Next up, you need to start on your foundations. Laying the Foundations for Building a House Set up mixer station close to cement store and sand heap.Bring in bricks and blocks and stack clear of future construction.Surveyor marks out building on cleared site and transfers the lines to profiles well clear of any construction work.Water board to bring supply to stopcock on boundary.
Secure lock-up/lorry container (hired in or purchased) to be positioned. Set up site hut and equip with drawings and safety equipment. Clear site and strip vegetable soil stacking material to be retained out of the way. Here's an idea of the tasks at this pre-build stage: This not only includes clearing the site of debris and vegetation, but also ensuring your have the necessary facilities and services set up for your tradespeople. Site Preparation for Building a HouseĪssuming you have bought your plot and all of your planning and preparatory work is in place, the first step when building a house is to prepare the site. The schedule varies hugely depending on how the project is approached but below is an overarching step-by-step guide that will give you a real understanding of the stages from breaking ground to final sign-off. Many DIY self-builders take upwards of three years. At extreme ends, some timber frame package companies claim to be able to get a house ready and liveable within six months. So, in total, expect a house to go from ‘breaking ground’ (the traditional start of a project where the trenches are dug for the foundations) to moving in over a period of six and 12 months. Owing to the complexities of houses, there is a convoluted schedule that needs to be followed – the plasterers can’t work at the same time as the initial electrics are being done, for instance – which tends to mean that it’s this element of the process that can drag on a bit. 
Once a house is weathertight, work can commence inside. Depending on its size and complexity, most builders would expect to get a house weathertight in three to six months. Getting a house weathertight is easily the most exhilarating part of the process for beginners - it’s when all the heavy work is done, and real progress can be seen almost every day.
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