11 Things You Should Know About Before Building A Home Addition 

You honestly have a great video for every residential construction situation thanks for helping everyone out!

thanks so much for this great adivce knowledge and share it!

Very helpful information, thanks for going over what to consider beforehand.

Thank you... Jesus bless

Good stuff! Thanks!

Excellent video! My wife and I are planning on adding 400 sq ft to our house and this gave us some good info

Very nice video, very well explained thanks for sharing 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

If you dont have the money, dont hire a contractor . you can get a local guy who works on his own.and works for a daily salary. i did added a master bedroom to my house . saved over 50% of a contractor fee. contractors are big companies , have to pay rent on big buildings they rent,have to pay for their big fancy cars they drive , pay for insurance insurance ,and for tons of workers they have to pay. they own big equipments they pay for or lease every month. etc etc I am looking to pour cement for my garage. the high prices for the job are from big cement companies. while other independent guys can do the job for under 50% fee. compared to a big company.

Thanks for the info!!!!!

good stuff. thanks.

Thank you so very much. Very educational!

Thanks! Straight forward and to the point.

I'm in the scenario of "it may not go well with you" lol. Will be starting my house build this year hopefully. Although, I'm a series hobby finish carpenter and avid study-er on home design and construction. Question- Would you recommend liability insurance for Owner Builders? also, in your experience, are there loan options for owner builders in case I have to take a little out?

Leaking between outside wall and roof on added addition

At 10:24 - Will You Get Your Money Back. Owner Spent $800K and added $300K of value - This is the type of house a home buyer should seek out!

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Dealing with local government and building departments make your life a nightmare when you want to build your dream home

Where can I find someone to help me on this? What do I search?

Do you do blueprints?

what state are you located?

Check us out if your in Southern California Reliance Development

One thing, if you are the home owner you dont need a contractor. You can do almost everything yourself by looking at the codes and talking with the planning and building departments of your city.

I have to say what if you live off grid then what

Here's my summary: 1. Visit local planning and building departments - Zoning easement and property lines 2. Can you actually build it? 3. How much will it cost? 4. Can you afford to build it? 5. Should you hire a contractor? 6. What about insurance? (Make sure your contractor has liability insurance) 7. Should you move or add the addition? 8. Plan on being inconvenienced or move out 9. Scheduling is hard 10. Avoid making changes late in the project 11. Will you get your money back?

My parents are planning to expand our house in a few months. We are adding 20ft to the back and about 10 ft to one side of our house. It’s going to add around 4000+ sq ft. And our house is 4300 sq ft right now. So I’m pretty excited for it. The finished project should be almost 9000 sq ft.

at 6:11 it looks like that whole wall is sagging.

You just meed to hope your contractor is trustworthy.

You are way way pricey Omg lol 100k for a room lol! Omg I have done a complete and floor for 300k my gosh!

It's a shame you can't trust builders. Not all most are snakes. Plus dealing with government planning departments building inspectors etc. Than the city reassess you property to the max value. It's all good if your going to sell. You may make some $$. I wanted a family home to keep for kids one day. After everything just wasn't worth the stress.