Build Your Own House: Maximize Savings

[itz.monii]

i love how there aren’t any professionals trying to get people to just pay them in the comments and people are actually being encouraging for once, it’s nice

[scottlarsen]

I like the idea. Time is needed. Skill is needed . Tools are needed. Ambition is needed. Finding these 4 things combined into one person is very rare

[ragincajun]

If you're out there reading this just know you can do it!! Your gonna fail in this process but it's okay as long as you get back up💪. Your gonna lose some money, do things a few times over, cuss probably, and pray alot!! Keep going you just need perseverance and patience!!! Jesus was a carpenter so when it gets tough ask him for help. Good luck and God

[paulmarc-aurele]

Nice video, I have built 2 homes for myself. I was in a good position working for a plumbing wholesaler and had relationships with many builders. Without this I probably would have paid a premium for each sub not knowing what they typically charged. Each home took me about 1 year because I did all of the HVAC, plumbing, flooring, trim and paint myself. What I wound up with is a higher quality home for less than a standard home. Both homes had radiant heat and better insulation, air sealing and windows making them comfortable. The most important tip I have is make sure you have contracts that are clear in both the scope of work and payment schedule and create a work flow chart and schedule each sub at least 30 days out and confirm 2 weeks out. I built both homes with cash and my leverage was when the work was completed and inspections were passed I would pay them immediately. That helped me get subs to come as scheduled.

[slevig]

The perfect video I needed. Planning to have my first owned home built by my own hands, and as someone who doesn't work in the field, this information is invaluable for me. Thank you

[Joshwicklund]

Solid Video. I've framed homes for 10 years and built a few customs as well. It's not for everyone, but for those prepared for a challenge can certainly build homes themselves. Videos like this helpnmake that possible!

[icecreamladydriver]

I was the contractor when we built our house. I thought it was great fun finding all the right people to do the right job and get the inspectors and such. That was back in '91.

[toddh]

I general contracted my current home about 20 years ago. I loved doing it. That being said, I was self employed at the time. Had I invested the same energy level in my business, I probably didn’t come out ahead as I neglected some aspects of it. That being said, my home improvement skill set grew and I’m still using it today. Even if was a wash, I got a good education out of it.

[IsDefinitelyHuman]

Thinking of moving from my parent's home to somewhere not in Socal where it's 100f normally, and building my own home, ideally in a small town in the woods. I've never been physically adept, but I've done each of the required skills individually on several small to medium projects with my father. But spending 20k on building my own home and doing everything minus the electrical grid stuff, and saving money is a great Idea as even a tiny 4 walled home the size of a small apartment room in California still costs 200k, any larger, explodes to 500k easily.

[alexissloane]

I loved this as I am currently considering acting as my own contractor to keep cost down. THANKS

[matwinner]

Very informative! Currently planning on contracting my build next year myself, having the closed shell built and waterproofed, perhaps icf, with of course electrical and plumbing, and the rest by myself maybe with some sub contracts when needed. I’m pretty handy I think, and like to learn . Will also mill or have milled some of my own wood for the project, for sidings, trims, the nice stuff. I expect huge savings on the thing, 1700sqft on one story on slab, so easy work.

[Psychosurgeonpls]

i agree, im a home theater tech, some people REALLY think by people like me and more seasoned skilled people like yourself giving tips will put us out of work.. guys thats not the case, i know how to do automotive work.. but i still pay someone to do it for me.. we will ALWAYS have work so trust me, when someone like this man is giving infomation just take it

[BruceJC]

I’m a furniture builder and have built several decks, so I’m thinking about doing the framing myself. I’m just looking to build something pretty modest, a little bigger than a traditional cabin.

[ApolloTheDerg]

I’m only 25 but I’m starting to get that maturity in myself where I don’t feel I should toss a few grand at my diesel truck for fun but I should get some land and maybe invest in a home, very much growing interest in this prospect as I can save money but also, have something that suits my wants later on, like a nice garage that will let me play with my diesel rigs later when I make more money and can enjoy it.

I think I would do electrical, interior, insulation, and other various things I have done helping family complete their basement. We saved a lot of money doing that and maybe overdid the insulation a bit but, you couldn’t hear people upstairs very well, or the room over, stable temperature all year, and didn’t cost as much as it would to have someone else do it.

Infact the only things we had contracted was carpet and drywall/mud. Let the pros do their thing with the drywall, that’s for sure, and might sound weird but, we got a ton of hard working Hispanic drywall crews around me that do a stellar job, give them some love.

[tiedyefisherman]

Thank you for your video, I am now a subscriber. With the housing cost going thru the roof, here in Northern Michigan, I am strongly thinking about building my own home. I am a single guy and don't need alot. I just found your channel and will be looking thru the other videos and your websites. Again, Thank you.

[crosisofborg]

If you study how to do things and get the building codes there is no reason the DIY guy can’t do the plumbing, most of the electrical, the drywall, appliance installation. I did those and saved over 50k.

[jldude]

Man the framing and roofing is half the fun of building a house, you better believe I'd be doing that myself too (full disclosure though, I do have experience doing all these things). If it was my project the only things I'd sub out would be the concrete, the electrical, plumbing, HVAC, and drywall.

[mattuk]

Great video! Thank you for sharing real numbers on a build.

[philipp]

This is in line with my own plans. I only need the contractors to help build the house shell. This consists of foundation (concrete), walls (ICF but only need the concrete work done), roof, plumbing coming into the house.
At 1200 sqf, it’s not the biggest place, but big enough.

[byronlaw]

Prices have gone up so much in the last year alone (for both supplies and labor) relative to wages (which for many have not risen much if at all) that I wonder if the paradigm that you save more by contracting out the work is outdated. It's getting to the point that the average person cannot afford to have a custom built home. We anticipated about $380K for our build when we started last year. After recently bidding everything out it came in at $580K (for a little over 3, 000 sq ft 3 bd 2.5 ba home). But our qualifying remains at $400K. We have already taken a ton of economizing measures (almost perfectly square footprint, build vertically, cutting more extravagant things, etc...). We are looking at eliminating a garage and bonus room and it is still going to be close. Meanwhile a couple bidders have already told us that their costs and prices are going up. By the time we actually break ground, our reduced home is still going to be nearly $600K. And we are not in a high cost area. It's very frustrating.