Home Building Tips

 

Find out how to work effectively with builders, choose the right design and materials for your project and make sure you get the best result.

LIHBN customers get access to our publications through their sales and design consultant. Below are some highlights of our publications available through your LIHBN builder or by contacting us here.

Working With Builders

This publication discusses how working with the right builders is crucial to the success of a custom home project from the customer's perspective.

It helps you understand your role and responsibilities in the construction process. It explains the roles in construction and what factors you should consider when selecting a qualified builder. You are also made aware of how to evaluate quotes, the need for proper insurance and what should be included in a fair construction contract.

The purpose is to allow both builders and homeowners to protect themselves from many of the usual risks associated with construction projects.

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Build It Right

“Build it Right” is intended as a guideline to help you understand the construction process and what it takes to get the best value from your finished project

It contains information on how construction works in reality and explains its sequential process in various distinct phases. It helps you to create a realistic budget and gives you tips on establishing control over the duration of the project.

You will be able to make the right decisions on a timely basis and choose a realistic level of involvement based on your expertise in construction and time available.

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Planning Your Build

Building your first home or cottage can be compared to the birth of your first child. Nothing can prepare you for the magnitude of what lies before you, for the lack of sleep and, yes, for the emotional highs and lows.

And yet, the end result can be more gratifying than ever imagined.

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Why build green? Green buildings are, by their own nature, good design. A green building is designed to provide a healthy and comfortable, cost-effective, and visually pleasing environment. The term “green” is often interchanged with “high-performance” or “healthy” because of the ability of the building to reduce its dependence on natural resources while providing a durable and healthy environment. Ninety percent of what makes a project green is the first 10% — the design.

 

Sustainable construction requires a combined effort between the architect, builder and owner that can result in the greatest performance of a design's potential. The green- built philosophy is a set of guiding principles that assist in the design and construction of sustainable buildings and communities.

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Disclaimer:

The material contained in the documents is general information available to the public and is intended as a resource guide and is not promised or guaranteed to be complete or up-to-date. The Linwood Independent Builder Network (LIHBN) makes no representations or warranties of any kind for errors or omissions. The LIHBN expressly disclaims liability for any damages, expenses and losses (whether direct or indirect, incidental, consequential, punitive or otherwise) arising from use of the information contained the documents. The Reader or User of this information assumes the entire risk as to the accuracy and applied use of these information pages. Use of these documents constitutes an express waiver of any claim Readers or Users feel they may have against the LIHBN. Confirmation from competent sources or industry experts should be obtained before acting on any information or data contained in the documents published by the LIHBN.