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Building in Paradise


Welcome to Building in Paradise.- House Location: Lower Castle, St. Peter . Barbados. West Indies.

This site, seeks to go through the builing process from start to finished, from idea to completion. Sadly i dont think a day by day report will be a good idea right now, as nothing is happening, (still waiting on town and country planning department in Barbados, to give me the approval), then i still have to wait on a financial institution, being the credit union or a bank to see if i can qualify for the money to build the house, and get a move on.

Now i would say that idea was always in my head to start building a house. But i would say the real push to get this house going started about September 2005.

Steps Description Estimated Time Actual Time Comments
1 Finding some Land to build on. 3mths 6mths Barbados Land
2 Gaining ownership of the land 2mths 2.5mths Buying Land
3 Getting Land surveyed and landmarks clearly defined. 2 weeks 2 weeks Land Surveryor
4 Finding and architect to draw the house plan. 2 weeks 1 -2 months House Plans
5 Getting land and house valued. 2 weeks 2 weeks House Valuation
6 Submitting plans to Ministry of Health and Town and Country Planning. 1 day 1 day Approval
7 Waiting on approval from both ministries of government. 3-6mths Still waiting Approval
8 Getting a contractor to build the house. 2 - weeks 1 month Builder
9 Seeking out financial institutions to finance the project. 2months   Money....
         
         

All of these are things i had to go through before i could even think about driving down a nail or laying down a block on a place to call my own. Now remember these are just my stages i (Dale Thompson) went through, in trying to build my house In Barbados, Lower Castle to be exact.

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Lot 3 Lower Castle
St. Peter
Barbados
Email: Dream House
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