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If your heart is set on having a dream home built some day, read on! My check-list can be helpful. Most importantly is to use your IMAGINATION!
- Your building site will play a big role in re-sale some day. My hilltop location on Birch Hill and the 4+ acres are highly desirable. Low land may be cheaper and will have issues in drainage in some cases.
- Excavating (digging for the footing in concrete is first.) Proper stone base is important.
- Foundations, today, for the most part are poured concrete. Cement blocks, fieldstone, & bricks are secondary. Good homes feature a fireplace or two or three.
- Carpenter-framers today erect structures that can be prefabricated in sections.. trusses, etc.. Stick built residences are not as popular anymore.
- Tradesmen work in concert. Electricians are attaching new boxes, more in plastic according to code. 200 Amperes circuit breakers are code.
- As the new home begins to take shape insulation in the walls and attic are the rule.R-19 used to be the rule 30 years ago when I built.
- Rough plumbing also makes an entry early on. Fixtures are put in place. Ceramic tiling adds to durability.
- The basement floor in concrete should happen early with appropriate drains.
- Wallboard installers work hard for lower wages.
- Hardwood floors add a taste of class. Wall-to-wall is cheaper.
- Your electrician puts the finishing touches in every room but only after your paint/paper artisan adds colors to your home.
- Landscaping is important. Putting on the finishing touches can be pricey and it takes 30 years to see tree and shrub maturity.
- Paving, too, costs money.
Russell Swinton Oatman, Asociates, of Princeton sells Old Sturbridge Village House Plans. I paid $600 for my Plans. Awesome details
Why not take a ride by 33 Birch Hill Road, West Brookfield, MA. RICHARD C. KEMP Builder has at least 7 trades, if highly dependable, and gets an A+ in the construction of my Dream Home. Son Josh + Heidi at 53 Birch Hill Road have a 19 acre Estate..a delightful hip roof Colonial reproduction also built by Kemp. John & Cassie Paolucci have a new home for sale further up on the left beyond Kemps.
BIRCH HILL ROAD, WEST BROOKFIELD, OFFERS FINE RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE. CHECK IT OUT!
I suggest you study both homes from the highway for perspectives only connoisseurs will recognize!
A PERSON'S HOME IS THEIR CASTLE AND FORTRESS.. These homes will last 200 years and then some.
LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION! Quality in our homes was built in.. not rubbed on!
I delight every time I drive to 53 & Josh & Heidi's challet.I am justifiably proud of my Solomon Richardson OSV Reproduction. The home was built in East Brookfield at Podunk in 1746. Today's plans have enlarged the living area. Fine details exist throughout the house...and you can 'talk up the view" across the Quaboag Valley from the back!
P.S. If you are going to spend $500,00.00 for your dream home don't skimp on buying cheap land! I paid $65,000 for the lot 30 years ago!
All the credit for my knowledge on residential real estate goes to A.L. POTVIN -Builder North Brookfield. Dad and Uncle Al built homes in the Brookfields 1946 - 1966. Two of the finest houses were built in Brookfield: Cliff Gadaire's on Foster Hill at the Town Line and Alan Whitcombs on the Brookfield Road.
As a boy I observed Dad and 'The Boss" fashion Ranches and Capes with their hands and brawn. Ed Varnum's High Street home was another custom home. I worked in helping Joe & Irma Hardy's dream become a reality. SUMMIT TERRACE saw maybe 6 Potvin houses built.
Son Josh is very talented in the ways of carpentry. Maybe Chase, someday?
Take pride in your homes! Maintain them for when you sell someday YOU WON'T HAVE ANY APOLOGIES!
ROBERT LOUIS POTVIN
Purveyor of Fine Homes
Box 11
West Brookfield, MA 01585
508-867-3360 Anytime
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