What to do if you need a house and you don't even know what a foundation is

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First of all, if you yourself are not a competent builder, then you need to start saving by finding a good consultant in this matter.

A competent project before starting construction will help you understand where and on what you can save. On the basis of the developed architectural project, it is possible to draw up a specification of all the necessary building materials and identify the largest expenses.

And already starting from them to optimize the cost of construction. For example, you are planning to build a house made of wood (log, timber, or frame technology), but you live in the steppe part of the country and your sawn timber is imported and due to delivery their cost rises several times and is inferior to the foam block, which is produced at the factory near you.

In general, you need to choose materials based on their cost and availability in your area.

The number of storeys is a very interesting thing. It is believed that it is worth building a one-storey house up to 140 sq. M. At the very least, you save on the area of ​​the stairs and corridors to it.

In terms of usable area, a one-storey house of 100 sq. M is equal to 125 sq. M of a two-storey house. Well, it is easier to maintain the facade on the 1st house than the 2-storey one. (the wall area is smaller, no scaffolding is needed).

But a one-story house with decent dimensions can only be placed on a fairly large plot, at 7 hectare he may not fit, the fact is that there are standard distances to neighboring buildings and borders plot.

Otherwise, you risk either not registering such a house at best, and at worst, the house may be required to be demolished by the neighbors due to the abnormal distance to the neighbor's house.

For wooden houses, this distance is 16 m, for stone houses from 6 to 12, depending on the materials of the roof and floors. You also need to calculate not only the cost of building a house, but also its operation.

Article author: Ruslan K."Send your articles to [email protected], and we will publish them!"

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