My brother built his out in the country. Regular house not a barn type home. Make sure to check on all the restrictions as far as how far certain thing have to be from the road and such. I think his had to be redrawn like 3 times to meet all their requirements. He on 6 acres I believe and was still dealing with stupid stuff like that. 

Will you be on city water? Also check out the prices to be hooked up to utilities they can be extreme

No real worry about building restrictions, this is going to be in the middle of 124 acres in a township with no zoning currently.

THe property already has a water well for the current house. Not sure if we can use that for a new house as well or need to drill another one. One building location is very close to existing electrical poles so it wouldn't be terribly expensive, I don't think.

Septic is my biggest worry right now.

justincredible wrote:

No real worry about building restrictions, this is going to be in the middle of 124 acres in a township with no zoning currently.

THe property already has a water well for the current house. Not sure if we can use that for a new house as well or need to drill another one. One building location is very close to existing electrical poles so it wouldn't be terribly expensive, I don't think.

Septic is my biggest worry right now.

Best scenario. When I had the new barn built, I didn't have anybody breathing down my neck telling me I can't do this or that. Of course it's a barn and different than a domicile, so it's a bit different. But no permits for anything I did!

I have a septic that has an aerator and I hate it. Every time my area loses power ( fairly often) it needs to be reset. I've had to replace mine twice in 20 years because of all the resets or not being home and it burned the motor up. Just ... don't get a tank with an aerator. Ugh!

Just got word from the lender that we were approved for the loan to buy out my uncle's 25% of the property.

Con

Are you like you tubing this or how exactly does one become qualified or have the knowledge to build a house?

I'm not building it myself. 

justincredible wrote:

I'm not building it myself. 

Got ya. My wife’s brother builds houses for a living. They have like a three man crew and do just a few a year. They make a good living. My wife’s parents had the Amish build them a porch and a garage. It was cheaper and it was good, but it didn’t seem as good as the work I have seen her brother do. What is your plan for a builder? 

My aunt's boyfriend does this kinda stuff, so I will probably hire him as a GC to run the project. I've heard you can save a lot of money by acting as your own general contractor, and I know he'll do it for cheap/free. I do plan on doing some of the work myself to save some money. I'm handy and do good work, but I know my limits. 

My friend is a project manager for a firm, he went that route for his remodel. Saved him a TON.

I don't really have first hand experience with house building, but my sister just "popped the top" on her house. They moved in last week after being displaced for 9 MONTHS.

All I know is, in today's climate, you gonna pay, and you gonna wait. Good luck! 

justincredible wrote:

My aunt's boyfriend does this kinda stuff, so I will probably hire him as a GC to run the project. I've heard you can save a lot of money by acting as your own general contractor, and I know he'll do it for cheap/free. I do plan on doing some of the work myself to save some money. I'm handy and do good work, but I know my limits. 

I’ve seen it work out well and I’ve seen it backfire. I will say we were poor growing up but somehow my dad had guys come from the bar an build us a pool(these guys don’t do it for a living lol ) and also put a satellite dish in. This was probably around 87-88. The satellite dish obviously is obsolete but the pool is still going strong 

Automatik wrote:

All I know is, in today's climate, you gonna pay, and you gonna wait. Good luck! 

Yeah, not looking forward to the cost. The wait isn't a big deal, the property already has a house we can live in while we build. 

geeblock wrote:

I’ve seen it work out well and I’ve seen it backfire. I will say we were poor growing up but somehow my dad had guys come from the bar an build us a pool(these guys don’t do it for a living lol ) and also put a satellite dish in. This was probably around 87-88. The satellite dish obviously is obsolete but the pool is still going strong 

Actually kind of impressive that the pool is still in operation.