Home Builders – Luxury Home Builders and Contractors
Where do I find a home builder or contractor? I was not able to answer this question for one of my clients when asked a little more than 3 years ago. Today is a different story and I am happy to announce that after many years of being frustrated, I figured out how to minimize my chances of making a costly mistake when hiring a Toronto home builder.
When you call someone who claims to be able to build you the home of your dreams, how do you know you can trust him? Well one way would be by asking to speak to a customer residing in your general location, who has had a custom built home done for them within at least 1 to 3 year ago. Other testimonials from previous customers living near you would be advisable too, but make sure you are able to contact them. It should not be too difficult since you live in the same general area. Take a short drive (recommended) or give them a quick phone call.
My experience and travels in the real estate field have led me to a few incredible, skilled, talented and very very honest luxury home builders and contractors. The ones that have attracted me the most and those that I would highly recommend to my friends and clients are the builders and contractors that are hands on. I get a good feeling about the ones that come across to me as perfectionist’s as well as being very proud of their work and who consider all their projects their signature trademark, so to speak.
I found a big clue about these builders and contractors in one key area. Keeping their promises. If they keep the smallest of promises they made to you then chances are they will follow through with all the big ones too. Being on time is something incredibly important as well. In one instance I booked an appointment with a prospective builder and he was 45 minutes late. This appointment served as an interview to him by us to decide whether we would consider him for the job. The fact that he was 45 minutes late (I actually think he forgot about us at first), demonstrated to us that he did not take the interview serious enough. This attitude, in my opinion, would lead to a recipe for disaster.
Is there anything more frustrating than investing so much of your hard earned money, time and energy into having a beautiful custom built luxury home or a renovation project done for you just to experience everything going wrong? This was what I was facing with many customers as a real estate Broker. Everything from skylights leaking to kitchens falling apart. This does not have to happen anymore and for me, wow, what a pleasure and relief to finally be able to suggest and recommend to my friends and clients a way to find a quality home builder, or a contractor specializing in all kinds of additions and renovations, a man of his word, and a luxury home builder who stands behind his work!
Here are some tips to consider when selecting the right home builder or renovator for you:
1. Ask someone you know and trust for a referral. Word of mouth is very powerful.
2. Interview at least 3 past customers in Toronto and have a list of questions prepared for them including “how long have they been in business?”.
3. Price is important but focus more on quality of material and workmanship
4. Get their guarantee in writing
5. Ask for past clients and don’t just take their word for it, do the groundwork and call and/or visit them.
6. Call and check them out with the Toronto Better Business Bureau
7. Don’t rush into a contract. Give yourself some time to review all the information you gathered from them and then, use your instincts. The project will surely be a partnership between you and the builder so ask yourself this question, “is this the person/builder/contractor that I see myself having a good working relationship with during the time it takes to complete this project?”
These are just some tips that should assist you in making the right decision when deciding on a home builder, luxury or general, or a contractor who renovates. Happy building, happy renovating!
Bruno Cristini is a Broker with over 25 years experience. As the high cost of housing continues to climb, the option of building additions and renovating your existing home makes more sense today. Depending on the size of your lot, an even better option may be to tear down your existing house and build your dream home in its place. Mr. Jorge Vieira has been a blessing in my business. He is a high quality luxury custom home builder who also takes on smaller projects like additions and other types of renovations. You may learn all about Mr. Vieira here, http://www.torontoluxuryhomebuilder.com/ and see his flagship custom luxury built home here, http://www.vieirafinehomes.com/2008/10/7-fairweather-rd.html
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Modular Homes Answer Affordable Housing Needs
The recent nationwide housing slump, which has left many homebuyers to experience the downside of Adjustable Rate Mortgages and feel the crush of rising mortgage payments, is also affecting the home construction industry, putting many builders and industry sub-contractors in very tight financial straits.
This trend is not true in the modular homes industry, however. The demand for new homes is still high, and homebuyers are increasingly seeking alternatives to rising new home prices and interest rates. One growing alternative is modular homes. Modular home building is on the rise and is becoming more popular with homebuilders and homeowners each day.
Why? Public perception towards the industry has changed as more people have come to understand the structural, construction and cost benefits of modular housing. Modular homebuilders are providing solutions to the need for affordable housing, by using advanced engineering and building systems to provide quality, attractive home designs at affordable cost and at a fraction of construction time.
Modular homes are constructed in pieces in controlled factory environments. Factory production means fewer accidents and mistakes and a more predictable product and time frame. The pieces are then shipped to the site where they are assembled. Because the pieces need to be shipped, they are built much stronger than traditional site built homes, using ten to fifteen percent more construction materials than are normally used. Modular homes also offer a much higher quality control standard, with so many third-party inspectors, engineers and architects involved.
Since modular home builders provide 80 to 85 percent of the home, the buyer avoids the risk of giving money to a builder and not having the home built to their specifications, or of having their price inflated by numerous change orders. Additionally, unlike modular homes, site-built homes are exposed to unfavorable weather conditions during the construction process, making the home vulnerable to water or weather damage, and increasing the costs of the project by adding additional materials and replacement components.
All of these savings are passed on to the homebuyer. And, because the construction time is greatly shortened as compared to the time frame needed for a traditional site built home, homebuyers reap the
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benefits of lower interest rates and fewer payments on construction loans. Although they were wary at first, mortgage lenders are seeing the rapid growth in the sale of modular homes and are thus adjusting their practices to accommodate this growing market of homebuyers.
Modular homes are not only on the rise in the United States. Homebuilders around the globe are seeing modular homes as an answer to both the growing need for affordable housing and the increasing industry demand for green building and energy efficient construction. For example, modular homes are currently being used to ease the affordable housing crisis in the Highlands of Scotland. The planned £20million construction project will provide dozens of pre-built houses, and will see modular houses built in eight Highland areas over the next three years.
Because of the focus on energy efficiency, architectural and design communities worldwide are coming together to create innovative designs for homes of all shapes, sizes and tastes. Custom modular homebuilders, such as Grant Smereczynsky, CEO of Building Systems Network, a custom modular homebuilder based in Atlanta, GA, are encouraging consumers who are not yet familiar with the options available in modular homes to educate themselves about the benefits of these advancements in engineering, architectural design and systems-based construction.
“Don’t let these innovative designs and new home building technologies pass you by,” Smereczynsky says. “Take advantage of benefits and opportunities available to home buyers of affordable luxury and custom dream homes, as well as energy efficiency and increased durability and safety that modular homes and modular home builders provide.”
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Building Systems Network designs and constructs custom modular homes nationwide. For more information on modular homes, visit www.buildingsystemsnetwork.com/.
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