Houses Don’t Build Themselves

Let’s say you wanted to build a house.  Somehow, you got all the tools and materials to build it dropped on your empty lot.  How long until you’d be able to live in it?

Well, that depends.  If you hire a team of contractors and laborers, you might be able to move in in just a couple months.  If you and a couple buddies work at it during the week, maybe less than a year.  If you work on it at night and on weekends, it’s going to take a lot longer.  And if you do nothing at all?  That’s easy – never.

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