GUIDE TO BUILDING A CUSTOM HOME

Purchasing a production home is simple. The steps are easy and require little effort on your part. Look for a new community and custom home builder that you like. Choose a home model, sign a contract, and sit back and relax

Once done, you can move in. But building a custom home is different. You’ll be much more involved. It’s going to be a major project and that means you’ll have to spend more time, effort, and money.

Completing a true custom home needs advanced planning as well as active involvement on your part. It is comprised of a few major actions or steps that need your participation as well as decision – from choosing the location to designing and building the custom home. You only need one of these things when you’re purchasing a production home.

So, there’s no preselection, preplanning, or predesigning. Because of this, taking your dream custom home in Myrtle Beach from an idea to its completion will need more time.

Steps Involved In Home Building

1. Fashion Your Dream Custom Home

Before the construction starts, you have to fashion your dream custom home Myrtle Beach. Additionally, collect photos of homes whose design you like. Moreover, check out completed homes and talk to an interior designer. Start to outline your preferences when it comes to the architectural style, design elements, room function, product features, as well as lifestyle requirements.

2. Assemble Your Team

You may have to choose an architect first who could assist you in getting bids from potential custom home builders. It also works the other way around. Some custom home builders in Myrtle Beach can offer a design service. They may also assist you in finding an architect. If you are searching for these professionals, ask for recommendations from everyone you know. These include realtors, friends, lenders, and building associations.

3. Get References

Meanwhile, ask prospective custom home builders for the names of lenders, clients, suppliers, and subcontractors. Don’t forget to get their opinion. Find out if they are satisfied with the service and the house they got? Did the custom home builder manage the project effectively? Were the suppliers and sub-contractors paid on time? Did the builder provide top quality construction? Ask for sample contracts, warranties, and construction schedules.

4. Find the Perfect Location and Buy The Land

Furthermore, you need to look for the perfect spot to build your house and purchase the lot. The professionals can assist you in evaluating potential locations in terms of its suitability for building your home, potential views, and available utilities.

5. Help Design Your Custom Home

Designing your dream custom home will need extensive discussions with your designer/architect to analyze the benefit/cost of different options, create a budget, and finalize the design as well as floor plan ideas, product elements, and features to be included and that is suitable for your dream home. There’s no general time limit for the elements mentioned above and they don’t need to be purchased when buying a prebuilt production home. Additionally, the time they require will depend on you. It could take a few months and even years to dream building, site/team selection, and home design.

6. Monitor Construction

Apart from the decisions, you have to make when creating a home design with our chosen architect, you also need to make different selections during the construction phase. On a usual 12-month building schedule for a custom house, buyer input on certain design decisions, color, and product selections will be needed in at least 9 out of the 12 months.

Custom Homes are Constructed in Phases

Discovery phase – this is when you get to know the custom home builder. It’s also the time when you let the builder know what you want.

Design and budgeting phase – During this phase, experts will help you in completing the site analysis, drafting the building schedule, creating a budget, and talking about options. You will also have to make decisions including the selections, colors, finishes, and more.

Construction – this is when the building process begins. The construction phase is easy provided that everything is done right, from determining the desires and needs, finding a location, finishing the design process, as well as the selection phase.

Call Dawol Homes now and let our team of expert custom home builders help bring your dream custom home to life. 

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Dawol Homes
9404 Hwy 17 Bypass,
Murrells Inlet, SC 29576
(843) 294-2859

Dawol Homes Sales Office
3100 Dick Pond Rd # E
Myrtle Beach, SC 29588
843-294-2859

We build homes in: Cypress River Plantation, Waterway Palms, Waterbridge, Murrells Inlet, Collins Creek, Bellwood Landing, Carolina Forest, Plantation Lakes, North Myrtle Beach, Socastee, Surfside Beach, Pawleys Island, Litchfield Plantation