• chiliedogg@lemmy.world
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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.