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Landscaping Ideas for your New Custom Home
For homeowners who enjoy a bit of gardening, landscaping can be one of the most exciting parts of building a custom home. When you buy a pre-built home, the landscaping is usually already well established, and often it doesn’t truly fit your style. Achieving the exterior look that you want may require additional time and…
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Planning Your Custom Home & Tips for Selling Your Current Home
For many of our customers, selling their current home is the one of the first steps of the home planning process. This allows them to decrease their debt to income ratio and maximize their budget for their new home. Selling the place you call home can feel overwhelming so we compiled this research as a helpful guide.…
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Why Building a Custom Home is the Right Solution.
There’s no denying that families grow and change over the years. Any number of life events—from a new family member to a newly empty nest to a big job promotion—can suddenly cause you to realize that your current home just isn’t fitting your family’s needs. When a big change happens, it may be time to…
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5 Tools for Designing Your New Home (Without Leaving Your Couch)
We live in an amazing time; just about anything is available with the click of a mouse or the flick of a touchscreen. Now, you can design a custom home from your laptop or device. Here are 10 ways to brainstorm and begin the process of creating the home of your dreams online: 1. Browse…
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HIDDEN COSTS YOU CAN ENCOUNTER DURING THE HOME BUILDING PROCESS
Affordability is consistently ranked as the top concern for people shopping for a new home. It’s no surprise that homebuyers like you want to ensure that they are getting a good deal, regardless of whether you’re a first-time buyer or a more seasoned homeowner who is looking for your dream home. If you’re considering purchasing your first…
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SITE DEVELOPMENT: OVERVIEW AND ANSWERS TO FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
You’ve no doubt heard the phrase ‘site prep’ throughout our website and within the context of new home construction. But what exactly does it mean? And how does it apply to you? We’re here to answer these questions and more! PREPPING YOUR SITE Site Prep refers to all the necessary steps that need to be taken…
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DETERMINE SITE DEVELOPMENT COSTS
We’ve all heard the idiom “Leave no stone unturned”. Well, it certainly applies when determining your site development costs. The primary reason for Harris Home Builders to provide a Free Site Evaluation is to help you uncover all the costs associated with developing your property. Remember the total project cost is determined by the cost…
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Building a House Part 05: Drafting the Drawings and Permit Approval
At this point in the process, you are well on your way to building a new custom home. Even though you haven’t broken ground yet, important steps have been checked off the list. You still have a few more to get through before you see activity on the site, but every task that is completed brings…
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STEPS TO BUILDING A HOUSE PART 4: COMPLETING THE CONTRACT
As you’ve seen in our previous site development blogs, the custom homebuilding process involves a series of important steps that get you ever closer to your dream home. In our last blog, we discussed one of the most exciting stages, Stage 3, where the buyer gets to decide on a floorplan, make customizations, and select finishes, such…
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8 FEATURE UPGRADES TO INCREASE YOUR HOME RESALE VALUE
Building a new home can be one of the most exciting times in a homeowner’s life. This is your opportunity to design the home of your dreams, with all the features and finishes you’ve always wanted. However, it’s also important to think beyond the home’s first residents—you and your family—and ensure its attractiveness for future…