By being the GC yourself and doing the work of a GC you can pocket around 33% per house-build on a modern-home-plan . In just 5 years, and 3 homes, you can profit sufficient to own your house free and clear of any mortgage.

This website will give you some of our experiences that we encountered while building our first home. Hopefully you can benefit by not making some of the somewhat costly mistakes that we made in building our first house. Perhaps you can avoid some of the pitfalls that often happen, by being more informed.

By you being the owner builder, you live in your new home for 2 years, and begin your second home the second year. By selling the first home, you profit around 30-40% or more, which reduces the amount to finance on your 2nd home. You live in your second home again for 2 years, or whatever your states' law requires, and repeat the process for a total of 3 homes - built for you.

A home-built4u to own is something most people would like, but many people think they can't do it because they aren't qualified, or don't know enough to build their own modern-home-plan, and worst of all don't have any money.

Being the General Contractor

By this time, I expect you may be thinking, “but I don't know anything about building a home” or being GC You may say “I don't know anything about even framing a home.”

This isn't about YOU DOING THE WORK. It's about you being the general contractor. The subcontractors know their job, hopefully, and so if you get good subs, you just follow them through to completion and make sure they follow the plans, and right before your eyes, your modern-home-plan becomes a reality.

The “General Contractor” often never picks up a hammer. He is the brains of the operation. He organizes, makes appointments, hires, fires, orders materials, manages the subs and pays them. He makes it all happen.

You can do that too

Wow, when I realized this I said, “I can do that too.” I am a mother of 9 children, crazy as it sounds, with no building experience (and that's even crazier), but my husband has had some experience building a garage, an apartment in the basement, installing doors, etc.

We decided to jump in with both feet and get more than our feet wet. Our kids thought we were going to drown cause we were in “way over our heads.” I think they thought we were going to lose all that money we didn't have.

This is the house that we built

Suffice it to say, we successfully built our wonderful 1800 sq ft rambler. My husband, RL, says “This is the modern-home-plan that Linda built.” Of course, I say it's the house that RL built, but truly I did orchestrate the entire show.

Did you realize that most General Contractors net about 58% profit? Granted, they have overhead, and other business expenses. The 58% profit is after paying all the subcontractors their wages, and after paying for the materials, but it is before rental of their vehicles, insurance, bonds, workman's comp, advertising, and other fees. Hence, the General Contractor will claim he only makes 12-18% profit on building a home. The rest stays in his business.

YOU Be the General Contractor on your own home and earn up to 42% per home.

For you and me, as owner/builder, acting as our own general contractor, we can build our own home and in many cases, by following the guidelines mentioned herein, generate at least 42% profit on each home. In just 3 housebuilds, and approximately 5 years, you can own your own home and only have to worry about taxes and insurance from then on. No house payment each month!

NOTE: It may take 4 housebuilds, if you are paying off debt with the first build and of course, the length of time before you own your home-built4u depends upon the price of materials and land prices plus how the real estate market is in your area.

contact-me To learn more about building a home-built4u, contact-me

simple-house-plan - buying the land, and then sign a contract with your subcontractors for your simple-house-plan

construction-house-plan A construction-house-plan must be inspected by the city inspector several times during your housebuild.

retirement-house-plan, When I first saw a website that told me we could build our own retirement-house-plan, I didn't believe it.

house-construction-plan house-construction-plan

mansion-house-plan mansion-house-plan includes an architect-engineer for plans to build your own home

a-frame-houseplan To own your home in 3 housebuilds, start with a-frame-houseplan. In getting started , sign a contract with your subcontractors

100-Construction-Loan A 100-Construction-Loan paying 100% will finance your housebuild. First get your construction loan estimates, get your loand, and then sign a contract, with your subs

owner-builder-home-construction-loan owner-builder-home-construction-loan and getting the financing to build your owner builder home

home-construction-loan-finance 100-Construction-Loan, sub contractors, and estimate bidsare needed for a home-construction-loan-finance

personal-services-contract Sign a personal-services-contract with all your sub contractors

fax-line-loannopayday A fax-line-loannopayday helps in signing contracts with sub contractors

small-house-floorplan small-house-floorplan, is sub-contractors like plumber and electrician bids come before construction loan

free-land-contract-form free-land-contract-form, for buying the land where you will build your new home. Get you 100 Construction Loan

dig-a-basement In beginning to build your home, the excavator will dig-a-basement for you. But first you must find your sub-contractors, and get a 100 construction loan.

basement-bathroom-plumbing Gravel is needed in basement-bathroom-plumbing, before you can pour foundation, or flatwork cement.

house-design-plan backfilling your house-design-plan is usually done by your excavator. He will prepare the hole for your foundation as you build your house.

side-laterals side-laterals involve gravel, excavator, plumbing, and backfilling

house-floor-plan Developing a house-floor-plan for building your free house

how-to-pour-cement how-to-pour-cement footings comes before foundation and window bucks and window wells. Then the sub-rough plumbing is done as you build your home.

architectural-house-plan How wide will your architectural-house-plan foundation be? Are you placing a brick, stone or rock facing on your home? Are you using imitation facing on your home?

