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            <h1 style=" color:blue"> Step 1: Finding a Location</h1>
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            <p>Select a desirable place for your house. There are many factors to consider when finding a suitable location on which to build your home. 
                Think about a place you'd like to live long-term and keep in mind things like:<BR>
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<li><b>Climate.</b> Special considerations must be made for building in flood, hurricane, intense heat, frigid cold, and other
 extreme weather and climatic conditions.</li>
<li><b>Ground stability.</b> Houses built on shifting sand, mucky soil, or other unstable earth will likely fail over a 
short period of time unless they are built on special foundations or <BR> pilings.</li>
<li><b>Availability of utilities.</b> If you intend to have electric power, potable water, telephone, and other conveniences, make sure these
 utility providers offer them at your location.</li>
<li><b>Community infrastructure. </b>If you plan to raise children or have kids, make sure good quality schools are available. Check to see if you are in a police
 jurisdiction to protect you from crime, look at the distance you will have to travel to acquire basic commodities, and whether medical help is nearby.</li>
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 <p> <b>Select the property on which you are going to build and purchase it.</b> This may be a hurdle, depending on the cost, and your available funds. Building a house is an
     expensive process, but purchasing suitable property is also a major investment just as important as homebuilding. Decide how you're going to pay for your building 
     project going forward and start that process with the land. Some home builders will elect to get a construction loan to purchase the land and secure funding for the 
     building project. This requires that you enter into a contract with a builder or a contractor, and the loan must reference that builder's resume and serve as a 
     contract between you and the builder, as well as a source of funding for the project. To do this, you'll need to wait until you've hired and vetted a builder
      before purchasing the land.<BR>
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<B>Have the property surveyed and the footprint of the house located.</B> This is not absolutely necessary, especially if you are building on a large parcel of land, but if there
 is any doubt about the property lines, have this done to assure you are not encroaching on a neighbor's property, or the city's. This will be useful as you move forward
  with the building process.<BR>
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<B>Consider access issues.</B> On large parcels, especially, you will need to ascertain the route for a usable driveway if you depend on a car for transportation. Look at any low
 area that would become impassable in winter mud or heavy summer rain, how installing driveway will affect the landscape, and whether a driveway will be in conflict with
  underground utilities. Pay particular attention to the way surface water will drain off the property. Every effort should be made so that water drains off and away from the driveway.
 This may require the placement of culverts or pipes under the driveway to avoid puddling along its sides.

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