What exactly is a Custom Home Builder?
A “Custom Home” is a term that is thrown around a lot in the building industry and one that is sometimes misunderstood. Clients are led to believe that choosing floor tile or paint colors is building a custom home, it’s not. But the words “custom home” make people feel special and exclusive so the term lives on in small talk. A truly custom home starts with a custom home builder.
So what is a Custom Home Builder? The National Association of Home Builders identifies the following:
- Typically build from a custom home plan designed with the client’s needs in mind
- Finished home is a one of a kind.
- The builder will only take on a small amount of projects within a year
- Typically built on neutral or privately owned land
A Custom Home Builder is NOT:
- Producing hundreds of homes a year
- Building homes on land or within developments owned by the builder
- Offering home plans and showing home options that can be customized
A Custom Home Builder is a craftsman with a real passion for building. It takes a love of the building process to enter into each unique build with energy to transform a dream into a home. Even the world’s best and brightest luxury home builders and architects can make mistakes. A Custom home builder has the eye to spot design challenges and adjust the build to make it functional in the real world. That experience puts custom home builders at the top of the list for creating one of a kind projects.
Building cookie cutter houses and moving crews through developments make it easy to stand up house after house. It also makes for a fun game at neighborhood bbqs of guess which plan this house came from. “Oh wow honey, The Smiths put their garage on the left side instead of the right!” The next time someone uses the term “custom built” home, keep in mind that everyone picks tile and paint. A truly custom home is a one of a kind house built by a professional custom home builder.
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