You purchased your dream home, made some pretty great memories and perhaps even had a few mishaps, but now it’s time to move on. Maybe you’re looking for something larger to accommodate your growing family, you’re ready to downsize, or you’re simply interested in a different style or location. Regardless…
The home buying process is very different depending on whether you build a new home or buy a resale. There are pros and cons to both, and while the specific details vary, consider the following home buying advice. Building a new home Pros Contemporary customizability: New homes come with modern appliances…
Summer is the season of the outdoors, backyard barbecues, picnics and pool parties, evenings around a campfire and nights out under the stars. With summer finally arriving, now is a good time to tackle a few easy home DIY projects that can help you take advantage of the space around…
Whether you’re considering selling your home in the near future in hopes of building a new one or you’re simply searching for ideas to make the house look better, there is a wide variety of things you can do to increase the property value of your home. Choosing which improvements…
With winter slowly disappearing and spring finally emerging, it’s time to rid yourself of cabin fever and finally get outside. Springtime in Texas is full of bluebonnets, warm air, and sunshine, especially in the Hill Country. Hutto, Texas, right outside of Austin, offers a variety of great activities to help…
If you are in the market for a new home, which is the better deal? A. The 2200 sq.ft. home that sells for $245,000 B. The 2200 sq.ft. home that sells for $265,000 in the same community. You may have guessed that $265,000 would include many more features and therefore…
The contractor bidding process for any building project is a tricky one to say the least. To quote John Ruskin: “There is hardly anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper, and the people who consider price only are this man’s…
The other day while at the grocery store I was listening to a couple of guys discuss a home that was being built in their neighborhood. One was telling the other how fast the home was progressing and how that must mean that the house was being built shabbily. The…
Even in the home building industry, a business is still a business. Beyond the planning and construction lies many business decisions that all owners and CEOs must make. If I had to start over again I would be wary of buying into a software system that was advertised as an…
The biggest myth in the home building business is “square feet”. No, not some person’s misshapen feet. I’m talking about using size (square feet) as a measurement of value. The entire residential real estate industry is obsessed with using size as the top yard stick when determining value. Imagine approaching…
