Where to start building a summer house
The number of people who want to have their own country house is still large. In addition to such considerations as prestige and the absence of unwanted neighbors, life outside the city attracts with its measuredness, equanimity, calmness.
It’s nice to wake up in the morning to see in the window not the concrete wall of the panel of the neighboring apartment building, but a beautiful landscape worthy of the artist’s brush. Construction, as you know, is best done in the summer. But those who decided to build their own country house already need to take action. Of course, if you want to make your home truly comfortable, durable and beautiful.
So where to start? A person who wants to build a good house in all respects, first of all, must understand that he cannot do without a project. In specialized magazines, as a rule, only outline sketch designs are presented. They include only the facade and internal layout. But there are really few construction workers on which any company could build a house. At one time they were developed at state design institutes. They are there now, but many of them are outdated, requiring serious revision. The difference in the cost of standard and individual projects is very large. The development of an individual project can cost an order of magnitude more than the cost of a standard project. However, there is always an opportunity to save.
The first saving option is when the design and construction are carried out by the same company. Interested in the customer, such a company will always make certain financial concessions. You can simply reduce the project by abandoning, for example, the development of the engineering part. Simultaneously with the choice of the project, they determine what the house will be built from. By far, the most common building materials are wood, brick and foam blocks. Brick was considered more prestigious for a long time, but now many are returning to the tree again, which is associated with the advent of new technologies for its processing, which can improve the properties of the material. In addition, the environmental factor plays a large role in this: people increasingly prefer to live in houses made from natural materials.
Designing houses using popular modern technologies (frame-panel houses, etc.) is usually done by those firms that will then carry out construction work. If, nevertheless, the owner of the future home opted for individual design, then first you need to find a company that will undertake to do this project. It is reasonable to sign an agreement on the development of not the entire project at once, but first order only its sketch. When it is completed, it will become clear how professional the company is and whether it makes sense to trust the rest. The next problem is the choice of people who will build the house. You can, of course, invite the team of shabashnikov in the old fashioned way. The project, of course, will not hurt them, but often such teams work according to the picture. The owner shows the diagram and explains what he wants. The team begins to build, but how is not clear. The quality of construction usually depends on the integrity and qualifications of the foreman. Most likely, the customer will face a lot of difficulties and get a deplorable result.
To conduct construction in a civilized manner, you must contact a licensed company. Without fail, the architect who developed the project, or the company that will carry out the construction, make the most complete, but at the same time, cost estimate that is understandable to the client. The cost of construction should correspond to the declared in the estimate at the conclusion of the contract. However, construction is a very complicated thing, and it is difficult to foresee everything in advance. Therefore, if the client has exactly as much money as indicated in the estimate, he may get into a difficult situation in case of unforeseen expenses. Then the company will begin to save on the quality of work in order to offset the additional costs, and this is fraught with consequences. Normal design work lasts 3-4 months. By the time the project is ordered, you need to accurately imagine what the house will be, because the sketch part is the most time-consuming and time-consuming. The most important thing in building your own home is a good project and the choice of a professional construction company. You should not regret money, but it is wise to approach the upcoming expenses. And do not forget: high-quality construction will save a lot of money in the future.
