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    FREE Tools

    At your fingers is a quick reference to helpful tools and forms in helping you make home construction/home building decisions.

    • FREE Forms / Worksheets
    • Home Building Forms
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    • Home Equity Forms
    • Workbench Life
    • helpful resources
    • Home Market Valuations
    • Building Your Success Module

    Home Building Tools

    these downloads can be useful when planning your home construction needs

    • calculators
    • Monthly Loan Payment Calculation
    • LTV (How Much Down)
    • Debt-to-Income Ratio
    • estimators
    • Construction Project Estimators
    • Sq. Footage Calculation
    • Room Adjacency Demo
    • budget planning
    • Budgeting Home Construction
    • Home Building Saving Tip$$$
  • Steps

    Home Building Steps

    Use this 6-Step Home Remodeling Guide to review the entire home remodeling process. It collects remodeling information and outlines it for your review in a step-by-step plan.

    • Home Building Steps
    • Step1: Analyze the Numbers
    • Step2: What Kind of House
    • Step3: Develop Your Building Plan
    • Step4: Find a Contractor
    • Step5: Arrange Financing
    • Step6: Manage the Project
    • Step7: Closing and Moving In

    Home Building Steps

    find these steps neatly organized to address key home construction issues

    • Other Helpful Resources
    • Home Building Checklist
    • Home Building Services
    • Building Thoughts & Costs
    • Home Building Considerations
    • Review Cost Savings
  • spec planning

    Specification Planning

    You will need a spec plan to finalize your house plan, negotiate the building project with a contractor, and arrange financing with the lender. The spec plan defines what you are looking for in each room.

    • Spec Planning
    • PlanA:   Home Style
    • PlanB:   Lot Excavation
    • PlanC:   Foundation
    • PlanD:   House Framing
    • PlanE:   Roofing
    • PlanF:   Doors and Windows
    • PlanG:   Plumbing
    • PlanH:   Electrical Wiring

    Spec Planning

    download these "spec planning" tools
    to help plan and budget your specs

    • download:   Spec Planning Sheet (pdf)
    • download:   Spec Budgeting Wkst (excel)
    • Spec Planning (con't)
    • PlanI:   HVAC
    • PlanJ:   Insulation
    • PlanK:   Exterior Home
    • PlanL:   Walls & Ceilings
    • PlanM:   Kitchen & Bath
    • PlanN:   Cleaning Closet
    • PlanO:   Flooring
    • PlanP:   Lighting
    • PlanQ:   Other Amenities
    • PlanR:   Garage, Pathways
    • PlanS:   Landscaping
    • PlanT:   Interior Decor
  • Contractors

    Find a Contractor

    Use our directory to search the nation's premier network of "customer-rated" home construction contractors and sub-contruction providers

    • Contractor Search
    • Additions and Remodels
    • Appraisers - Architects - Inspectors
    • Cleaning Services
    • Electrical - Appliances
    • Flooring - Concrete
    • General Contractors
    • Handyman Services
    • Heating and Cooling
    • Home Construction
    • Home Exterior
    • Home Interior

    Home Contractors

    download the "contractor selection form"
    to help evaluate best contractor

    • download:   Contractor Selection Form
    • Guide:   Selecting Your Contractor
    • Guide:   Negotiating the Contract
    • Contractor Search (con't)
    • Home Theater
    • Kitchen and Baths
    • Painting and Staining
    • Plumbing
    • Pools and Spas
    • Roofing and Siding
    • Walls and Ceilings
    • Windows and Doors
    • Yard and Garden
    • Other Services
    • Other Contractor Search
    • search:   Building Contractors
    • search:   Classified Ads
  • Financing

    About Home Construction Financing

    There are two parts: 1) first, you will use a home construction line to pay for subcontractors and materials during construction; 2) then you will use a residential mortgage to payoff the construction line once the project is finished.

    • About Home Construction Financing
    • Getting Yourself Qualified
    • Negotiating Rates
    • About Escrow Payments
    • What's Needed For The Application
    • Check Your Credit
    • Lending Calculators

    Home Contractors

    steps on getting the best rate include, 1) having good credit; 2) maintaining better than average debt ratios; and 3) requesting LTV loan amounts with an acceptable range.

    view "Negotiate Best Rates"
    for further illustration

    • Start Your Application
    • APPLY NOW: Compare Lenders
    • FREE: Lender Comparison Sheet
  • Shop Home Items

    Shop For The Home

    Shop for your home through our center of multiple home improvement merchants

    • Shop Kitchen & Dining
    • Kitchen Appliances
    • Kitchen Design
    • Dining Tables & Chairs
    • shop:   All Kitchen
    • Bathroom
    • Bathtubs & Shower Fixtures
    • Toilets and Bidets
    • Vanities & Cabinets
    • shop:   All Bathroom
    • Shop Bedroom
    • Bed Sets
    • Toddler/Teen Beds
    • Nursery Room
    • shop:   All Bedroom

    Home Contractors

    • Shop Home Furniture
    • Living-Family Room Area
    • Home/Den Library
    • Sunroom/Conservatory
    • shop:   All Home Living
    • Shop Home Decor
    • Clocks
    • Floor & Room Art
    • Window Treatments
    • shop:   All Home Decor
    • Shop Rec Room
    • Billiard & Game Room
    • Home Bar & Lounge
    • Home Theater Room
    • shop:   All Rec Room
    • Shop Home Structure
    • Flooring & Walls
    • Home Exterior
    • shop:   All Home Structure
    • Shop Home Utility
    • Closet Systems/Organization
    • Home Security
    • shop:   All Home Utility
    • Shop Yard & Garden
    • Building Structures
    • Decks, Patios, Spas & Pool
    • Landscaping & Maintenance
    • shop:   All Yard & Garden
  • Ideas

    Home Building Gallery

    Search our complete directory of home product companies for home construction ideas and trends.

    • In the Attic
    • Attic Access
    • Insulation
    • Stellar Room
    • view:   All Attic
    • In the Basement
    • Basement Storage
    • Heating and Cooling
    • Laundry Room
    • view:   All Basement
    • In the Garage
    • For the Garage
    • Transport
    • Workbench Tools
    • view:   All Garage

    Home Ideas

    • Home Projects
    • Doors and Windows
    • Home Flooring
    • Home Lighting
    • view:   All Home Projects
    • Exterior Home
    • Driveways and Walkways
    • Entry - Porch Systems
    • Home Siding
    • view:   All Exterior Home
    • On the Main Floor
    • Family - Living Room
    • Home Theater Room
    • Kitchen
    • Mud Room
    • view:   All Main Floor
    • Going Upstairs
    • Bath
    • Child/Teen Bedroom
    • Closet Systems
    • Master Bedroom
    • view:   All Upstairs
    • Yard and Garden
    • Decks and Patios
    • Garden Structures
    • Landscaping and Maintenance
    • Outside Decor
    • view:   Yard & Garden
  • BLOG

    How-To "Home Building" Magazine

    We cover home building topics ranging from interior decor to home security to garden maintenance. We have postings on all kinds of home construction advice and home maintenance tips.

    • Building BLOG
    • Topics:   Home Construction
    • Topics:   Home Addition
    • Topics:   Kitchen and Dining
    • Topics:   Home Interior Rooms
    • Topics:   Home Exterior
    • DYI Projects
    • DYI:   Workbench Life

    Home Contractors

    • Home Improvement Topics
    • Topics:   Yard & Garden
    • Topics:   Home Structure
    • Topics:   Home Utility & Security
    • Topics:   Other Home Issues
    • Topics:   Home Building Contractors
    • Topics:   Home Construction Financing

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