Have to love the paperwork! My favorite was waiting for the bank to come take photos to prove we had not started yet before they would let us start the build. Sounds like again we have been on the same road. My wife and I had a similiar setup where we own the land and looked at stick built vs barndo. She saw a modular home and we started looking. *poof* here we are :D
Yep, you would think that builders put their best foot forward when constructing their models. If not…. Did you / will you do a vid. on how you selected the manufacturer & builder for the post frame building? Your setup (house + large post frame structure) sounds exactly like what we intend to do.
I probably won't do a vid on selection of that builder, I've been working on that building for a while. We looked at a couple builders but chose quality and innovation over cost. Morton has really innovated when it comes to technique.
Thanks . I enjoyed your thought process which is exactly what I was thinking and trying to research where I could see my top models since local builders or retailers like you said don’t have them all. I’d feel better seeing them as don’t like sight unseen. You bring up a good point though as may not be representative of your area if you see it by a builder that won’t do your install . Have a question. Did you research cost comparisons if other contractors/builders besides the retailers would do most of the work? When I visited one, they said they normally do all the work but you can get your own contractor. Of course they said which is understandable that they have long relationships with the contractors they use and I’m sure their contractors are primarily doing the installs so know it well. I just don’t know if it’s worth vetting out how much contractors on your own would do the grading, foundation and finishing. In my case well and septic will have to be put in too. It wouldn’t be worth the headache for a few thousand dollars because you would be managing the contractors yourself. If it were more savings though maybe?? In my mind I would love to have one builder/GC handle all. One place to call to get status etc as long as I don’t think it would have been significant savings hiring contractors or other GC to do the work. As I wrote this I realized that maybe you didn’t go with the local retailer selling the homes for all the install work. When you said builders I assumed you meant the retailers selling the homes. I assume the housing company brings in their crew to set the house and secure everything plus clean up damage from factory to location.
There were other builders that could have done the same house / floor plan but we set quality as priority #1. I’d be reluctant to have other sub’s come in to do the extras as our builder uses the same subs and they know his timeline and they know the house. As for models on the lot there are enough models that most all of the pieces of the house you want will be represented but maybe in a different layout. I’d bet that all the builder we looked at would serve you area.
Have to love the paperwork! My favorite was waiting for the bank to come take photos to prove we had not started yet before they would let us start the build.
Sounds like again we have been on the same road. My wife and I had a similiar setup where we own the land and looked at stick built vs barndo. She saw a modular home and we started looking. *poof* here we are :D
Super helpful info!
thanks, this was the best way i could think to present the process.
nice vid. Ill have to go check out the builders site for the floor plans
Thanks Moro, on the Commadore site this floor plan is called the Ultra D-4.
Yep, you would think that builders put their best foot forward when constructing their models. If not…. Did you / will you do a vid. on how you selected the manufacturer & builder for the post frame building? Your setup (house + large post frame structure) sounds exactly like what we intend to do.
I probably won't do a vid on selection of that builder, I've been working on that building for a while. We looked at a couple builders but chose quality and innovation over cost. Morton has really innovated when it comes to technique.
@@Northof44Degrees-rj5wt thank you for the tip on Morton. I’ve heard they’re a solid company. Nice to know they’re also innovative.
Thanks . I enjoyed your thought process which is exactly what I was thinking and trying to research where I could see my top models since local builders or retailers like you said don’t have them all. I’d feel better seeing them as don’t like sight unseen. You bring up a good point though as may not be representative of your area if you see it by a builder that won’t do your install .
Have a question. Did you research cost comparisons if other contractors/builders besides the retailers would do most of the work? When I visited one, they said they normally do all the work but you can get your own contractor. Of course they said which is understandable that they have long relationships with the contractors they use and I’m sure their contractors are primarily doing the installs so know it well. I just don’t know if it’s worth vetting out how much contractors on your own would do the grading, foundation and finishing. In my case well and septic will have to be put in too. It wouldn’t be worth the headache for a few thousand dollars because you would be managing the contractors yourself. If it were more savings though maybe?? In my mind I would love to have one builder/GC handle all. One place to call to get status etc as long as I don’t think it would have been significant savings hiring contractors or other GC to do the work.
As I wrote this I realized that maybe you didn’t go with the local retailer selling the homes for all the install work. When you said builders I assumed you meant the retailers selling the homes. I assume the housing company brings in their crew to set the house and secure everything plus clean up damage from factory to location.
There were other builders that could have done the same house / floor plan but we set quality as priority #1.
I’d be reluctant to have other sub’s come in to do the extras as our builder uses the same subs and they know his timeline and they know the house.
As for models on the lot there are enough models that most all of the pieces of the house you want will be represented but maybe in a different layout.
I’d bet that all the builder we looked at would serve you area.