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House Construction Schedule for Owner Builders

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Are you planning on building your own house? Are you looking for a general house construction schedule to make the construction process easier?

It had always been a dream of ours to own some land in the country, and build our own house. That dream for us became a reality the summer of 2016. We bought 30 acres of land in a rural community south of Ottawa, ON, and we built a raised bungalow. We decided to be our own general contractors to save money and to challenge ourselves. You can read the weekly progress of our new house build here.

What is an owner builder?

An owner builder is someone who acts as their own general contractor to build their home. The goal of doing it yourself is that you can save about 20% of your budget that you would have spent hiring someone else to do the general contracting. A general contractor’s job is to determine the budget, get quotes, hire sub-contractors, estimate and order materials, make all the decisions (there are many!), and make sure the build continues according to the home construction schedule.

Organizing your time when you build a house is so important for keeping you on track. When we started thinking about building a house, I knew nothing about the construction process. Yes, we had done a lot of renovations, but building an entire house was a totally different thing.

What I needed was a simple schedule so I would know the general process for building – what happens when, and how long each phase should take. I’m a list person. I like to write things down and scratch it off when the task is complete. Having a schedule makes me feel organized, even in the midst of something so chaotic such as building a house.

Custom House Construction Schedule

So I created a simple construction schedule with the general phases of building.

home building schedule worksheet

 

The amount of time it takes to build a house depends on a number of factors. These include the size of the house, how complicated it is, how big the work crew is, how much of it you do yourself and how much you hire out, if there are delays with sub-contractors, or delays in delivery of supplies. There are so many variables, but this worksheet will give you a rough idea of what should happen when. This schedule is based on the size of the house and how much of the work you plan to do yourself.

Read more about organizing finances when you build your own house.

Get the custom hoMe building schedule

 


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  1. Cristina says

    April 4, 2017 at 2:26 am

    I never thought about doing a schedule for the house construction. But this is a great idea!

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  2. Habiba says

    April 4, 2017 at 3:01 pm

    I think it’s such a big project to build a house and I envy your organizational skills!! Well done!

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  3. julie nichols says

    April 4, 2017 at 5:36 pm

    This is a great idea!
    Julie @ Love My Simple Home

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  4. createpraylove says

    April 4, 2017 at 10:19 pm

    I think you are going to save SO many future home builders a lot of time with this worksheet! This is awesome! <3

    Reply
    • jessvanderveen@gmail.com says

      April 5, 2017 at 9:39 pm

      I hope so!

      Reply
  5. Linsey says

    March 18, 2019 at 4:35 pm

    I tried to put in my email to get the worksheet, but it doesn’t seem to be working. Can you send one to me?

    Reply
    • Jessica Vanderveen says

      March 19, 2019 at 11:16 am

      Yes thanks for letting me know! I will email it to you

      Reply
      • Leslie says

        May 20, 2019 at 4:31 pm

        Hi Jessica! I’m also having trouble submitting my email address.

        Reply
  6. Leslie says

    May 20, 2019 at 2:53 pm

    Hi! I tried putting my email address in a couplr times and it doesn’t seem to be working. How can I get a copy of your worksheet? I’m hoping it can help me figure out where to start 😶😄

    Reply
    • Jessica Vanderveen says

      May 22, 2019 at 2:00 pm

      Yes I have a few things that aren’t working quite right on my site! Thanks for letting me know. I just sent you an email with two worksheets

      Reply

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