Building a house
By maclanis
@maclanis (2406)
Belgium
June 18, 2024 12:58pm CST
I'm moving next year and my house is being built at the moment. This year I discovered just how many choices you have to make when you build a house instead of buying it. I'm making choices I didn't even know existed!
Sometimes I have trouble making decisions. That's why I'm happy I have my fiancée's help. I don't think I could do this on my own. Our next step is deciding how many outlets we want in each room and where we want them.
Did you buy an already existing house or did you have it built? Did you find it difficult to make all the different choices?
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@kobesbuddy (78889)
• East Tawas, Michigan
18 Jun
My husband sold our house. He decided to build a new home. It was been over a year, it's terrible trying to get everything done! We have a hole in the ground and no foundation
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@porwest (85053)
• United States
10 Jul
I have always bought houses already built. Most people I talk to wind up changing their minds about the decisions they made and always notice things they should have done. That being said, no house built or being built will ever be 100% perfect.
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@kaylachan (65348)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
18 Jun
My parents built my childhood home from the grount up. There's a prefabercated housing project going on that we drive by sometimes. it's common here. We have building codes that dictate things like how many outlets are allowed and how far apart they need to be per room based on the size of the room. Sure, we have to decide finishes, and kind of windows, but some choices are made for us based on the square footage and number of rooms.
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@kaylachan (65348)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
19 Jun
@maclanis Yeah, I know. And, they keep changing. I have no plans to build from the ground up, so I'm not concerned.
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@RasmaSandra (77609)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
18 Jun
I have never had a house built before, Best of luck to you with the house building,
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@marguicha (219879)
• Chile
18 Jun
I have mostly lived in houses that my husband built. Decisions had to do with what we wanted and with the money we had.
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@Shivram59 (33384)
• India
28 Aug
Fortunately we live in the house that was built by my grandpa around a century ago.But now we are planning to renovate it.I know;it's not easy.We will have to hire a engineer.
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