Tips on Buying a Custom Home
Tips on Buying a Custom Home |
By the Woodlands Online Editorial Team
You've decided that you want a home with the exact closet and storage space you need. You see that spacious personalized kitchen with a walk-in pantry. You want a separate guest suite built near your home. You know what you want and your wish list is long and detailed. But, where do you start?
Long before the foundation is poured for your dream house, you will have made hundreds of decisions, and, yet, there will still be more to come. By planning ahead, you can take steps to avoid costly mistakes. Here's a checklist for building your custom home.
___ Select the Land / Where You Want to Build Your Custom Home. Sometimes you fall in love with a particular area or piece of land and that inspires you to build your own home. You almost always have to choose the land you want to build on before you decide on a floor plan or any of the other details for your new home. Within The Woodlands community, land purchase is possible through the The Woodlands Custom Home Sales Center, which maintains an approved builder list for The Woodlands. Click here to learn more about Dream Works Properties. Outside The Woodlands community boundaries, you can contact a local realtor for land / lot options. Or, you can browse WOL's real estate land / lot listings.
___ Assemble a Good Team of Professionals. By hiring an architect, designer, builder and supplier, you will have confidence from start to finish that your ideas (balanced with their expertise) will result in the home you have in mind. Choosing people you trust, respect and with whom you work well will go a long way to assuring that this happens. Below are ooptions for design your custom home:
In addition remodeling Specialists are a reference for quality custom home builder professionals. Traditional bidding (the process of getting three bids from different builders and then comparing them) is not as popular for custom homes as it once was. Preparing a proper bid is time consuming, and bidding on a one-of-a-kind home is risky for the builder. The bid is also no guarantee of the actual amount that will be spent to get the job done. If you do decide to solicit bids, take time to get to know the builders you approach. Gain a broad perspective about them and their work by touring recent projects, checking out references and asking them for a presentation of their business and practices. ___ Research the Civic Guidelines and Environmental Considerations before Making Your Land Purchase
___ When Construction Begins. Given that you've never done this before, you might wonder what role you should play in the next phase of the process. Your builder or lead person on the job site will be your primary contact. The following ideas will help make your custom home building project go smoothly.
Ready to get started building? Click here to view custom builders in the Woodlands area. |