Apr 11, 2020
Getting Your Land Ready for Building
Build On Your Land, Live Seminars
In this seminar, Eric Alarid, a 4th generation member of the Tilson Family, examines everything you need to know about preparing your land for construction from site prep to installing utilities.
What We Cover:
- How building on your land differs from building in a subdivision.
- Certain pre-construction responsibilities.
- Important documents necessary to begin construction.
- Installing utilities on your land.
- Land surveys and site preparation.
Seminar Notes:
- Production homes vs. Tilson Homes [1:30]
- Pre-construction requirements [5:19]
- Pause for questions [7:58]
- Before you can build [18:46]
- Documents [19:46]
- Deed restrictions [26:63]
- Pause for questions [29:90]
- Utilities [36:49]
- Site planning and prep [45:56]
- Pause for questions [50:15]
- Stake out and site plan [58:38]
- Site clearing and groundwork [1:00:40]
- Closing questions [1:02:17]
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