When you choose to build your new home you have many options, and your choices are going to impact the direction building your new home takes. You will need to know and be aware of your financing options, architectural guidelines, time lines, inspection schedules, utilities, insurance and permit requirements, not to mention costs and taxes.
If you choose a new home builder, this then becomes a joint effort and communication is vital.
Building your new home can be an exhilarating New Home adventure! It will encompass your creativity and your patience. It will often be the BIGGEST and BEST investment of your life and, - it will be ultimately rewarding and satisfying .... if you plan it right.
Choosing a new home builder or to Build Your New Home "yourself" with the help of an experienced Designer/Builder is a big part of the new home construction process.
Having come from a "new home construction" based family in Canada I have built several homes myself (actually swinging a hammer) and as a family we have found it personally rewarding. In our business over the years we have helped several hundred families in the course of our work to select, design and build their own dream homes.
Nothing can replace the satisfaction of an ecstatic new home owner pleased to show off their creation, the final result of their hard won work.
Note that whether or not you choose to have a new home builder do the grunt work for you, in my books, you have also done a considerable amount work, spent time and money, and YOU are the driving force behind building your new home.
To this end, we endeavor to assist you the new home "planner" in becoming a new home "owner" and hopefully we will be able to assist you in avoiding problems that don't need to happen in building your dream home - helping you save time and save money. Some topics we cover are:
- Lot or acreage?
- Freehold or Leasehold?
- New Subdivisions - what you may not realize
- Mortgages, conventional, draw, completion, blanket mortgages,
HELOC's and high ratio financing - what's your true cost?
- Permits - What for?
- Frequent Clauses and Conditions
- It's a New Home - Do I really need a home inspection?
- Acreage Living
- New Home Warranties - Do You Have One?
- Interior Colors, choices, cabinetry and the works -
Can't I decide later?
- Landscaping - your responsibility or your builders?
- Your Realtor - what they may not know
- Spec Homes/Quick Possession New Homes/Accelerated Move-in Homes -
What does this usually mean?
- New Custom Homes
- How you could save up to 30%
- Build Your New Home Checklist
- New Home Builders in Canada
- New Home Builders in the USA
- Modular/Pre-fab Homes can often be a "first choice" dream home
- Safety
- Horror stories you can avoid
- Word of Mouth - What's a personal reference really worth anyway?
- Great New Home Building Stories
As this site is about you, the new home planner/builder - we encourage you to share with us your new home experience moments of "Eureka!" and those moments that were not-so-perfect.
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Finance Your Home Finance your home, Conventional Mortgage, HELOC, Interim Financing and other types of financing.
New Home Plans Design your new home plans for your custom dream home
Architectural Controls What are the benefits and what are the aggravations of Architectural Controls?
Interior Decor and Design Choosing your interior decor is one of the most exciting and rewarding experiences, and although usually expensive you can still have fabulous style on a budget.
Water - what about it? What's the big deal about water? How do I know if the water on my acreage is safe to drink? Do I have enough for my home? How much does my well produce? Do I need a permit?
