Building a house yourself

What we've learned as owner-builders to save money. Tips to help you design, plan, and build your own home while saving thousands of dollars in the process.

You dream of building a home or homestead, but money is tight. Here are some strategies to get the materials and services you need for cheap or for free.

How we build our own home 6 times now from start to finish! From financing to plans, materials, contractors, inspections and DIY work.

Building a home is exciting! You will find yourself looking forward to every small process and may find yourself asking, “What step is next?” This article will walk you through the detailed steps of building a home in the general order they will be completed. Let's dig in!

There are MANY other things you won't even realize you NEED to think about until you are in the build process or just beyond! Don't worry; Im sharing 9 things I WISH I had known before building a house! Some of these are a *little* odd!

These are the things you HAVE to know when building a home. Go all the way to the bottom of the post for my top 4 tips that will save you money and stress.

We analyze the amount of time it takes to build a house in 2023. There are many stages to building a house, and we look at how long it takes.

So you decided its time to build a new home and the first step you need to think about is budgeting, you start adding up the costs for land, foundation, framing and the list goes on and all you can see is dollar signs everywhere. So you start wondering how you can save money when building a house. Building a house is not cheap, but with budgeting and knowing how to spend your money wisely, you can build your dream home. My parent recently moved into their new home, and they saved so much…

Taylor McClendon moved to Hawaii two years ago to launch a wedding photography and videography business with his wife Michaella, then the global pandemic hit and their bookings were cancelled. They decided to use the downtime to build a tiny house with family and friends and were so happy with the…