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What to Consider When Contracting a Homebuilder
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When you want to build a house, especially if this is the first time that you are doing it, there are some things that you should be very careful about. Finding a good home builder takes a lot of research. This is not just some random thing that you need to do in your life, but probably the biggest decision that you will make. The builder will build you a home for the future where, hopefully, you and your children will nest for many years to come. This is why, when choosing a contractor to work on building your new home, you have to ask some questions and be sure that you got the satisfying answers.
Where will the house be built?
Picking a place for the house is an essential thing. There have been examples of people who have hired a contractor to build their house for a really small amount of money, only to have cracks to start to show all over the house. Cases happened where the front porch just started drifting away from the rest of the house. So, when choosing a place for the house, make sure to check whether the ground on which it is going to be built is solid. Also, check whether there are possibilities for a swell to occur. Make sure to do this yourself and do not rely on the contractor to do this for you.
Does the contractor have all the necessary safety measures taken?
Construction site safety measures are something that every contractor has to implement in their house building service. The lives of workers that work on the construction are the most important thing, more important than the house itself. This is recognized by the law. This is why there are severe penalties for anyone who does not hold true to these laws. However, if it is shown that the workers on your house have not respected the construction site safety rules, then you are also in line to be fined. The contractor will probably lose the license to work, but you will also be struck on the wallet, because you allowed such a contractor to work on your house. Also, since the contractor will be banned from working, it might take some time before the works on your house are resumed. For this reason, it is very important to constantly check on the safety of the workers on your home.
Will a municipal inspector be able to spot all wrongs?
Usually, just like with everything public, municipal inspectors, who are assigned to look out for any mistakes that are present in the construction of your building, will not do a good job. Blame this on a great number of homes that he has to inspect that day, the sun that is shining heavily on the ground or anything else, the bottom line is that you cannot rely on the public inspector to point out all the mistakes on your new home. This is why it is always important to hire a private home inspector. A private inspector will focus on his job and you can be sure that he will point out any oversights and lapses that the contractor might have made. This will give you a hint as to what you will have to repair later on, or you can force your home builder to do it on the spot (which is a slightly better solution). All in all, it has been shown (in some severe cases) that the private inspector has found more than 60 lapses in construction, whether they had been intentional or not. All of these lapses had been missed by the public inspector.
Conclusion
At the end, it has to be stressed that not all home builders are as reckless and have the same faults, some adhere to the strict safety code of conduit on a construction site. But, construction industry is full of people who want to cut every corner in order to make some additional profit, even at the expense of the person who hired them and their future safety. So, it is very advisable that you do a good research on the contractor that you wish to hire. If you find anything wrong about the contractor, look for another, no matter how good the terms of the agreement will be. A house well-built is a safe house for generations.
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2013-04-19 08:46:11
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