Juli Doty - Real Estate, Real Advice

Build New

Homeowner or home builder, if you are building a new custom home, the more you know about the homebuilding process, the more enjoyable your experience is likely to be.

We are regularly adding new links to specific information about the various phases of construction. Like the rest of the b4ubuild.com web site, this section is a continuous work in progress.

Among other things, we are currently working on a list of associations and building trade organizations, a generic construction schedule for a large custom home, sample construction contracts and specifications, building codes, a list of how-to videos, information about the contractor selection process, a comprehensive list of home and garden books and a large directory our favorite informational Web sites.

If you are trying to decide on a particular house style or house type, you are welcome to browse our collection of house plans to compare exterior elevations and overall floorplans. As you gather ideas for your own home, be sure to focus on individual design features like kitchen and bath layouts, bedroom sizes and locations, closet and storage space, traffic patterns and room flow, roof pitch, dormer sizes and locations, window types, and any other individual components of the design that might fit your needs or wants.

Since it is our goal to be able to assist you in finding information about all aspects of residential construction, home improvement, please feel comfortable sending us your comments, questions, suggestions, or requests.

Good luck with your project, thank you for visiting b4build.com and have fun building!

Construction Phases

Following are the primary phases involved in constructing a new home:

1. Research
2. Pre-construction
3. Site Work
4. Foundation
5. Framing
6. Rough-ins
7. Interior Finishes
8. Exterior Finishes
9. Landscaping