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"build your own home" online course

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WANt to build your own home but not sure where to start?

Learn how to STAY ORGANIZED, ON BUDGET, and ON TIME with the "Build Your Own Home" online course

  

  • Follow the construction of an actual home from start to finish through the eyes of a professional builder. See a complicated process broken down into realistic, manageable steps.


  • Learn how to: choose the right lot, find and hire subcontractors, identify potential problems, and avoid costly mistakes.


  • Discover pro insights on what to watch for during each of the 3 main phases of building: FOUNDATION, FRAMING and FINISHES.


  • BONUS: Enrolled students unlock direct access to course instructor/pro builder to answer questions throughout your own personal building project!

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"Build Your Own Home" Online Course

Limited time offer - just $199

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Bonus Content

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Lot Purchase Checklist

There are very specific things to review prior to buying a lot to build on.  This downloadable checklist provides these items in one convenient place to make sure nothing is overlooked.

Lot Holding Cost Worksheet

Thinking of buying a lot for building a home in the future?  This downloadable worksheet helps you organize the yearly costs for things like HOA dues and sewer availability fees to make sure you know what you are getting into.

Framing Checklist

This detailed checklist helps guide you through the structural quality review process.

Your building questions answered

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instructor's bio

  • Michael Luckado, Co-Founder of Open Book Build and ArmchairBuilder.com
  • B.S. Civil Engineering & Construction Management
  •  20+ years as a professional home builder/general contractor
  • For nine years led a regional home building company as V.P. of Construction and Purchasing, focusing on employee builder training
  • Built homes in multiple states to better understand climate and construction practices across state lines

Why take the Open Book build Course?

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Launched in 2020

We finished building the house and launched the course in 2020.  This means you get the latest concepts to help you build your own home.

Multimedia Experience

This self-paced course is presented through videos, articles, photos, and diagrams to give students a complete experience.  The video/photos were captured daily on the job site as the home was being built.

Open Discussions

Discussions allow students to interact with the instructor and each other by asking questions and leaving comments, adding a deeper dimension to the content being learned.  Because it's nice to hear from others in the same situation when you build your own home.

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major Course topics

Budgeting

Hiring Subcontractors

Hiring Subcontractors

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This lesson shares how we created a detailed budget for the Open Book Build to ensure all costs were included from the start.  The success of any new home build comes down to a careful review of all costs.  

Hiring Subcontractors

Hiring Subcontractors

Hiring Subcontractors

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It's hard to find good quality trades people these days.  Here we show the best methods used to find, screen, and hire the folks that get a quality job done on time.  

In this lesson we provide a complete overview of the contracting kit used in the Open Book Build and explain how it's used to get the best price for each building activity. 

Scheduling the Build

Hiring Subcontractors

Daily General Contracting Guide

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 This learning module shows how our Excel schedule template was used to build the home in under four months.  The template has all the formulas to automate this task...here we show how we use the tool to get a home built efficiently. 

Daily General Contracting Guide

Daily General Contracting Guide

Daily General Contracting Guide

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 Pro builders complete specific tasks each day throughout the building of a home to keep the project on schedule and per budget.  This lesson shares the detailed tasks we used for each phase in building the Open Book Build prototype home. 

Lot Selection

Daily General Contracting Guide

Lot Selection

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 There are many things to review prior to spending hard earned money on a lot to build your dream home.  Here, we go through each item and show how a little upfront work can make the build process much easier.   

INVESTMENT

Typically a course this detailed and comprehensive would cost up to $1000.  We are offering this newly launched course at a special introductory price of just $199.  

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Savings

It's totally possible to save tens of thousands of dollars when you build your own home.  Be sure to get every possible advantage you can to successfully complete your new dream home on time and on budget.

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