Learn how to build your own home

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.  

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. 

 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. 

 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. 

 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.