When you venture out towards building a custom home, there are so many things to consider. Where you will your plot of land be? Will you build completely custom or go with a semi-custom home? There are many options, and it can seem a little confusing at first. A lot of people don't understand where the actual house plans come from. Is it the buyer's responsibility to produce plans? Is there a ready-made place where they can acquire plans? Will the custom homebuilder assist with the plans?
It's easy to get sucked into the many house plans that are available on the Internet today. A simple Google search will show you numerous sites that provide both free and paid house plans. While this may be a good jumping-off point for you, you'll want to exercise some caution with these plans. First, you should ask yourself how much time and strategy went into the plans. Is it someone's dream house they sketched quickly, and with no expert advice? If so, you may find that there are some structural issues and/or gaps in building code. This can leave you with an undesirable house. It would be wise to use these plans a way to get ideas for your own, unique plan.
If you're purchasing a semi-custom home or a custom home, you'll find that your homebuilder should have some existing plans already in place. For semi-custom homes, you can add tweaks to the plans that make it custom. For example, maybe you add an additional car port, an additional bathroom, or a game room. You can choose other custom projects like the tiles and the countertops that go in the kitchen. For completely custom homes, most builders do have ready-made plans available that they've used before. Again, these should be a jumping off point to begin discussing your own personal needs and wants.
It's easy to get sucked into the many house plans that are available on the Internet today. A simple Google search will show you numerous sites that provide both free and paid house plans. While this may be a good jumping-off point for you, you'll want to exercise some caution with these plans. First, you should ask yourself how much time and strategy went into the plans. Is it someone's dream house they sketched quickly, and with no expert advice? If so, you may find that there are some structural issues and/or gaps in building code. This can leave you with an undesirable house. It would be wise to use these plans a way to get ideas for your own, unique plan.
If you're purchasing a semi-custom home or a custom home, you'll find that your homebuilder should have some existing plans already in place. For semi-custom homes, you can add tweaks to the plans that make it custom. For example, maybe you add an additional car port, an additional bathroom, or a game room. You can choose other custom projects like the tiles and the countertops that go in the kitchen. For completely custom homes, most builders do have ready-made plans available that they've used before. Again, these should be a jumping off point to begin discussing your own personal needs and wants.
The point of a custom home is that it is customized. It's quite simple to come up with a plan that suits your needs. Sit down and analyze how many bedrooms you'll need, how many bathrooms you want, any additional rooms you'd like (i.e. media center), how many carports you want, how big your deck will be, and more. Draw a basic plan yourself to mark out where you'd like the layouts of the rooms to be. From there, you should be able to go to your custom homebuilder and begin the process of working out how exactly your "rough draft" plans will come together to form your personalized home.
The bottom line is, your custom home is meant to serve your purposes. It is meant to be your dream home. If you really want that effect, you'll need to put some time in and create your own basic, custom, rough draft version of your dream house. From there, the possibilities are endless.
Ginger Heise is the Director of Operations for Stillbrooke Homes/Bud Bartley Homes. Bud Bartley Homes takes great pride in the value offered to each client. We build in the warmth and comfort, never forgetting that a home is where memories are born. Our building associates are craftsmen, each dedicated to fulfilling your distinctive vision for your custom home and using only the finest in materials and modern building techniques. Privately owned and operated for over thirty years, we are confident that the Bud Bartley team will exceed your home building expectations.
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