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Buying 4 acres to build a home on. Any Advice/Suggestions/Warnings/Do's & Don'ts?
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<blockquote data-quote="CobraJohn01" data-source="post: 16389230" data-attributes="member: 3005"><p>I greatly appreciate all the input you all have been giving. To get about halfway caught up:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Never thought of that regarding the roof always being in the shade. I think we're going to clear out enough trees that are close enough to the house so that hopefully won't be a problem. In regards to the clearing, my cousin is going to do the clearing since he has access to the equipment for free, so we're going to try to be careful to clear enough for the house and have a decent sized yard without thinning out the wooded buffer around us for privacy and separation from the neighbors/future neighbors. Figured he can always come back at a later time and clear more if we decide we need to make more room for something. Good call on the generator. Hadn't thought of that. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>What would you consider "regularaly" in regards to topping off? Yearly? There's only going to be 3 of us and it would primarily be for the stove. I'm not sure how quickly you can burn through that. Was going to go with an electric tankless heater, but not 100% yet. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>1. You've got me intrigued about the spray foam, but I'm also a little scared by how much more expensive you're saying it is. How hot/cold does it get where you're at? I'm near Charlotte, NC so it gets pretty warm in earl-mid spring and gets pretty hot during the summer. Winters, compared to the Ohio winters I was used to, aren't too bad relatively speaking. But I'd be happy to save money on heating costs if the extra cost of the spray foam makes it sensible. </p><p>2. How much more expensive is a metal roof? We really like the looks of them. Any issues with it being "louder", like when it rains and stuff? </p><p>3. For sure!</p><p>4. This is what we were thinking of doing. Is one unit enough for a 3BR 2 BA house of maybe 1800 or so sq ft? Wasn't sure if there would be a need for multiple tanks? We were quoted around $3k to have one installed in our current home. Is it significantly cheaper than that to go tankless when building vs the traditional style? </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Our land was already perked as well by the previous owner, but I don't think we want the home site exactly where their perk shows it, so we'll probably get another one done. No existing well unfortunately. I can imagine the wrong builder would make it a terrible experience. We're already a little uneasy about the process and we haven't even started yet. Any idea how much cheaper your asphalt was than concrete would have been? 50% savings? More? We're thinking our house will be around 120' or so back from the road, so it won't be a huge driveway, but I know concrete can get expensive.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CobraJohn01, post: 16389230, member: 3005"] I greatly appreciate all the input you all have been giving. To get about halfway caught up: Never thought of that regarding the roof always being in the shade. I think we're going to clear out enough trees that are close enough to the house so that hopefully won't be a problem. In regards to the clearing, my cousin is going to do the clearing since he has access to the equipment for free, so we're going to try to be careful to clear enough for the house and have a decent sized yard without thinning out the wooded buffer around us for privacy and separation from the neighbors/future neighbors. Figured he can always come back at a later time and clear more if we decide we need to make more room for something. Good call on the generator. Hadn't thought of that. What would you consider "regularaly" in regards to topping off? Yearly? There's only going to be 3 of us and it would primarily be for the stove. I'm not sure how quickly you can burn through that. Was going to go with an electric tankless heater, but not 100% yet. 1. You've got me intrigued about the spray foam, but I'm also a little scared by how much more expensive you're saying it is. How hot/cold does it get where you're at? I'm near Charlotte, NC so it gets pretty warm in earl-mid spring and gets pretty hot during the summer. Winters, compared to the Ohio winters I was used to, aren't too bad relatively speaking. But I'd be happy to save money on heating costs if the extra cost of the spray foam makes it sensible. 2. How much more expensive is a metal roof? We really like the looks of them. Any issues with it being "louder", like when it rains and stuff? 3. For sure! 4. This is what we were thinking of doing. Is one unit enough for a 3BR 2 BA house of maybe 1800 or so sq ft? Wasn't sure if there would be a need for multiple tanks? We were quoted around $3k to have one installed in our current home. Is it significantly cheaper than that to go tankless when building vs the traditional style? Our land was already perked as well by the previous owner, but I don't think we want the home site exactly where their perk shows it, so we'll probably get another one done. No existing well unfortunately. I can imagine the wrong builder would make it a terrible experience. We're already a little uneasy about the process and we haven't even started yet. Any idea how much cheaper your asphalt was than concrete would have been? 50% savings? More? We're thinking our house will be around 120' or so back from the road, so it won't be a huge driveway, but I know concrete can get expensive. [/QUOTE]
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