Building a custom home is a much more involved process than simply buying a production home. This process will require lots of time, effort and financial commitment. If you wondering how a custom home is built, this article will help!
What Is A Custom Home?
A custom home is defined by Bankrate as a house designed personally for you by a contracted architect, this means that you have the greatest amount of flexibility compared to semi-custom homes, tract homes, and spec homes. With a custom home, you work usually with a builder, engineer and land surveyor. Working together you will select the proper lot, lighting fixtures, color scheme, size of the home, flooring type, the layout of the home, and any other wanted features.
Custom Home Building Process
The custom home building process includes several steps for the prospective homeowner. Six of the most important steps in any home building project are outlined below.
1. Fashion Your Dream Home
Long before construction begins, it’s crucial to fashion elements and ideas you want included in your future dream home. Talk with interior designers and even tour some completed homes, if you wish to collect a wealth of knowledge before completing your plans. Start by outlining preferences in regard to design elements, room function, product features, styles and lifestyle needs.
2. Find A Custom Home Builder
You may first wish to select an architect who can help you get bids from potential home builders. On the flip side, some contractors may offer their own design services or recommend architects. Feel free to ask around for home builder recommendations from realtors, architects and lenders.
3. Get References
Ask any prospective home builders for a list of lenders, suppliers, clients and sub-contractors. Get the answers to an assortment of questions, including if the builder pays subs and suppliers on time, plus overall quality and satisfaction. Don’t forget to collect warranties, sample contracts and construction schedules from the builders, as well.
4. Find Location And Buy Land
You will first need to identify and buy land before the building process begins. Your purchased property is where the professionals can evaluate sites for their suitability for building, available utilities and identify potential views.
5. Choose A Floorplan
There’s a great chance that you have already run though about the best type of floorplan to meet your needs. If not, you can work with architects to create a custom floorplan or choose from a variety of floorplans that have already been created. Whether you need a theater room, basement or casita, professional contractors can build nearly element into your custom floorplan or add it to your existing one.
6. Track Construction Progress
In addition to the choices you make prior to construction, there will be many more decisions for you to make after shovel meets ground. Typically, custom home builder swill seek input on design, product and color selections.
How Long Does It Take To Build A Custom Home?
The time for a custom home differs as well because there can be factors like an existing property on a recently purchased lot that needs to be torn down and will require permits from the city or county it is located in. Also, there will be building permits and construction codes that will need to be taken into consideration not to mention home owner’s associations as well.
Rules could range from the height of new homes to the particular exterior style, but this could also require an environmental study done due to endangered wildlife or vegetation. Other environmental factors that could affect the timeline of your custom home would include mature trees on the property, weather, and possibly rough terrain.
With all of these factors stated for what could possibly happen New Home Source says to plan on two years from pre-construction activity like finding a builder and other team members and one year for the actual construction of the home. These times are varied and will depend on things like materials, labor, permits, weather, and any possible acts of God like fire or floods that could delay the project.
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