The number ONE mistake people make when building a house is minimal planning BEFORE they build their house.
People do this because (a) it’s their first build and they don’t know better, and/or (b) they’re just so excited and ready to get started so they quickly move ahead without doing the essential planning before they start building.
Here’s the problem with this approach … the less planning you do BEFORE you build, the more over budget you’ll go.
On the other hand … the more planning you do BEFORE you build, the less over budget you’ll go.
It’s that simple.
When one goes up, the other goes down.
So the first mistake is minimal planning BEFORE you break ground.
The second mistake people make when building their house is going into their home build without a crystal clear vision of their dream home.
Many people think they can just ‘wing it’ and make design decisions along the way, deciding how they want their dream home to look while they are in real-time building their house.
However, this is a BIG mistake for two reasons:
(1) You can’t bring your dream home to life if you don’t have a crystal clear vision of your dream home. Without a clear vision yourself, how in the world can you explain your vision to your builder or contractor? You can’t.
And
(2) Winging it and deciding on your design as you go is a surefire way to rack budget overages. Quickly!
The third biggest mistake people make when building a house that leads to significant budget overages is not creating a REALISTIC budget for your house.
This mistake is usually a result of the other two big mistakes.
Here’s what I mean … when you don’t strategically plan for your home build and you don’t clarify your crystal clear vision of your future home, you don’t have enough information to create a REALISTIC budget or get a REALISTIC quote for your house.
So your quote or budget doesn’t take into consideration your must-haves and upgrades that you want in your house, your specially designed kitchen, bathroom and master bedroom are not included in your budget.
It’s a haphazard budget or quote that isn’t very accurate.
So, while your quote or budget might look great on paper, you’ll go WAY over that quote or budget, and it won’t be pretty.
The great news is that this can be avoided if you go with the best building building company in Zimbabwe Generic Construction which gives you a clear strategic plan to stick to your budget … and clarifying all the important elements before the project begins.
