Advantages of a Professional Home Builder

For most people, owning a home is considered one of the biggest achievements in life. It could also be the single largest investment you’re going to make in your lifetime.

For these reasons, when the time comes to own a home, you need to put your best foot forward. Never settle. If you need a little more time to come up with the right amount, bide your time. It’ll be worth it.

Just as importantly, don’t buy and never build alone or hire a non-professional to cut costs. You’ll regret it down the line. Instead, you want to hire a professional, highly experienced custom home builder to design and build the home from start to finish.

The following are some of the reasons hiring a custom home builder represents great value for money;

Experience, Technical Knowledge

Architects looking at blueprints for a custom home
Photo by Alair Homes West Vancouver – Architects looking at blueprints for a custom home

 

At its heart, architecture seeks to solve problems. Custom home builders combine their technical knowledge with extensive experience to engineer worry-free living spaces. Not only do they know how to create the most airtight walls and ensure structural integrity, but they also do all that in accordance with local and national building codes. In the end, you get a durable living space, built to handle air, heat, moisture, and all other external elements, without compromising aesthetics.

Ground-up Customization

This is another major reason you should choose custom home building over buying or building on your own. When you buy a home from owners or real estate agents, you’re forced to settle. If the rest of the home is great but the bathroom is a little small, you may have to compromise and just go with it. In custom home building, there is no compromising. You get exactly what you want. If you want side-by-side bathrooms, you get exactly that.

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Safer, More Convenient that DIY

It isn’t uncommon for people to attempt building a home on their own. This can be a huge mistake for a number of reasons. First, home building is a profession. It’s a course people take in school; some even have Masters Degrees in it. Unless you possess this knowledge, you’re not equipped to build. Secondly, home building comes with all kinds of safety risks. Why expose yourself to unnecessary risk when you can hire a professional? Third, building a home can take months. Surely, you could focus on your job while a professional handles the building process. The list goes on.

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Cheaper than Buying

Have you ever tried to compare the cost of buying a home and custom building a similar structure? You’ll be shocked. The price you have to pay for a pre-built home is sometimes more than twice the cost of building. One of the reasons for this is that you’ll be covering the cost of materials, the builder’s fee, the seller’s profit, and agents’ fees among other costs. Custom home building saves you from paying the seller and the agent among others, thus lower overall costs.

Get it Right the First Time

Don’t fall for the temptation to build on your own or buy from owners or agents. It’s hectic, it’s costly, and it’s a recipe for trouble. If you want the dream home you’ve always fantasized about, custom home building is your best option. Alair Homes is here to help. Contact us today to get started.