BUILDING A HOME BEGINS WITH A SINGLE STEP

1. SELECT A LOT AND PURCHASE

   It’s very important that you own the lot on which you want to build your home. Why? Let’s say you have an uncle who owns a vacant lot and says, “Hey, why don’t you build a house on my lot?” You ask him how much he wants for it, and he says don’t worry about it, we’ll talk about that later. If you claim this lot is yours to build on yet do not have the title deed to the house, there’s trouble brewing. The owner of the land can at any point decide what is being built on the land belongs to him or her. Are we saying your uncle is a scammer? Nah, but it doesn’t matter who it is, if you are responsible for the loan, any investment of money, you also need to own the lot.

2. Decide what kind of house, how large, and how much you want to spend. See another blog for more on floor plans.

3. Draw up the floor plan with the help of your builder.

4. APPLY FOR BUILDING PERMIT
   Building permit costs $100 in Bartlesville, could be $300-400 in Tulsa.

5. Inspector comes to verify the lot and building site.

6. GET A LOAN
   Banks require closing on the loan before you start because they get worried about someone filing a lien before they file theirs. Take first draw at closing.

7. HAVE LIABILITY INSURANCE
   If you are building with Taylor Homes, we insure our building process and require that subcontractors also have their insurance up to date. Purchase Builders Risk Insurance

8. PREPARE THE PAD
   Preparing the approximate space where you want to build your house means that grading work is done to remove grass, trees, any barriers to digging the foundation including large rocks, overhead power or phone lines.
   What grade do you want? Get finished floor height

9. STAKE OUT THE LOT
   30/40/50 rule
   Trencher/footing digger can stake out from the plan

10. SET UP ELECTRICITY POLE

11. Call PSO, hire electrian to set up, inspect after electrician sets up

12. PLACE TOILET

13. DIG FOTTING

14. SET AND TIE STEEL IN FOOTING AND SHOOT FOR GRADE
    Put extra piece of steel where electric goes
    Rebar placed into footing

15. Order concrete and pour footing

16. Set forms – brace by nailing box to footing and 1×4, nail to form

17. Screenings or sand, Backfill Forms

18. Plumber, Rough in plumbing

19. Fill back dirt/screenings, Grade fill

20. install conduits and vents

21. set up garage

22. Pre-treat for termites

23. Install Vapor barrier

24. Post-tension or wire mesh

25. Order concrete and pour foundation

26. Take second draw

27. Pull forms

28. Hire framer, leave up to framer to order lumber according to floor plan

29. Roofer

30. Take third of four draws

31. Clean up trash

32. Windows and Doors — order earlier so they’ll be installed by framers, vinyl windows with insulated

33. Plumbing, stack out plumbing

34. Electrical rough in

35. HVAC

36. Install Gas fireplace

37. Mechanical rough

38. Inspector comes to inspect elec, plumbing, heat/air

39. Brick House or install siding or exterior choices

40. Clean up Trash and sweep house

41. Insulation install

42. DRYWALL
    Load in house
    Install, scrap
    Finisher

43. Clean up exterior after Mason

44. Cut out curb

45. Dirt work in prep for concrete flat work

46. Hang Garage Doors

47. Tile Floors

48. Tile Showers

49. Caulk Windows

50. Deliver Cabinets

51. Set up forms for concrete flat work

52. Trim House

53. Pour concrete flat work

54. Grade Yard

55. Pull concrete flat work forms

56. Counter Tops Install

57. Sod plant flower bed install

58. Guttering

59. Install exterior posts

60. Paint

61. Tile-Backsplash

62. Electrical

63. Trim

64. Hardware

65. Install Appliances

66. HVAC final

67. Plumbing Trim

68. Install GDO

69. Rough clean and sweep house

70. Carpet

71. Final Cleaning

72. Install screens

73. Pressure wash garage and flatwork

74. Punch out list

75. Touch up paint

76. Final walkthrough and punch list