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Building aslice of paradise<br />
Renovating or building newdepends<br />
on your circumstances andthose<br />
circumstances willbeverydifferent<br />
from your neighbour’s.<br />
Building occasionally gets bad<br />
press withthe hassles of afew tagged<br />
to building generally. But if you have<br />
agoodbuilder and there are plenty<br />
in Mid andSouth Canterbury and<br />
youplan well, it should be plain<br />
sailing.<br />
If you are going to build, you have<br />
to have somewhere to build.<br />
It might be that you are interested<br />
in aland and homepackage, in which<br />
case the ‘‘where’’ will be taken care<br />
of.<br />
Builders or buildingfirms<br />
sometimes buy blocks of land for<br />
development.<br />
One of thebenefitsofthatisthat<br />
not only do yougetanew home, but<br />
youknow your neighbourswill havea<br />
new home.<br />
Manycompanies, these days,offer<br />
turnkeyhouse andlandpackages,<br />
andthe prices are competitive.<br />
If these interestyou, the companies<br />
almost always haveashow home or<br />
homes.<br />
So take thetime to explore. Get a<br />
list of addresses,and spendaday,or<br />
two, exploring the options.<br />
The more homes you see, the<br />
clearerthe idea you will get of whatis<br />
available for what price.<br />
Some designs will fascinate you,<br />
Building anew home can be plain sailing.<br />
otherswill not.<br />
In any eventand even if you see<br />
nothing youlike you will be much<br />
betterinformed.<br />
Such companies havemanydesign<br />
options, so take your time.<br />
It might be thatyou want to design<br />
your own home, or at least pass on<br />
somefirm ideas to abuilder,and<br />
that’s fine. You aregoing to live<br />
there,and paythe bills.<br />
Most companies willallow<br />
flexibility, butrememberthat<br />
changing stock designs might add<br />
cost always inquire.<br />
If you have firm ideas on ideas,or<br />
none at all, you may want to employ<br />
an architect.<br />
In the end, they may save you<br />
moneythrough clever design.<br />
ADVERTISING FEATURE<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>August</strong> <strong>27</strong>, <strong>2020</strong><br />
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An architectwill be especially<br />
useful if youhave aspecial site, or<br />
even adifficultsite. They are trained<br />
to design buildings for all situations.<br />
And if you have only abasic ideaof<br />
thestyle of homeyou want, an<br />
architectcan bring those ‘‘basic’’<br />
ideas to life.<br />
Perhaps you have seenahome, or<br />
visited one, that really takes your eye.<br />
It might be that itwas designed by an<br />
architect, and highly likely that the<br />
ownerswill be happytopass on the<br />
name of the designer.<br />
Thework of such professionals is<br />
often passed by word of mouth, so<br />
check around. If youhavethe design<br />
you want, you will needabuilderand<br />
they are often recommended by<br />
friends or acquaintances.<br />
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common sense plus alittle<br />
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Hammer: Try fora16oz or<br />
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Portable drill/driver:<br />
You’ll find thisinvaluable<br />
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