single-story-house-plan single-story-house-plan is about footings, which are followed by window bucks and window wells, sub-rough plumbing and then flatwork

pour-cement You pour-cement for window bucks and wells, footings, foundations, and gravel

pouring-cement-steps pouring-cement-steps are done after, footings, foundations, flatwork, and window wells

windows-doors-and-more windows-doors-and-more

house-construction-wooden-framing basic framing or house-construction-wooden-framing is about framing the walls, floor joists, sheathing the walls, and roof trusses

residential-house-framing residential-house-framing or floor joists come before floor-joists, framing the walls, sheathing the walls, and putting up roof trusses

country-ranch-house-plan framing basics, floor joists, and sheathing the walls, on your country-ranch-house-plan comes before roof trusses

house-framing-construction house-framing-construction

exterior-wall-sheathing exterior-wall-sheathing is done when the walls are built.

designs-to-build-roof-trusses floor joists, framing the walls, and sheathing the walls all come before designs-to-build-roof-trusses

house-siding sheathing the walls and then house-siding comes after roof trusses and sheathing the roof

vinyl-siding vinyl-siding comes after the soffit and facia and shingles

flexible-plumbing-pipe flexible-plumbing-pipe can be used throughout the house. Rough and subrough plumbing as well as HVAC precede electrical wiring.

vent-plumbing rough plumbing, sub-rough plumbing, and vent-plumbing are all done in the early stages of your housebuild. Plumbing and HVAC needs to be done before electrical wiring

insulated-windows-and-doors As you build your house, you'll need insulated-windows-and-doors, garage doors, and security doors on all outside doors.

home-security-doors-and-windows home-security-doors-and-windows will protect your home

central-vac Your wife or mom deserves a central-vac system with a kick plate in the kitchen.

HVAC-for-beginners HVAC-for-beginners

basic-electrical-wiring power hookup and basic-electrical-wiring consists of wiring all the electrical house wiring in your residential electrical wiring project

electrical-house-wiring power hook-up is done before starting to build your house. Then electrical-house-wiring includes the trim-out or finish electrical. HVAC and plumbing must be done first.

home-theater-and-audioequipment home-theater-and-audioequipment includes surround sound for more pleasurable listening enjoyment.

house-insulation house-insulation follows electrical wiring and rough plumbing while you build your home.

drywall-finish drywall-finish is done in several ways, including smooth and sante fe

homewater-purifier-system Through a homewater-purifier-system helps achieve a proper PH balance can be achieved.

home-water-filter-system Using home-water-filter-system helps ensure healthier water

drinking-water-filter You'll want a drinking-water-filter for the water you drink and for your health

water-softener water-softener

general-landscaping Your general-landscaping plans begin as you build your flower gardens, patios and pavers

landscaping-with-rocks When landscaping-with-rocks you can landscape a hill, landscape a slope, or simply have rocks in your back yard gardening

deck-landscaping deck-landscaping can include landscaping with rocks, raised garden beds, firepit, and general landscaping

build-a-fire-pit deck landscaping, terracing a hill, lawn edging all help in utilizing build-a-fire-pit,

raised-garden-beds raised-garden-beds

basic-landscaping-plans Your basic-landscaping-plans are designed based on your personal taste, style of decorating They may include rtaised garden beds, a fire pit, rocks,and decks

landscaping-a-hill landscaping-a-hill

patio-landscaping patio-landscaping may include rocks, grow roses. or terrace a slopr while you build your home

decorative-flower-gardens Add decorative-flower-gardens in your home landscape along with rose bushes, decks, lawn edging, and terracing

garden-statuary-fountains garden-statuary-fountains are loved by many gardeners

care-of-roses care-of-roses

growing-roses growing-roses is the care of roses which include, black roses, and all other roses

types-of-roses types-of-roses

black-roses black-roses along with many other types of roses in flower gardens need to be maintained by pruning and other care

pruning-roses People feel intimidated in pruning-roses and care of roses, and types of roses, because they lack knowledge on growing roses

garage-doors-with-windows garage-doors-with-windows or without are needed for the garage

garage-storage-and-design Organize your garage-storage-and-design to declutter your life.

used-kitchen-cabinets used-kitchen-cabinets, consist of pantry cupboards, kitchen cabinets, and range hood

kitchen-pantry-cabinet kitchen-pantry-cabinet plus other kitchen cabinets along with range hood design puts your personality into your kitchen

building-kitchen-cabinets building-kitchen-cabinets involves designing them first with kitchen designs. You need to consider all you likes and wants such as range hood, corner cupboards, and china storage need to be included.

small-kitchen-designs small-kitchen-designs include kitchen cabinets, pantry, range hood, corner cupboards

bathroom-designs bathroom-designs will vary depending upon your bathroom vanities, showers, and other fixtures

bathroom-showers bathroom-showers, bathtubs,bathroom fixtures, and vanities are important in your bathroom designs,

bathroom-fixtures bathroom-fixtures include vanities, bathroom showers and bathtubs, plus your bathroom designs for bathroom cabinets and countertops will complete the picture

bathroom-vanities bathroom-vanities, bathroom showers, bathtubs, bathroom fixtures, will vary with your family's needs