The Best Reasons to Build a Custom Home
November 11, 2024
The decision to build a home is momentous. Your home is not only your biggest investment, but it’s where you spend most of your time. It’s where you take refuge from the world, and where you make memories. While building a home is always special, there’s something wonderful about building a custom home for yourself and your loved ones. If you’re trying to decide whether to build a new home in a planned community or a custom home, read on for some reasons we think building a custom home is a pretty great idea.
Personalization
If you build a home in a community, you generally have to choose from a few preselected designs. You can make some changes and upgrades, but usually, the floor plan is set. But when you build a custom home, you’re starting with a blank slate. You can design the exact home you want, one that perfectly reflects your personality and style and fits your family.
A custom-built home is a home that is made to support your lifestyle. You can build a specific room for a hobby you love, a home office perfectly designed for what your job requires, or a home that supports wellness with a sauna, a home gym, or a swimming pool. The possibilities are endless.
You also get to put your own personal touch on every element of a custom home. You choose all the finishes from floor to ceiling. You choose the paint colors, the countertop material, the bathroom hardware–all of it is exactly what you want it to be. Your style will shine through your home, and you can make it a place you love to spend time.
Location
When you build a custom home, you get to decide where you want it. You can purchase a lot in a neighborhood or land a little ways out of town. You can choose your school district, your amenities, and more. Your home’s location is the one thing about it that you can never change, so getting to choose exactly where you want your home to be built is a great perk.
Energy Efficiency
We all care about the earth. We all want to do our best to minimize our carbon footprints, use energy efficiency, and go green where we can. Building a custom home allows you to make it as energy efficient as you choose–which is not only good for the planet, but for your wallet as well. Some ways you can go green with a custom-built home include
- using solar panels.
- making windows and doors energy efficient (windows account for 25-30% of heat gain and loss in homes).
- installing all high-efficiency appliances.
- using low-flow water fixtures.
- planting trees around the home to reduce heating and cooling needs.
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Maintenance
With any new home, you won’t have to worry as much about maintenance and upkeep. You know all the materials and systems are brand new and should last a long time (especially with proper care!). But with a custom-built home, you have even less to worry about.
You can use the highest quality materials available–nothing “builder grade” about your new home. And you can choose who you want to build your home, ensuring it’s a contractor you trust. Fewer repairs and fewer worries about your home: what could be better than that?
Technology
When you design and build a custom home, you can include as much smart technology as you want to make it the most convenient, easy, and comfortable place you’ve ever lived. Smart technology exists now for every room in the house:
- In the kitchen, smart appliances like refrigerators, ovens, and dishwashers make cooking and cleaning up easier than ever.
- In the bathroom, you can install a smart shower to turn on to the right temperature, smart mirrors that broadcast morning news, motion-sensing lights, and more.
- In the bedroom, smart blinds open and close on timers so you wake gently, and a smart thermostat keeps the temperature just right.
- Smart security systems allow you to monitor your home from far away, lock or unlock the door remotely, and even make sure you turned off the stove.
In a custom home, you can add all this and more, making your home truly automated in every way possible.
Planning for the Future
You want your home to be perfect for your family right now, and building a custom home is the best way to attain that goal. But just as important is making sure your home can meet your changing needs for the future. A custom home can help you if you’re considering multigenerational living or aging in place in the future.
Multigenerational Living
More and more Americans are embracing multigenerational living–when two or more adult generations live in the same house. Sometimes this means that adult children come home to live after college or as they try to establish a career. Other times, an older parent needs care or doesn’t want to live alone. Whatever the reason, if you think you may have adult family members living with you at some point, you can build with this in mind. A great multigenerational home has
- flexible living spaces
- accessible shared spaces
- privacy for every adult
This may mean building a small apartment in a walk-out basement, or multiple bedrooms with attached bathrooms on the main floor. There are a variety of options available for multigenerational living, and a custom home allows you to choose what will work best for your specific situation.
Aging in Place
You can also build your home with an eye toward aging in place–living in the home as long as you can without assistance. You can use the principles of Universal Design as you plan. Universal Design is the design of environments and products to be used by as many people as possible without modifications–regardless of age, ability, health, etc. It means making your new home as accessible as you can so that the future you (or elderly loved ones) can comfortably and safely use the space.
Curbless showers, open floor plans, wide hallways, and stepless entries are some ideas for making your home more accessible and safe. You can incorporate these ideas and more as you plan for the future when designing your custom home.
Pride in Ownership
Perhaps the best reason to build a custom home is the pride that comes with knowing that the home you own–the place your loved ones gather–is a space that was designed, planned, and built just for you and yours. You are the first to live in that home and it was constructed especially for you. That’s a feeling that can’t be beat.
If you’re ready to start building your custom home, we’re here to help! Contact us today and let’s get the process started. You’ll be that much closer to moving into your brand-new home.