florida homebuilder: Home Builder Provides Best Tip For Buying A Homesite
- 06/26/13 12:15 AM
We recently helped our friends who were buying a homesite on which to build a home, and it made me think about a perfect question to ask a Tallahassee home builder. So I reached out to Lenny Brantley, owner of Brantley Custom Homes in Tallahassee, in order to solve the great home-building-chicken-versus-the-egg question of all times.
First Question About Buying A Homesite
Hey Lenny, what comes first? Choosing and buying a homesite or coming up with the house plan? Here's what Lenny told me: I get questions about buying a homesite from many of the people wanting to build a new home. Should their focus be on … (6 comments)
florida homebuilder: How To Build With A Design-Build Master Builder
- 06/04/13 10:09 PM
In our ongoing effort to bring more information to people interested in building a home, today we explore the concept of design build. The traditional approach to building a home consists of the selection of a designer to create the plan for the home, and then the selection of a contractor to actually carry out the construction project. Often times people have a set of plans that they like, and then they start the search for the contractor for the home building process. The design build process merges those two responsibilities into one professional. The builder coordinates both the design and the build. The … (0 comments)
florida homebuilder: Why You Might Be Tempted To Build Today ... The Four Temptations
- 05/20/13 11:55 PM
I'm meeting with a long time friend today to discuss his desire to build in a certain NE Tallahassee neighborhood. For any long-time readers of the Tallahassee Real Estate Blog, you know that I have reported about the large new construction premium you must pay in this buyer's market, and how I strongly advise you to find an existing home for your purchase. But there are some reasons why you really should build a home right now if you fit into a certain category. Four Reasons To Build Today Nobody is immune to real estate market conditions, the supply and demand dynamic is real, and it is … (0 comments)
florida homebuilder: Why You Might Build A New House Today
- 04/24/13 11:07 PM
After yesterday's article about hiring a contractor in Florida, I received an interesting question from a reader who asked if now was the time to build a new house. In fact, he was a little dismayed and felt that I was changing direction too swiftly, having written fairly recently about the huge new construction premium that buyers are paying for the right to live in a newly constructed house. So I felt today would be prime for a follow-up article about determining the optimum time to build a new house. Should You Build A New House? The determination for deciding to build a new house … (48 comments)
florida homebuilder: Be Careful When Hiring A Builder In Florida
- 04/24/13 12:09 AM
I've had several clients ask us to recommend them to a top builder In Florida lately, and I think it might be a sign of a changing level of confidence among home buyers. While I still strongly recommend that buyers exhaust all options with existing homes for sale in Tallahassee, there are some that are just going to want to build. Therefore, we are launching a new e-series about home building and hiring a builder in Florida. Hiring A Builder In Florida With growing interest in home building, I figured I would reach out to some of the top Tallahassee home builders and get their thoughts … (8 comments)
We recently helped our friends who were buying a homesite on which to build a home, and it made me think about a perfect question to ask a Tallahassee home builder.
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