Finding a Builder | New Homes Market Center
After selecting the perfect lot, the next step is to choose the home builder and/or architect that can help make your dream home a reality. You can choose from custom home builders or semi-custom builders, like those who offer Build on Your Lot programs. You do not want to choose a home builder using one or two criteria like price and architectural style. It is important to select a home builder using as much criteria as possible. Choosing a home builder that is going to work with your personality and style is of huge importance. Building a custom home is a serious project, you want to feel comfortable with the home builder and want to be sure that the builder is going to fit in with your expectations of the project.
Your lender must approve your home builder too, so it is also important to check into references, number of years experience, check out current projects and take note of the sites. Are they clean and organized? Do you want a home builder that has an architect in house or do you want to hire an independent one? After answering these questions, begin asking questions more specifically about your project.
How involved do you want your home builder?
Do you want them to visit your site daily? If so, find out if they agree to it. It is important to ask who will be your site supervisor, and how many projects the home builder and supervisor have currently to help to determine if they will be spread to thin. Be sure to ask how they handle change orders? Does the home builder offer packages with standard upgrades? If so, find out what the specifics are because different builders offer different standards. One home builder may offer a standard gourmet kitchen package that includes granite counters and the other builder’s standard gourmet kitchen package includes Corian counters. It is important to understand what you are comparing when it comes to cost and upgrades.
You can see that choosing a home builder on price or architectural style alone may not be the best decision – nor is it an easy decision. Our New Homes Specialists are on your side and can help you make an apple-to-apple comparison of home builders to assist you in making an educated decision. And, once you narrow down your selection of home builders and architects, we will arrange consultation meetings with each of them. During this consultation, you will talk about your specifications, square footage, design elements, lot detail and any other important facts. Then the home builders or architects can give you a preliminary proposal and budget. Once you complete this process, you are ready to choose the one that is best suited for you and your budget.
We have taken the footwork out of custom home building by streamlining the process. With a database of home builders and architects that work in a multitude of price ranges and styles of home, we are able to match them with you based on your criteria. To get matched, tell us a little about our project.
Finding the Perrfect Builder
After selecting the perfect lot, the next step is to choose the home builder and/or architect that can help make your dream home a reality. You can choose from custom home builders or semi-custom builders, like those who offer Build on Your Lot programs. You do not want to choose a home builder using one or two criteria like price and architectural style. It is important to select a home builder using as much criteria as possible. Choosing a home builder that is going to work with your personality and style is of huge importance. Building a custom home is a serious project, you want to feel comfortable with the home builder and want to be sure that the builder is going to fit in with your expectations of the project.
Your lender must approve your home builder too, so it is also important to check into references, number of years experience, check out current projects and take note of the sites. Are they clean and organized? Do you want a home builder that has an architect in house or do you want to hire an independent one? After answering these questions, begin asking questions more specifically about your project.
How involved do you want your home builder? Do you want them to visit your site daily? If so, find out if they agree to it. It is important to ask who will be your site supervisor, and how many projects the home builder and supervisor have currently to help to determine if they will be spread to thin. Be sure to ask how they handle change orders? Does the home builder offer packages with standard upgrades? If so, find out what the specifics are because different builders offer different standards. One home builder may offer a standard gourmet kitchen package that includes granite counters and the other builder’s standard gourmet kitchen package includes Corian counters. It is important to understand what you are comparing when it comes to cost and upgrades.
You can see that choosing a home builder on price or architectural style alone may not be the best decision – nor is it an easy decision. Our New Homes Specialists are on your side and can help you make an apple-to-apple comparison of home builders to assist you in making an educated decision. And, once you narrow down your selection of home builders and architects, we will arrange consultation meetings with each of them. During this consultation, you will talk about your specifications, square footage, design elements, lot detail and any other important facts. Then the home builders or architects can give you a preliminary proposal and budget. Once you complete this process, you are ready to choose the one that is best suited for you and your budget.
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We have taken the footwork out of custom home building by streamlining the process. With a database of home builders and architects that work in a multitude of price ranges and styles of home, we are able to match them with you based on your criteria. To get matched, tell us a little about our project.