Building your own house - Points to ponder

Building your own independent home is a dream that many of us want to do. The thrill of owning your own piece of land, building a structure as per your requirements, and helping design the architecture with your architecture friend sounds very attractive.

January 27, 2012 / 20:19 IST

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Building your own independent home is a dream that many of us want to do. The thrill of owning your own piece of land, building a structure as per your requirements, and helping design the architecture with your architecture friend sounds very attractive.

Of course it goes without saying that a lot of painstaking work needs to be accomplished to make this dream a reality. Building your dream home consists of two major steps. The first is acquiring the land in a good locality and second is getting the contractor and building the house. Both steps require due diligence on exhaustive details and careful planning.

Buying the land

Buying land is the first step. The individual has to find out a good locality to acquire land to build his or her house. While finding the right locality is a tough task, the tougher task is clear documentation. Let

first published: Jan 27, 2012 08:14 pm

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