First Steps to Your Custom Home Build

Considering a Custom Home Build often begins with feelings of great excitement as you dream of your new lifes in a beautiful space. However, you can quickly become overwhelmed by the decisions that need to be made. Before you begin you can take 3 simply steps that will help you prepare for the practical decisions that lie ahead:

  1. Know Your Budget
  2. Know Your Needs vs Wants
  3. Know What You Like

Know Your Budget

Most people do not like talking about money, nor being limited by it! Working to a budget can be challenging but thankfully today banks offer pre-approved home loans that allows you know exactly where you stand financially and to pre-plan how you will spend your budget. Once you have all your needs allocated in the custom design you will know what discretionary monies are available to incorporate some of your wants!  

Know Your Needs vs Wants

We all know that what we need and what we want aren’t always the same. By identifying your needs you have a basis to begin making the necessary choices to turn your dream into reality. It is important when completing a custom build that you consider your needs for today and for the future. This way, each room can be customised so it is “future proofed”, can grow with your family, and be a space you all build life-long memories in.

Know What You Like

Designing a custom built home allows you to personalise your space. It’s important to understand that colour and light in our homes can affect how we feel and how, or if, we use a space. Making the wrong choice could mean you aren’t living your best life in your new home. It’s a great idea to walk around your current space and note what you do and don’t like and how you feel in the space. Once you identify those things in your own home take time also observe these things in homes of family and friends. Don’t forget to write points down so you come to the table with knowledge to help the design process go smoothly.

Start you journey by imagining walking into your home for the first time. Ask, what do you want to see and how do you want to feel? If you struggle with this check out pinterest and save the entry ways that shout “Home” to you!

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Allison Prior

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