An explanation of the exterior and interior upgrades for your new construction home, and how to prioritize and select upgrades.
Upgrade with the Builder or DIY Later? 7 Essential Things You Need to Know Before You Decide Anyone who is building a new construction home faces the choice to decide what to upgrade with the builder or DIY later. There are many articles and videos that will tell you the Do’s and Don’t’s of upgrading. …
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New Construction Cabinets Explained: Choosing Cabinets at the Design Center Cabinets are a major expense when building a new construction home. Upgrading cabinets typically adds thousands of dollars to your building costs. Many new home construction buyers know what color cabinets they want or how they want them to look. However, many people don’t …
Decoding the Design Center: Using Allowances in New Home Construction If you are building a new home or considering new home construction with a builder that uses allowances, this is the article for you! Most articles regarding the new home construction process describe one method of making selecting and choosing upgrades at the design center. …
Whether in a design center, at a vendor’s showroom, or at a builder’s office, your design center meeting is an exciting new home construction milestone! Although exciting it can also be overwhelming and it is easy to blow your budget. I know because we are currently building a new construction custom home and went through …
Choosing upgrades is a part of building a new construction home that is the most exciting, yet also the most challenging. Maintaining your budget while getting those touches that make your home comfortable and tailored to your needs is especially difficult. Focusing on low-cost upgrades that make the biggest impact is a great way to …
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Partial upgrades are a great way to save money on new home construction! A partial upgrade lets you prepare for future upgrades and bypass paying for the full upgrade now. You can make the full upgrade a future DIY project, or you can hire someone to do the job. You may also save money by …
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New Construction Home Upgrades: What We Selected for our Custom Home Choosing upgrades for a new construction home can be one of the most exciting and stressful parts of building a new home. Prioritizing and budgeting are key to focusing on getting what you want without breaking the bank. That is hard to do when …
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Structural Upgrades are the first kind of upgrades you will discuss with the Builder during new home construction planning. There are some upgrades that you can do yourself after your house is complete. However, there are certain kinds of upgrades that it makes more sense to do with the Builder. In this article, I’ll tell …
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