What should we build a house

It is said that held the man should do at least three things: raise a child, plant a tree and build a house. With the first two goals I managed for a long time, but have to carry out a third mission only now obtained in inherited from parents old country house burned down, so that the construction of new housing has been realized necessity.

I began with the fact that to build a chain of successive questions that must be answered before the stand, namely:

1. What will the project (standard or personalized).

2. What will be the main parameters of the house (area, number of floors, the presence of a basement, etc.).

3. A material (bricks, foamed concrete, ceramics or wood).

4. Who will build the (company or a private team).

Find a model project, which would be acceptable to all members of the family, could not, even though it would be the budget option. Find out how much will cost the project documentation in an architect's office, I realized that I can not afford it. Help out a friend who owns the program AutoCAD - he made my sketches and drawings of the facades.

House size and layout of the premises determined based on the allowable building area, the number and preferences permanently and temporarily residing people. I decided that portion 10 ares and a family of five best option would be a two-story structure with a size of 9x9 m, and a small terrace basement depth of 2 m.

Brick otmol once: expensive, plus you need a strong foundation. And we have a sandy soil that allows you to manage the foundation shallow (0.6-0.8 m). Blocks of various materials (except sand concrete) - is a good option, but the majority of votes adopted the wooden structure with the motivation "it is easier to breathe." I insisted on the fact that the house will be the carcass, not lumber. Its position motivated by the fact that when the frame structure is immediately ready to finish, and not wait until there will be shrinkage. And the cracks in the tool bar (as it inevitably will) I do not like.

With builders we can say lucky in the sense that an experienced team of artists has been working in our village and worked well. Otherwise it would have formalized an agreement with the construction firm. It would be more expensive, but you can always make a complaint to the quality of work. And unknown "shabashniks" then look-fistula ...

He told us about the construction of his house Pereslegin Alexander.

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