You want a home and have been starting to look at possibilities. Financing, location, and design choices are all floating through your thoughts. You spend nights awake dreaming about your new space and drift into scenarios as you go about your day to day tasks. You are ready for a new home, but a big decision is stopping you for the next step, do you build or buy? Gerard Construction knows building a custom home is a big decision, but it might be the best choice for you.
Overall Cost
One of the big concerns many potential homeowners stumble over is the concern of cost. There is an assumption that building a custom home always costs more. The truth is, that may not be the case, even though there are several factors at play. At the foundation, building a custom home can cost about $34,000 more according to The Mortgage Reports. This figure can change depending on home size, finishes, and location, of course. So overall, the cost is more. That increase may or may not be within your range. That said, if you consider the costs over the years, you can think about the custom home as a more secure investment. If you buy a home on the market, the chances of you wanting some renovations right away or soon after moving in is likely. Even small touches like changing light fixtures, new paint, replacing flooring, and switching fixtures and hardware can add up. Next, you may outgrow your home sooner and have to consider a new home down the line as well, which is a considerable cost during the selling and moving process. Again, you may be faced with the issue of buying or building at that point. By custom building with Gerard Construction, you could be settled in your dream home from the start, one that is designed to adjust and flex with you.
Design Your Way
A custom home can be your dream home, in every possible way. While we have never built a moat and drawbridge for a home or designed a cave home under a mountain, our Gerard Construction team has built in some pretty specific tastes into the custom homes we build. Your dream home can be exactly tailored to your needs, from the location of extra storage to the layout of every room of the house to the number of windows you want to look out from each day. Our team will encourage you to think through a dream day in your home and take notes as you consider what that would look like. Your physical space can support and fit into your routine with a custom home. What’s more, you can consider what the space may be used for 5, 10, and 20 years down the road, making it your dream home in the long term.
Multiple Benefits
Multiple benefits come with building a custom home. You will know your timeline, within a range, and not just be at the mercy of when an acceptable home comes on the market. We are approaching ideal times for building with the summer months offering an abundance of perfect weather to keep your custom home build on schedule. The longer days of sunlight help our construction teams too! You won’t have to wait until you see if your offer is accepted and lose out on a home you think you could have made work. This planning will allow you some peace of mind and know how long you need to have another place to stay during the process.
To begin your custom home build with Gerard Construction, contact us today. We can help you every step of the way, from land acquisition and financing advice to picking out the perfect shade of white or style of hardware for your new kitchen. If you think you have an existing house in mind, but need to put your own touches and renovation on it, we can help with that too. Either way, we can make your dream home into reality.