Your Built-By-Owner team walks you step-by-step through the entire homebuilding or remodeling process with personal attention to your project. We can assist with evaluation of your land or a new parcel you’re considering; budgeting; revising stock plans or locating custom plans; permit processing; locating and evaluating reputable and dependable subcontractors and suppliers; and we’re available via phone or email to answer your questions and put your mind at ease.
Owner-builders that go at it alone are much more likely to make expensive mistakes. These mistakes can also cause time delays impacting the next stages of construction or even your move-in date. That’s what makes Built-By-Owner different – we’re with you every step of the way. Our expertise and direct personal involvement greatly reduces the inherent risks of building or remodeling to achieve your custom home.
No Construction Experience Necessary
When you work with Built-By-Owner to build or remodel your dream home you don’t need to lift a hammer or touch a nail. In fact, many of our successful clients have no prior construction experience. We’ve been helping families build or remodel their own dream homes for years and have worked with thousands of families just like yours. We can recommend local subcontractors that are highly skilled in all aspects of residential construction from concrete work to framing to plumbing to state-of-the-art wiring.
Of course, if you have trusted subs you’ve worked with before, you’re welcome to use them on your Built-By-Owner project. Want to do some of the work yourself for gratification or additional savings? Want to involve friends or family that have construction skills to further reduce costs? You can do that too! Your home’s in your hands with Built-By-Owner.
Move in With Instant Equity
With Built-By-Owner you can benefit from our partnerships with national and local companies that offer discounts on services and products to help extend your construction budget. Additionally since you specify, select and purchase all your building materials you know exactly what you are paying for every part of your home. You are in direct control of your budget and you have visibility of every invoice and every expense, eliminating surprises, traditional mark-ups and hidden fees.
By saving at every step of the construction process you get a home that is likely to appraise for much more than the cost of construction. We call this “smart equity” and it’s a hallmark of the Built-By-Owner system. These are just some of the ways to maximize your budget when you partner with Built-By-Owner to build or remodel.
Building Your Home is a Part-Time Job
When you partner with Built-By-Owner to build or remodel your home you can keep your day job! Most Built-By-Owner clients average eight (8) to ten (10) hours per week managing their project – a lot of it on the telephone. In addition to the phone calls, you’ll visit your jobsite to oversee the construction process, shop for materials and talk to subcontractors about the work they’re doing for you.
If you ever see something that doesn’t seem quite right, your Built-By-Owner Construction Consultant is just a phone call or email away. Additionally, Built-By-Owner provides weekly site visits by your Construction Consultant to provide you with an expert opinion at every construction milestone. This personal involvement can prevent costly delays, failed inspections and can save money.
FINANCING your project
One of the biggest hurdles in building your own home is getting a construction loan. Lending institutions really don't like lending to owner-builders with little to no construction skills or history. But, most lenders look favorably on Built-By-Owner clients. They trust Built-By-Owner's proven system to guide our clients through the building process.
Lending institutions also like the fact that our clients have a successful track record of building and remodeling quality homes that are worth much more than the original mortgage amounts. Your Built-by-Owner Consultant can help you find the construction loan that is right for your custom home or remodel project. Or, please visit our First American Bank page. First American Bank is a Built-By-Owner Preferred Vendor and specializes in construction lending.
