic Project, in which issues such as compliance with current regulations are already considered. Setbacks, construction volume, floor area, built area, maximum height, etc. And the third phase is the Execution Project. In this phase, elements such as the foundation and structure are already calculated. Geotechnical studies and topographic surveys come into play. Calculation and design of the facilities, in short the document with which you can build your house.
Due to bureaucratic procedures and the realities of our society, the last two phases are usually joined together. Thus, to build a house, the usual thing is to present a Basic and Execution Project. The preliminary project phase that will define the general lines of your house is where you can intervene. The rest of the phases require the work of an Architect and his team. They will develop your ideas into the final project, and will be the ones who do most of the work in step four…
Your house project
The preparation of the Execution project, or Basic and Execution, requires the assistance of an Architect. A project that must be approved by your Professional Association, and that will be used for the request for a construction license. That project must include everything that is required to be accepted. Compliance with municipal regulations, and in our case compliance with the Technical Building Code. In our country the norm of construction standards.
Plan the works
The truth is that this is the most complicated step for a self-promoter. We enter a world that we do not control and we must try to make everything go well. Our role in building the house is to plan. Building will be done by the agent we have chosen as the builder. And the chosen architect will do the planning. At the same time, we cannot undertake the Management of the Work, since we do not have the corresponding qualification. We will need an Architect and Quantity Surveyor or Technical Architect. At this point we can find ourselves in different scenarios.
We have delegated all the management of the work to a technical team, so that we will only have to stop by to see the progress. Or on the contrary, we are going to be in charge of hiring the different jobs. This last scenario forces us to work very closely with the construction management that we have hired. It is a major effort and from here we advise against it unless you can dedicate yourself body and soul to the issue. Be careful during the entire time the construction of your house lasts. If you have opted for Modular Home, you will have it easier, we take care of the planning one hundred percent. In addition to having a closed budget that will not move a cent. One less worry.
Building your house
If you have chosen to be at the forefront and supervise all the processes, you are going to have more than one headache. This option involves having chosen a traditional construction. And friend, traditional construction is not anything else, but it is unpredictable for a while. Exposure and subjection to external factors is brutal. More than any type of construction, weather changes affect it. Execution deadlines are difficult to meet, if not impossible. The way to recover lost days is to work beyond the capabilities of the staff. Which entails the risk of not very "fine" work. So arm yourself with patience and practice flexibility…
When you choose a prefabricated home option like Modular Home things are different. The work system with prefabricated parts allows us to refine execution deadlines. Very specific deadlines and always faster than traditional construction. Once we have the foundation, the assembly of facades and roof, it can be a matter of days. Having the volume closed, inclement weather does not prevent the work of the trades. In a very short time when you go through the work you will be able to see almost the final result of it.
The end of the work
Your house is already built, it has been beautiful and it is waiting for you and your family to occupy it. But there is still one last step. It must be verified that what was actually executed is what was indicated in the accepted project. That all the points contemplated in the construction license have been met. With this verification we will obtain the permits to be able to use and enjoy our house.
Every construction has a final milestone, the achievement of the final certificate of work. The Construction Management confirms with a document that the construction has been completed in compliance with the Execution Project. Depending on the case, this document is the one used by the construction company to collect the last payments agreed with the self-developer. Likewise, at this point, the construction company writes a works reception certificate, is to formalize the delivery of the work to the self-promoter. This document may or may not be accepted by the property. If it is not accepted, the period is extended until the property understands that all the works have been completed to satisfaction.
Another document that appears at the completion of the works is the Work Book. It is the place where the Construction Management has reflected the milestones of the work and the possible incidents in the execution. It is essential in the writing of another document, the Building Book. A document for the owner with the plans of the house, including possible changes in the execution. As well as the instructions for use and maintenance of the house. For the facilities, equipment and conservation of the elements that compose it. We will arrive at the New Construction Declaration, written by a Notary collecting what was actually built. All new work must be registered in the Cadastral System.
