Real Estate

I’m in high school and I want to own my own custom home building business. Unfortunately I don’t know much about construction. What can I do now to get started in this career? What skills should I learn?

You need to take some classes on architecture and maybe some type of electrical classes and you need to learn how to do plumbing and roofing which can be taught to you by a person who already has the trade. I would say maybe you could contact some one already in the business and maybe think about helping them with a job first. Learn everything before you start. You should talk to your guidance counselor and see what college classes you need to take and what colleges you need to consider.

Me and my mother are considering a modular home and someone informed me how one of hiss sister owned one and that all they had was problems but after speaking to sells rep he assured me they are built just like stick houses. Same building codes, woods, structures, framing, etc.

So could someone with more knowledge weigh in? Thanks

All homes have issues. Depending on the manufacturer some modulars are built better than stick. Anyone that disagrees, I would challenge them to take a stick built home on a road trip. It’ll fall apart in the first mile. Modulars are built to withstand that punishment….other than that, a home is only as good as the quality of the materials used to finish it. Wood is a given, but the quality of the receptacles, plumbing fixtures , lighting fixtures, counter tops, and cabinets and flooring will all differ by manufacturer. So shop wisely and if you have the option to leave some things unfinished and hire someone to do it, by all means. If you can’t afford it then just do it later. That is the good thing about them. They are modular.

I live in Brazil but I travel constantly to the UK (in fact it’s one of my favorite countries), however one difference I’ve noticed is that I’ve never found a home with swimming pool in England, while in Brazil the homes in any upper middle class or upper class neighborhood have swimming pools.
Why aren’t swimming pools common in England as well?

In England swimming pools ARE popular in the homes of the upper middle classes. But they are indoors so you can’t see them. Also why are you going around looking over the Walls of peoples gardens looking for swimming pools? Be careful, I don’t know what brazil is like but in England you will be arrested for such things.

I need to catch the attention of home builders with catchy slogan/motto/phrases, what ideas do you have?

There are sites with tools that help you come up with fictitious names, including: wordlab.com, wordoid.com, lingzini.com, namestation.com, some of these tools look up the domain name availability as you go, in the case you want to go big time and spend some $10 a year for a dedicated domain name.

The word smith members of wordlab.com might have good suggestions.

Be sure to get a Facebook Page for the cause, it’s just the sort of thing Social Media is best for.

Hello. I am looking to purchase a new home in the aurora or newmarket area. Does anyone know of any builders who may be building new homes in these areas? I’d greatly appreciate any info, thanks!

Website / Development name / Builder

http://eagleheightstowns.com/index.html – "Eagle Heights" By Zamani Homes
http://www.prestongroup.ca/homes/projects/copperhills/index.html – "Copper Hills" By Preston Homes
http://www.marydelhomes.com/detached36.html – "Woodland Hills" By Marydel Homes

These are some developments from Newmarket, you can look into them if you like. I’m a Realtor from the GTA, I work with a team of experienced Realtors. Helping our clients make educated, prudent decisions while protecting their best interest is what we do, if you need any help searching, feel free to contact me through yahoo, and we can go from there.