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<blockquote data-quote="KBC" data-source="post: 1870374" data-attributes="member: 24477"><p>^^^^^ All good advice. There are several great builders in the OKC and surrounding areas. Finding them is the tricky part. From my experience stay way from Homecreations. I had a house built by them several years ago, shotty crafstmanship and materials, they were great until we closed then were a PITA to deal with on warrenty items. Sold that house and finished building a new house in Feb this year (my cousin was the builder). The best advice I can give you is get every detail you want, need, and desire in your contract. Unfortunately, building material prices can change rather quickly, try and get a lock on material prices. The best things we did on our new house was spray foam insulation (pricey at first but great long term investment), radiant heat in the floors, good windows and doors. Our gas and electric bill is the same and less as our old house that was 700sq ft smaller. </p><p></p><p>If you are military you can get a 10% discount from Lowes and Home Depot. Talk to the builder and see if they use those two companies for materials...most builders in the city do. Offer to go and "purchase" the materials, saving you money. 10% doesn't sound like much, but when building a house it will save you a ton. We did, and saved a lot of money, typically using the savings to upgrade to better fixtures, fans, and aminities. Good luck, it is a long trying process but very worth it when all is said and done.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KBC, post: 1870374, member: 24477"] ^^^^^ All good advice. There are several great builders in the OKC and surrounding areas. Finding them is the tricky part. From my experience stay way from Homecreations. I had a house built by them several years ago, shotty crafstmanship and materials, they were great until we closed then were a PITA to deal with on warrenty items. Sold that house and finished building a new house in Feb this year (my cousin was the builder). The best advice I can give you is get every detail you want, need, and desire in your contract. Unfortunately, building material prices can change rather quickly, try and get a lock on material prices. The best things we did on our new house was spray foam insulation (pricey at first but great long term investment), radiant heat in the floors, good windows and doors. Our gas and electric bill is the same and less as our old house that was 700sq ft smaller. If you are military you can get a 10% discount from Lowes and Home Depot. Talk to the builder and see if they use those two companies for materials...most builders in the city do. Offer to go and "purchase" the materials, saving you money. 10% doesn't sound like much, but when building a house it will save you a ton. We did, and saved a lot of money, typically using the savings to upgrade to better fixtures, fans, and aminities. Good luck, it is a long trying process but very worth it when all is said and done. [/QUOTE]
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