With the kids back in school, September is the ideal month to begin to plan your new custom home. Â Many builders attempt to rush through planning, but in many ways, careful planning is the most important step in getting the ideal home for you and your family. Â In fact, if you look at the Paradigm Process, you’ll see that we place a big emphasis on planning at every step of the way, including pre-design, design, and construction.
At the early stage of your project, when you are just beginning to think about what you want in a custom home, here are some of the best questions you should ask yourself, and your family:
- How long do we plan on staying in the home?
- How many different types of activities do we expect to take place in the home? For instance, will someone be working, or running a home business, from anywhere on the premise?
- What features or areas of your current home do you get the most enjoyment and use from?
- What have you always wanted to include in your dream home?
- How important are the outdoor living areas and landscaping?
- How close do you want to be to your current neighborhood?
By starting with some general questions like these, you can really start to paint a picture of your ideal home. Â In our next post, we plan on getting into some more specific questions and details about how to prepare to design and build your dream home.
