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In the past the prospect of building a “custom home” involved paying a high price and building a large home.

Two years ago I would have agreed because the high cost of lots in custom home neighborhoods set the basis for a large expensive home. However the current lower cost of lots, materials and labor have changed the custom home market. Recently Alliance Builders Inc. is helping more customers looking for homes with less square footage that offer uniquely practical floor plans with convenient lifestyle, low maintenance, appealing exteriors, energy saving construction and custom finishes at a reasonable price.

Building a custom home at a competitive price starts with finding the right lot. Recently we are seeing lots that originally sold for over $350,000 now for sale at under $180,000. We keep a current list of available lots to help our customers locate that special site for their new home.

The next component is labor and material costs. Some of our contractors and suppliers are bidding at prices comparable to our building costs in 2003. This allows us to offer incredible values.

The final key to keeping custom home building costs down is to design a floor plan that has what we call “value design and engineering”. We accomplish this by:

• Designing the home to match the dimensions of building materials to reduce cutting and wasted lumber
• Keeping the wall and roof structure simple to avoid the unnecessary costs of complicated framing.
• Designing rooms to match standard flooring widths and reduce flooring seams and waste
• Designing baths and kitchens to fit standard cabinet, plumbing fixture and appliance sizes
• Designing floor plans with less wasted space by reducing hallways and creating rooms that allow efficient furniture arrangement and multiple uses.

The current real estate market allows customers to build a custom home designed to meet their unique lifestyle with unprecedented affordability.

What are ways that you have found to keep custom building costs down?

Posted by Brad Ausmus