6. Make Decisions Early
6. Make Decisions Early (Image 6 of 11)
Try and make all the design decisions before the contractors start on site. It sounds really obvious but people just don’t do it. That means at the planning stage, you have got these decisions out the way as soon as possible. If your builder tells you he doesn’t need something – say the toilet and sink – for a few weeks, get it anyway because what you’ve chosen may have knock-on effects with the size of pipes, etc.
Your design time is cheap – those evenings before the build starts when you sit down and work out how the build is going to work and what materials you are going to use. If you make those decisions before the builder starts, then it’s clear what everyone’s doing on site. If you start making these decisions further down the line, and then worse than that, start changing your mind, it costs you time, and it costs you more money, it gives your builder the excuse to put his prices up – making decisions early saves money down the line.
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