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Important tips for those who want to build houses
2022-03-31
Instructor Doctor Atheer Saleem Obaid Al Mawla
Upper Euphrates Basin Development Center / University of Anbar Presidency
Constructing a home is one of the most important things on the minds of most families. To build a lifetime home, there are some considerations to be taken for those wishing in building their homes, these include determining the budget, choosing the land, using a good and effective construction mechanism and method, and ensuring quality are achieved to reduce the cost of building the house. As well as good planning, planning well is considered one of the most important items that must be considered for building a quality home that meets the needs of the family.
Most of the citizens are constrained since the beginning of construction due to the lack of good planning to build the house with its facilities on the specified area, and this leads to spending the amounts they have on planning construction on the land, forcing them to debt and asking for financing and bearing more burdens, hence the importance of good planning from the beginning as a first step to building a high-quality housing at a lower cost. The following are the most important points to be taken into consideration:
1. To set a budget:
It is necessary to think about the charges and costs of building the house and the financial ability of the head of the family and to take advice from project and construction specialists to determine the number of costs expected. This allows the modification of the construction plans in proportion to the budget. It is also desirable to develop alternative solutions to ensure that the family income is not affected in the short or long term, such as providing an additional source of income.
2. Land selection:
The identification of the plot of land and region on which will be built is not easy, but it is the most important point in planning the construction and can be used with experience and expertise before buying the land on which the house is planned to be built. As can benefit from the services of real estate offices who have full knowledge of the lands and the available offers. Here, care must be taken when choosing the land, as the quality of the land must be checked whether it is clay, sandy or rocky. The Sanitary sewage is adequate, in addition to ensuring the availability of services for it (electricity - water), taking into account building laws, consulting a specialized lawyer, and asking about all legal papers that preserve rights in addition to legal procedures such as building permits and insurance.
3. Home design:
The process of choosing the appropriate design for building a dwelling requires good and careful research. Ready-made publications or websites can be used to view modern designs. A professional designer can also be consulted to carry out various interior designs with a full explanation of the requirements of room divisions, discussing them, and displaying them in an image. Three-dimensional (3D) and provide a clear vision of the general shape of the building and the required modifications at an early stage by optimizing the land area in the right way. For example, it must be taken into account to leave used spaces such as a garden and the car park as well as determining the direction of the sun and wind to provide multiple sources of ventilation in the home.
4. Choosing smart and sustainable solutions:
With the development of smart technology, sustainable, environmentally friendly solutions meet the requirements and need to provide a better life with modern standards, such as installing solar panels in addition to installing a central air conditioning system.
5. Construction lube:
If the matter is assigned to an executing company, a supervising engineer, or a contractor, it must be asking about his work first and measuring the extent of customer satisfaction with him, and there is no objection to going to one of the project executed watch the construction in action as well as emphasizing the principle of clearly fixing all the paragraphs of construction and concluding contracts between the two parties, which is a basic guarantee in implementation.
6. Materials used in construction:
The use of inferior or substandard building materials results in heavy losses during the implementation of projects. Because it’s maybe lead to the collapse of the building and/or having to pay additional costs in the future because of the damage you did to the building. Purchasing high-quality building materials reflects on the life of the building and its durability and bears fruit over many years, thus ensuring a private home for your family characterized by high-quality design and construction and implementation for you and future generations in your family. It is always recommended to choose high-quality building materials and to make sure to choose the best tools electric related good consumption efficiency and lighting modern LED.
7. Choosing suitable colors for the exterior facade and walls:
The exterior facade of the house should be painted in harmonious colors that are harmless to the eye; to take care of the aesthetic appearance of the house, as well as for the interior walls; to add elegance to your home. Some studies have confirmed the ability of colors to improve the mood of a person. It is also preferable to design the facade completely before construction.
Sources//
- The engineer. Al-Waleed Al-Fatlawi: How to build a house without mistakes.
- Zagazig University: a brochure of terms and conditions for the construction of a residential building project.
