No Place Like Home: 5 Surprising Reasons to Build Your Dream Home

Moving is often a headache but is extremely common. In fact, over 10% of people in the United States move every year.

If you’re looking into moving a new home this year, there are a few different options. You can rent, buy an existing home, or build your dream home!

While there’s nothing wrong with renting or purchasing an existing home, building a new house offers certain benefits that simply can’t be obtained any other way.

To learn a few of the advantages of building a home, just keep reading!

1. Pick Your Perfect Lot

One of the worst parts of house hunting is finding the perfect house – on a terrible lot. Even if you manage to find a home that checks most of the interior boxes on your wishlist, odds are the lot won’t be exactly what you’re looking for.

When you build your home, you get the freedom of choosing not only the details of your home but the lot it’s placed on!

2. Get Everything on Your List

To continue with the last point, every house hunter has (or at least should have) a wish list of both must-haves and wants. When purchasing an existing home, you’re probably going to have to make a sacrifice somewhere. Maybe the kitchen isn’t quite what you had in mind, or it only has two bathrooms instead of three.

This isn’t something you have to worry about when you build your house! You get to bring your wishlist to your builder and together, you’ll design a home that includes everything you hoped to have.

3. Make All the Decisions Yourself

When you first begin the home building process, you’ll choose your builder. You can pick someone who fits you and your family best and someone you feel confident will bring your dream home to life.

From there, you have the power to choose every detail of your new home. You get to pick the countertops, flooring, wall colors, everything!

4. More Cost-Effective Than Renovation

It’s no secret that renovation construction projects are expensive. Making aesthetic changes can cost thousands, but if your project will require you to rent construction equipment, such as a Trackhoe, it will cost even more.

In many situations, it’s actually more cost-effective to build a whole new house than try to make the house of your dreams through home renovation.

5. Stay Within Your Budget

Last but not least, your builder will be able to help you build your home to your specifications while staying within your budget. You’ll have a rough estimate of what the finished home will cost before the project begins.

Builders have a wealth of knowledge about the prices of labor and materials and can help you choose alternatives when necessary that will give you the same appearance at a lower cost.

Start Planning to Build Your Dream Home Today

Constructing a home can take time and a little bit of patience, but is more than worth the wait once you build your dream home!

Choosing to build your house rather than purchase or rent an existing one offers you ultimate flexibility and control, and can be more cost-effective than your other options. So what are you waiting for? Start planning your build today!

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