Brand new homes offer so many benefits, from energy efficiency to thoughtful design to excellent return on investment. If you plan to build or buy a new home in New Jersey soon, you’ll want to keep these factors in mind before you make a decision.
Location not only influences price but affect your enjoyment of your home. If your new home is far from highways and stores or is in an iffy neighborhood, its poor location will soon outweigh all of its positives. Although your idea of the perfect location may be a little different than your friend’s, good locations typically have these features in common.
It’s also important to consider your lot’s location within the community. If you want privacy, choose a lot that backs to a wooded area or is situated at the end of a cul de sac.
It’s much easier to find a floor plan that really works for you than to try to make a poorly designed home fit your needs. The best floor plans:
Tweaking the features in your house is one of the most satisfying aspects of a buying a new home. In fact, your builder probably offers hundreds of upgrades that will help you personalize your new home. An upgrade can be as simple as changing the paint color of your master bedroom to adding a sunroom to the first floor of your home.
Although upgrades do add to the cost of your home, they offer a simple, cost-effective way to make your new house feel like home. Extending the size of a room, incorporating green features or even adding extra outlets is much cheaper during construction than it would be if you renovated your home later.
Moving somewhere warmer has fallen out of favor lately among older Americans. In fact, 87 percent of homeowners 65 and older surveyed by AARP reported that they wanted to remain in their homes during retirement.
If you think that you would like to age in place, it pays to buy a home that can be modified to include key aging-in-place features, including:
We’ve all heard horror stories about new home communities that were never finished or homes that began falling apart soon after they were built. Choosing an established builder with an excellent reputation in the community can help you avoid a new home nightmare. Before you select a builder, tour a few of the company’s established communities, ask for references from current homeowners, and don’t neglect your gut feeling. If you don’t feel comfortable, there’s probably a good reason for your feelings.
The best builders have plenty of experience constructing new houses, have a long history in the area and truly enjoy creating comfortable, attractive homes that will stand the test of time.
Have you been looking for the right team to build your new home? Country Classics has been constructing award-winning homes since 1988 and would be happy to help you build yours. Take a look at the communities on our website, and let us know when you’re ready to schedule a tour.