Building your own house

Mc Love

I was wondering if anyone on here can give me a brief rundown on the steps of acquiring a site to planning to building a house. I know it seems like a really stupid question to ask but seeing as it would be my first time and boards.ie holds an infinite encyclopedia of answers, i thought I would put it out there.

So you see a site you like? Do you put a deposit on it and say you will purchase the site subject to planning being granted? Get drawings done up, submit them and hope for the best.

Will this site then be kept off the market while you wait for planning to be granted?

Poor Uncle Tom

1. Find a site you like,
2. Get your Architect/Arch Tech and arrange a pre-planning meeting, if applicable your housing need etc., should be thrashed out at this stage.
3. Subject to a favourable response, and only through your solicitor, put a refundable booking deposit on the site which usually holds the site for you for 6 months or so.
4. Set out your brief for your Architect/Arch Tech.
5. Set about getting your finances in order.
6. Wait in anticipation for a wonderfully designed home, which when built will appear to have dictated the development of the entire surroundings, nature included.
7. Submit your application and go through the process.
8. Subject to a favourable outcome and again, through your solicitor only, complete the purchase of the site.
9. Build at leisure.
10. Live happily ever after....:)

Mc Love

Thank you PU TOM!!!

ricman

I,m not an expert but it might be cheaper to buy an old house,cottage with a water supply, then get planning permission to modernise,or demolish it and build a new house.Rather than buying site x with no water supply or esb supply.
theres old houses in meath going for 50k or less.

rayjdav

ricman wrote: »

I,m not an expert but it might be cheaper to buy an old house,cottage with a water supply, then get planning permission to modernise,or demolish it and build a new house.Rather than buying site x with no water supply or esb supply.
theres old houses in meath going for 50k or less.

But Ricman, if he did that it would be too easy and he wouldnt know, and fully appreciate the trials and tribulations, and general hardship, that the rest of us had to endure. Why should he get away lightly?:D:D;)

Tom, I love your description. It really is like that in the real world:rolleyes:
No. 9, Build at leisure, love that one...

Max Moment

Just wondering how easy it is to get planning if you are not from the area where your favoured site is located? Would you get planning to build easier if you were buying a site with an existing dwelling already on it in this instance or is it no difference?

ei.sdraob

Depends on area and the councils is the short answer

Mc Love

Yeah it is very much hard work getting planning in Limerick

norming09

Can i ask myself and my partner are thinking of building a house, i duno who much it will cost etc, but i have been doing some research and i want to import my furnishing from the usa, laminate flooring is cheap its like $0.99 per square ft etc

Would anyone advise me buying furnishing for a house when it isnt even built, if i have sufficient storage capacity to store the items,

Wouldnt it cut back on expense when the house is built

Oh i also sourced these fabulous door in california, would anyone have any pros and cons as to importing or not importing, not ordering these door from california and getting them shipped to ireland for the new home along with bedroom suites and sitting room suites etc

I know what i want in my house and i know what is my style of house so would anyone recommend me like investing in furnishing before the house??

wudnt it cut back on cost later after the house is built? any advise, i know people prob think im nuts but when you think about it, id have everything

Poor Uncle Tom

norming09 wrote: »

Can i ask myself and my partner are thinking of building a house, i duno who much it will cost etc, but i have been doing some research and i want to import my furnishing from the usa, laminate flooring is cheap its like $0.99 per square ft etc

I suggest you research the actual house building and cost first.

norming09 wrote: »

Would anyone advise me buying furnishing for a house when it isnt even built, if i have sufficient storage capacity to store the items,

No

norming09 wrote: »

Wouldnt it cut back on expense when the house is built

Who are you trying to convince?

norming09 wrote: »

Oh i also sourced these fabulous door in california, would anyone have any pros and cons as to importing or not importing, not ordering these door from california and getting them shipped to ireland for the new home along with bedroom suites and sitting room suites etc

Shipping costs from USA are usually prohibitive.

norming09 wrote: »

I know what i want in my house and i know what is my style of house so would anyone recommend me like investing in furnishing before the house??

Again, no. Way too many variables. How long will you have to store the goods? How can you guarrantee good storage conditions? Can you guarrantee no damp/dust/rodent/ damage while being stored?

norming09 wrote: »

wudnt it cut back on cost later after the house is built? any advise, i know people prob think im nuts but when you think about it, id have everything

Just No.

norming09

God alrite!

norming09

i priced importing from the US and its not that PROHIBITIVE!!! they dont charge by the weight, they charge by the container size distance etc

Poor Uncle Tom

norming09 wrote: »

i priced importing from the US and its not that PROHIBITIVE!!! they dont charge by the weight, they charge by the container size distance etc

I'm not here to talk you out of it as it seems like you already have your mind made up.

Slig

norming09 wrote: »

Can i ask myself and my partner are thinking of building a house, i duno who much it will cost etc, but i have been doing some research and i want to import my furnishing from the usa, laminate flooring is cheap its like $0.99 per square ft etc

Would anyone advise me buying furnishing for a house when it isnt even built, if i have sufficient storage capacity to store the items,

Wouldnt it cut back on expense when the house is built

Oh i also sourced these fabulous door in california, would anyone have any pros and cons as to importing or not importing, not ordering these door from california and getting them shipped to ireland for the new home along with bedroom suites and sitting room suites etc

I know what i want in my house and i know what is my style of house so would anyone recommend me like investing in furnishing before the house??

wudnt it cut back on cost later after the house is built? any advise, i know people prob think im nuts but when you think about it, id have everything

Furnishings, maybe but as stated before only if you can guarantee the storage that you have is secure from the elements and rodents. With oil prices going up all the time it will probably only get more expensive to transport goods. Remember however, an unheated garage provides perfect conditions for mould growth in humid Ireland and the the process of design through to built can take several years in most cases.

Importing materials from America when you have no idea of the quantities required would not be wise in my opinion as it would probably prove difficult to sell any excess or source extra if needed. There is also the huge issues of metric to imperial conversions, different manufacturing standards and regulations and different climate that the products have been designed for.

gman2k

norming09 wrote: »

i priced importing from the US and its not that PROHIBITIVE!!! they dont charge by the weight, they charge by the container size distance etc

Have you factored in duties and taxes?