• Jax
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    27 days ago

    I’m starting to think the play is to buy undeveloped land and just bite the bullet on the cost of building a house/a road to the nearest govt maintained road.

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      27 days ago

      Unless you’re physically building it yourself, it’s still gonna get corners cut at every stage.

      Also, don’t underestimate the drainage and erosion control engineering required for a home and a road. Those cookie cutter neighborhoods have regional drainage and detention. Your undeveloped land won’t.

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        27 days ago

        I’m sure with some research you could find a company willing to follow your specifications and instructions, but obviously that comes with cost.

        To your second point, thanks for the heads up. There’s plenty more research that I need to do before I worry about drainage, but I’ll keep the thought in mind.

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          27 days ago

          Septic and Drainage should come before any kind of detailed architecture. It’ll save you 30 grand in Engineering revisions if you don’t have to re-do the drainage plans.

          Also, never let an architect be in charge of a project. It’s like having the font designer be in charge of office software.