How to build a house from A to Z: All the steps

This guide details all the different stages of the construction of a house and wants to be as clear and practical as possible.

It concerns individuals who wish to build a house by managing their own project from A to Z. The guide does not concern individuals who use a builder of houses, or who build self-build.

To build a house step by step, besides having a lot of willpower, you must have basic knowledge about geosophy, engineering applied to the planning systems, materials or geomatics that will be used as the basis for this course. With it, you can have control of your own home, as well as its final finish.

Check our course materials of construction training, you will get the details on the offer page, course material, price, time etc. This guide will help you to get a fundamental idea on how to build a house! Keep following the points below:

How to build a house - Phase 1: Fit the project

·        Evaluate your borrowing capacity

·        Define your expectations: Draw approximately the plans of your house

·        Roughly calculate the cost of building your house

·        Search and purchase of land

How to build a house - Phase 2: Design

·        Choose an architect or an architect

·        Choose your building material: Comparative visual guide (blocks, wood, bricks, straw, earth)

·        Realize the building permit file and submit it

·        To call on a technician to carry out the G12 soil study

·        Appoint a Technical Studies Office to carry out the construction plans for your house

·        Choose a building control office and have your plans validated

·        Evaluate in detail the cost of building your house

·        Write and validate your specifications

·        Request quotes and choose your construction company

·        Memo: checklist to avoid problems before starting the construction of your house

How to build a house - Phase 3: The Works

·        The meeting of start of construction

·        The role of the Client in the construction of a house

·        The foundations of individual houses

·        The low slab

·        The walls

·        Tiling, parquet and other floor coverings

·        insulation

·        The cover

·        The exterior joinery

·        Paint and other sidings

·        Talus, VRD, and  retaining walls

·        How to build an ecological house

·        Payment of construction companies to the progress of construction

·        Handing over the keys: The role of the reserves and the reception of the works

·        The year called perfect completion