Where to start building a country house?
If a couple of decades ago a country house was an indicator of the high status and special position of its owner, today this type of real estate is available to everyone who wants to live in comfortable, spacious conditions, far from the hustle and bustle of the city. After the decision to build your own house has been finally made, the moment comes when you need to decide where to start work, and in what order do these or those stages follow? The construction of an object, regardless of the degree of its complexity, is carried out practically according to the same rules.
Every nuance can play an important role
Before proceeding directly to construction work, you first have to draw up all the required documentation, without which the construction of any object is impossible. It is about obtaining a town planning plan and a building permit. An official request is submitted to the appropriate authorities, and within a certain time the applicant receives a response about the decision.
In the event that a building permit has been obtained, you can proceed to the next stage: you need to decide on the number of storeys and the layout of the future building. How many floors there will be in the house - one, two or three, the owner decides, based on his preferences and financial capabilities. However, the owner's desire is not the only condition, it is important to take into account the area of the site, as well as the nature of the soil on which the house will be located.
The characteristics of the soil is the next important point in construction work. In order to identify all the features of the soils on the site, as well as the level of occurrence of groundwater, special engineering and geological surveys are carried out. Based on the data obtained, it will be possible to proceed with the design of all structures and utilities, choose the appropriate material, determine the type of foundation suitable for the structure and the depth of its laying.
Then it will be possible to order a project of the house . Architectural bureaus provide this kind of services and offer both standard versions of country houses and exclusive solutions, compiled taking into account all the wishes of the customer.
After paperwork - to the point!
If you decompose the stages of building a house "on the shelves", you get the following algorithm:
Registration of permits
Engineering and geological surveys
Project order and material selection
At the initial stage of construction, you will have to immediately take care of connecting the house to utilities (electricity, water and gas supply). This will also require a number of permits, and applications for connection should be submitted in advance so as not to waste time (with a high workload of authorities, light, gas and water in the house may appear only a few months after the application is submitted).
Everyone decides for himself whether he will build a country house on his own or use the services of a contractor organization. In any case, it should be remembered that such a complex and responsible process requires certain knowledge and skills, because even a small mistake or defect in the future can lead to big troubles during the operation of the building.