I’m thinking about buying land myslef and building a new house in New Jersey. Can someone recommend a good homebuilder? Also, websites where I can find Land?
Thanks.
(and I don’t mean ready made developments like Toll Bros offers, but I want to build a house to my specifications).
Thanks.
I cannot recommend any builder’s in New Jersey as I’m from the Midwest, but it was suggested to me to check with local lumber yards in the building materials area. Those folks work with builders everyday and may be able to give you the names of a few reputable contractors. I checked at the big chain lumberyards as the smaller privately owned stores and ended up with a few names to look into for my own home. Also check with your local building department. They may be able to provide the names of builder’s who have built in the area…especially customer builders. Defiantly seek out recommendations from family and friends if anyone has built a home recently.
If you get some good recommendations and are trying to decide who would be best for the job, this information might help you. I ran across it when looking for a home plan, and I found some things I hadn’t considered when choosing a builder for my home. There are some tips about getting bids and estimates as well and checking out a builder’s qualifications
http://www.thehouseplanshop.com/17/content/Who-Will-Build-Your-Home%3F.php
I’m trying to find a rental home or duplex in Des moines Iowa. I’ve went to apartmentfinder rental homes plus and it seems like 1000 other sites. . I don’t find that many and i know there’s no possible way that can be all the rentals in the whole city of Des moines!! Please help me I’m getting a headache!!!
You should try http://realtor.com
Please follow the instructions.
Its been a long time since I used the site, but it worked for the ones I love and care about.
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I’ve always lived in the southern parts of the USA but have been looking at homes in northern New York state. I’ve noticed that a lot of homes have this angle at the bottom, especially on enclosed porches.
My guess would be that it has something to do with shedding water and/or snow. I’ve seen on a number of the DIY programs where they have added flared bottoms to porch columns to shed water away from the structure.
Hey There,
We just moved over from Kansas, USA here to Melbourne, VIC.
Im looking over home builders through the Yellow Pages and the internet, but they all promote themselves the same way.
WHICH home builders are considered the most prominent, reputable and trustworthy by Australians?
Thanks.
Depends which state you are in. I live in South Australia. Probably the builders in Victoria are a different lot. How about ringing the Dept. of Business Affairs, or even nipping in to the local real estate agents.
I have my Real Estate license in FL and considering applying for a position with Ryland homes…but no one can tell me how their pay structure is. Is it commission based only? What is the average income potential for this position? Is it better to be an independent contractor or work with a home builder? Thanks!
It really depends on how busy that company is in your area. I know the predictions are that new home sales will be down 15% this year. In VA we typically get 5% for new construction if we sell our own listing, but in FL I know many of those condo developments can pay upwards of 10%. As far as I know, sales positions are almost always commission only income. All in all, if Ryland homes is involved in those kinds of developments, I’m sure you can bring down six figures, despite the bad market. Of course you always sacrifice the freedom to prospect when you’re confined to a sales office, so weigh your options carefully. I’ll keep my fingers crossed for you!
Even though you have to also buy land to put the modular on. Is it usually the same as a regular home or somewhat less expensive?
This site http://homebuying.about.com/cs/modulareducation/a/modularhomes.htm explains the difference between modular homes, mobile (manufactured) homes and site built homes.
Modular homes are a little less expensive because suppliers deliver all of the materials to one site (factory). There are no costly building delays due to weather. And they are built to the same standards as site built homes. I think they look more like a site built home than a manufactured home.
they overlooked them and did not acknowledge their existence..wrong on so many levels
What are some websites also? We live in Washington State, so hopefully websites in that area. I’ve looked for modular home websites, and i only get websites from the eastern states.
A "Manufactured" home is a mobile home. They are actually trailers. If they are double wides then they are split in half long ways then put back together. The axels are usually taken off once you set the home. Modular homes are built in factories also but they are not trailers, they are just delivered in pieces. Once modular houses are put together they look like any other house. New mobile homes are very nice inside and you don’t feel like your in a "trailer at all.
In the state of California, are residential fire sprinkler systems required on new homes? If so, is it on all new homes or based on square footage? And finally, do you know if and or what code this might be in?
Thank you.
There are currently 144 cities and municipalities in California that have some form of residential sprinkler ordinance. It is true that the state will most likely adopt the International Residential Code which will make them mandatory in all new construction.
As for the comment in the other reply, yes, sprinklers add SOME additional cost. Average per square foot cost of a stand-alone system is $1.60 (this price actually drops in areas that adopt sprinkler regulations because of competition and supply). For a 2000 sq ft home selling for $300,000, that equates to roughly $8.80 a month when divided by 360 months ($3200 total).
Now calculate the savings in reduce insurance costs. Most companies will offer 10-25% reductions in premiums for homes with sprinklers. Avg annual home owners insurance is around $600. On a $300K home as above, that totals out to $216,000 for the life of the loan (not accounting for increases). For this example, we’ll use a middle figure of 15% premium reduction. That comes out to a savings of $32,400 over the life of the loan. Your savings is literally 10X what was originally spent.
Since we’re on the subject of costs (something the home builders associations love to bring up to scare you into choosing granite countertops over sprinklers), lets look at avg cost of damage to homes when a fire occurs. The US Fire Administration issued a report that tracked residential sprinkler incidents from January 2003, to June 2007. Of the 448 reported incidents in homes equipped with sprinklers, 434 of them resulted in less than $10,000 in damages (the majority was actually less than $1,000). Average loss in a home without sprinklers: More than $250,000.
Its clear the homebuilders associations which have pumped millions into anti-sprinkler campaigns are only concerned about the bottom line. Save a house with sprinklers, and you take away their money. But we in the fire service dont care about that. We care about people. You cannot put a price on someones life! Each year in America, over 2,600 people die in residential fires, (80% of the total deaths from fire); in those jurisdictions which have residential sprinkler ordinances: 0! Not one person has died in a residential fire where sprinklers and smoke alarms are present and operational.
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