Building a new house is exciting. It can be an emotional roller coaster too. It’s a very stressful process. There are constant budgets, timelines, decisions, and questions to work through. Although stressful it can also be a very positive and rewarding experience if you are well-prepared. Follow our handy tips to stay calm and collected during the building process.

Planning planning planning!

What goes hand in hand with planning is research. I you account for delays and sudden price increases your chances of being thrown off balance if these things occur is slim, although inconvenient. During the early phase of the project, you need to agree on critical design choices and set them into the budget.

Set realistic expectations.

Nothing can be more frustrating if you’ve read or spoken to contractors that gave you the impression that your house will be built within a certain time frame, and it ends up taking much longer than expected. There are many factors to consider. From the time that you purchased your desired land to designing your dream home, to the sometimes-lengthy process that it legally needs to undergo (Municipal approval) before you’ve even started the process of the actual building of your house.

So be sure to do your homework on the process to have a realistic time frame, as there are many factors to consider like weather, strikes, and with the current loadshedding nightmare, delays in deliveries due to manufactures’ inability to fulfil orders in time.

Other types of stresses that could likely happen while building your home.

Financial Stress

It is important that you have a realistic budget. Making use of a quantity surveyor in this instance will help reduce the possibility that you get surprised after you’ve already started to build your house. This is why it’s also important that you have a builder who will help you through this process and try to keep to the budget as close as possible. Plan for continuances in your budget for all the possible unforeseen cost that you might incur.

Decision making stress.

This an unavoidable stress as it you will need to make many decisions for example, finishes, paint colours etc. This can also be very fun.

Take in consideration your family’s needs and continue to communicate through all the stages.

More ways to lower your anxieties.

Employ a reliable contractor with trackable references. As a trustworthy reliable team will limit potential problems.

If possible, take time from work if you have a full-time job. This will lower your stress levels if you don’t have additional work-related stress to deal with.