If you’ve been looking for a home, you know the market is tight right now. If you’re wondering what the top 5 reasons to build a custom home are, inventory of used home is right up there.  Inventory of used homes is low right now, and what is available sells quickly. Of course that’s not the only reason you’d build a custom home, but not being able to find what you want where you want it is a big draw. Read on for the other top reasons to build a custom home.

Top 5 Reasons to Build a Custom Home

  1. Customization – Most people choose to build a custom home because they can’t find a home that suits their lifestyle on the market. These homeowners know what they want and they understand that to get it they’re going to have to create it themselves. It’s more than just choosing the fixtures and paint in the home. Customization means the home is designed with your family in mind. The home is designed and built around the way you and your family live in it, not the other way around.
  2. Energy Efficiency – These days new homes are built to use energy more efficiently than ever before. Codes have changed over the last several decades which means builders have discovered ways to use the best materials that will give you the best results for fewer dollars. Homes are built tighter. With better designed windows and doors the conditioned air stays inside while the elements stay outside. Builders are using energy efficient appliances which will lower the cost of operating the home comfortably and yet still provide time saving functions like dishwashing, clothes washing, and keeping food frozen or chilled. Additionally, many of these green appliances can be managed using a smart phone making your home easy to maintain and monitor.
  3. Easy to Maintain – Used homes are notorious for needing repair after repair. A newly constructed home, on the other hand, is built with all new materials specifically designed to do their job well and last for decades.
  4. Warranty – New homes come with warranties. When you buy a new home you’re usually going to get a warranty from your builder. If anything goes wrong in the first few years (depending on the warranty) your builder will fix it – free of charge. When you buy a used home you’re buying it as is. Hundred year old wiring might work just fine when you sign the contract, it might not 6 months later.
  5. Safety First – Today’s new homes come with all kinds of safety features not even imagined in older homes. From sprinkler systems to co2 monitoring and security cameras, today’s newly constructed homes are safe havens compared to older homes.