Delays to Expect on New Construction - Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge

[Turner Cress]

Hello,

I am hoping to get insight on what type of delays to expect in this region if I decide to invest with a builder in town, so that I can properly structure our contract and get some kind of reasonable project schedule (timeline with type of work to be performed).

Thanks for any insight.

[Justin Beasley]

If your builder/contractor has a good track record and experience then most of your delays will come at the beginning of the project. If you buy raw land that is in critical slope and has no previous septic approval then it will take a couple of months just to get the engineered footer reports and septic approval. 

Once you break ground you will have a few weeks of delays through the life of the build....concrete, inspectors, weather, etc. A good contractor can manage anything else that arises.

Just finished one build and it was completed 5.5 months from the day we broke ground.