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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
  • Home Lending Forms
  • Home Equity Forms
  • Workbench Life
  • helpful resources
  • Home Market Valuations
  • Building Your Success Module

  

  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

  

  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

  

  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

  

  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

  

  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
• 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 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 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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