Building your house with a prefab system (be it pre-cut, elements or modules), will require that you do a certain amount of work on your site before the construction of the structure starts and after the construction ends.

In fact, most manufacturers are just suppliers and they limit the scope of their work to the assembly of the house shell (building envelope).

But you have to build the entire thing... so how do you deal with the rest?

You need to hire a general contractor, or a series of local companies to carry on the works for you.

Here are the important aspects you should take into consideration...


Picking windows for your house seems an easy task at first, but when you dig a little deeper, things get complicated.
Things like size and color are obvious... but what about stuff like energy performance, sun protection, safety features?

The truth is that windows are quite complex objects and, when choosing the right ones for your home, there is a lot to consider.
On top of that, you have a limited budget to work with.

So how do you make sure you don't overlook anything and you get the best bang for your bucks?

Here is how we approach this problem every time we have to pick windows for our projects...


You want to build a house and your number one problem is to figure out if you can afford it. I get it.

Unfortunately, this seemingly simple question hardly ever gets an immediate numeric answer.

Shortly, this question is too vague.

If you really want to get an answer, you need to give some contexts and add a few details.
Here is how to do it...

 

When the idea of building a new home makes its way into your head, it is easy to get trapped into a fantasy.

In the very beginning, you most likely have no real plan and you have no clue how much you can afford to spend, neither how this dream house could look like.
You just like the idea of getting yourself and your family a new place, a better place.

But you know that starting this kind of venture without a sound plan is a bad idea.
So here we come in your help with the plan...