Articles on building a custom home in Colorado.
Seasonal, practical notes for people planning a house on the Front Range, from land and soil to snow, permits and design.
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Want to break ground in spring? What to do this winterWant to start building your custom home in spring? A month-by-month winter plan for design, budget, financing and permits on Colorado's Front Range.
Building a custom home through a Colorado winterWhat changes when a Colorado custom home is built through winter: cold-weather concrete, framing in snow, dry-in, temporary heat and spring exterior work.
Building on a well and septic lot in ColoradoBuying a rural Colorado lot? How well permits, water testing and septic (OWTS) rules work, and how they shape where a custom home can go on the land.
What a soils report tells you before you build in ColoradoWhat a Colorado soils report covers, section by section: borings, swell tests, groundwater, foundation and drainage advice, and what to ask about each part.