Buying a Land		Accessibility
			Selection of Your Land
			Soil Condition
			Existing Waste Water System
			Neighborhood
			Topography
			What kind of an Environment
			Height of new building

Water Table

Surface Water Draining Pattern

When your are checking the suitability of your land try to identify the surface water draining pattern. Always try to select a land that has a surface water-draining pattern Which does not allow rainwater to collect in your land.

Hardness of the Soil to Bear the Building Load

A building imposes a load on the ground. Therefore the soil must be hard enough to bear that load. Foundation is the building component that transfers the load onto the ground. Hence, the foundation type depends on the building load and the hardness of the soil, varying the foundation cost. There could be many types of soil

(1)	Peat  Peat is not a good type of soil for buildings. You have to use pile foundation to transfer the load onto a harder soil stratum. Which may not be practical for a house. If the peat layer is too thick you may dig it out and fill the land with a harder type of soil.
(2)	Muddy  Mud is not a good type of soil for construction of houses. You have to use concrete piles and ground beams which in turn will double the cost of the entice house. Therefore it is favorable not to select land with muddy soil.
(3)	Sandy  Sand also is not a hard soil. You will have to use piles to transfer the load into a firm soil stratum. It is advisable, not to select a land that is too sandy.
(4)	Kabook  Kabook is a hard type of soil in which case a shallow foundation will do. It is favorable to choose a land with kabook soil. Kabook could even be used as a building material.
(5)	Rock  Rock is suitable for bearing the loads of a building. But rocks on the ground surface may cause practical difficulties. A rock few feet below ground surface is ideal for a foundation, which makes the foundation strong minimizing the cost.
(6)	Filled Land  Filled land will make the foundation cost go higher. This happens because you will need a deeper foundation in a filled land or else you have to compact the filled soil and make it a hard soil stratum. There seems to be four standard methods of filling a land.

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