New build for the raleigh area

[Patrick Knapp]

Ever wonder what it takes to start and build a home or multi family property?

I’m going to take you through all the steps of this journey.

Project: 1232 Somerset Rd Raleigh, NC 27610

Goal: tear down fire damage home and build new home for resale.

Time line: purchase late September and list by march 30th

Purchase price was $235,000

Budget $500,000-625,000 depending on if you hire a GC

Projected list price 950k-1.05m

Alright now that you got the quick run down on what’s going on let’s talk about the process of building!

First step was to put out bid requests with plans attached for the subcontractors. (I’m a licensed general contractor btw)

We need demo, tree removal, dumpsters, portable restrooms, gravel for driveway, concrete pump and materials, crews for footings and masons. Block, electrical,HVAC, plumbing, framing, and everything else you can think of that makes a house. Also utility contractor if you are not taped into the city water and sewage.

Once you have all bids or your GC has them you pay a surveyor to draw up a demo survey if you have a home to remove and plot plans for projected new construction. Remember to have them include Limits of disturbance, front year impervious limits,the whole property impervious surface, cantilever and roof hangover, trees to be removed in right of way, what trees that will be replacing the right of way, driveway curb cut in information. All locations of the HVAC, and ect. The LOD and ect got me. Easy fix just took my guys a minute.

After that you can log into the raleigh website and apply for your demo permit and new build permit. Be advised it’s like $5500+ in permitting.

You’ll have to wait and get remarks back for things that need to be added or changed.

After about 30-45 days of BS you will be approved.

Yay! We can now start demo! Down comes the house, and clean up. Once that was done we did grading and saved the logs from the poplar and red pad tree to be reused and made into lumber.

Now we get our surveyor back out to mark the footings and get the subs out to dig with a mini excavator and install rebar

While that happens we have a temporary pole set up for power.

I than call in inspection for that

We passed!

Now concrete can be poured

Make sure to order a pump if you want to make it easier on the guys and trust me they will tank you for it. Also most concrete trucks charge $250 after 30 mins every 30 mins so it’s just smarter to do this.

Once concrete is poured get your masons ready, set….. go! Now you get to really see the footprint of the home. Exciting right?

After we are done we needed to grade the crawlspace. So we had enough room for a mini skid steer…… and yep one of the guys damaged two piers that now have to be replaced…… it’s ok these things happen. So that’s probably a $500 repair.

Next we install encapsulation material, why so soon? Cause we can stand up lol 😂

Wrap any piers and walls inside in 10 mil white plastic vapor barrier. Then ram-set 2” insulation foam 3” below the block top for a termite inspection. I do not foam in my vents until after everything is done on the home. This allows you to vent the crawlspace until you have power and install a dehumidifier to finish the encapsulation.

Next is framing the sill/bottom plate, rim band, girders and floor joists! Don’t forget that sill sealer(foam)

We applied lexel silicone to help with air sealing the foam board on the top and we do it to our rim band.

That’s it you are all caught up on where we are at, next step for us is to call our open floor inspection.