Showing posts with label custom built homes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label custom built homes. Show all posts

Wednesday, 2 April 2014

Know The Best Fashion Trends of Modern Home Decor

Home designing has seen a sea of change in the past decade. Earlier, homes were built for a necessity and not much attention went into the designing aspect. It is only of late that detailing in home designing has come to the fore front. There are many reasons that have led to this; we will see them in the following.

Home Decor Trend

Even the real estate industry is not left untouched by fashion. Yes, I am talking about the home decor followed by builders at different times in the past years. From hardcore budget oriented and functional home decor to lavish and luxurious modern home decor the trend has been totally buyer centric. As they say, builders deliver what people demand. Today modern interior designs call for artificial ceilings, customized kitchens, exquisite outdoors, subtle color schemes, and so on. Earlier people were more oriented towards a flashy color scheme and a living space that had more storage space than beautifying elements.


Modern home decor

Trends change and the deciding factor mainly is the buyer. There is this general group of buyers that form a major chunk in a particular season that wants to buy homes. For example, when the economy is doing well and the loan rates are steady buyers are mostly from the middle class segment. Thus the supplies cater to those buyers for the next few years.

It would be inappropriate to say though, that there are no exceptions. There are some well known builders, or shall I call them ‘brands’ that have a set of customers and irrespective of the season, they know they have buyers ready to invest on their schemes.

Modern Home Decor

Interior designing is hot in this decade, with builders collaborating with modern interior designers for their projects. These professional home designers work towards adding a unique touch to each project without compromising on functionality and allure the buyers with the idea of having an exquisite home for themselves that doesn’t match with any of their friends’ or relatives’ homes (that’s sure an alluring thing, isn’t it?).

Modern interior design
Modern interior design


New materials and modern techniques are what make people to run for modern home decor. They give scope for variety and experimentation with floors, counter-tops, furniture, storage space, etc. For example, French windows in skyscrapers let you have a stunning view of the city as well as allow sunlight to enter your home. Lightings are another big thing when it comes to modern interior designs; designers play with different lights to give dramatic or subtle effects to specific features in the home.

The real estate industry is said to be ever growing and one that is richer in terms of asset return value since probably the beginning of time. Traditional home designs or modern home decor, finally it all depends on personal choices. Most buyers select a traditional scheme only to convert into a modern design few years later when the finances are better.

Monday, 10 March 2014

Advantages and Disadvantages of Custom Built Homes

The latest market trend is customization, be it in anything from culinary services, dress designers to even architecture! It just couldn’t get better for having customization options for your home. After all, it is once in a lifetime affair unless of course you buy houses for just an investment or an asset. The trend of custom home designs is sure to get all the first time home buyers excited as they can now have their homes built according to their tastes and choices. Wondering why this is a fad now? Well, people are independent; more cash rich and ambitious thus have the desire to get what they want. This includes a customized home they desire, even if they have to tweak into the original home design. With this, let us have a look at what custom built homes actually are.

custom home designs
Custom home designs

 
What are Custom Home designs?

As the name suggests it is a home built according to your directions. If you find yourself inclined towards buying a custom built house, do consider the minuses of such a project before you finalize your deal. The following would give you a fair idea about the advantages and disadvantages of the custom home designs.

Advantages of Custom Homes Designs

Many builders do not offer the customization option because they are restricted by the contractor’s rules. Even if it is a slight change in the design of the balcony railings design. Their logic to not permit this is that uniformity in the elevation of the project will be hampered.

Freedom of Choice: Regardless to say, the first and foremost point in this section would be the reality of a ‘dream home’. You have the color schemes, French windows, plumbing hardware, electrical switches, etc. according to your liking.

Feature-Rich: Have a fancy for garden patios? Covered gazebo in your backyard? A pool house by the swimming pool? You name it and they will install it. You can even change the type of windows you want.

Disadvantages of Custom Built Homes

The topmost negative point of getting a custom built home design is the cost factor. It will cost you a bomb if compared with the regular home schemes. The prices easily double up the basic booking amount of per square foot. The contributory factors for the price hike are due to many things like soil testing for instance.

Cost of custom built homes


Another hindrance in booking a custom home design is the finance assistance. Few banks will be ready to lend you loan if you desire to buy this home and those who do, have stringent guidelines for eligibility criteria. If you can take care of the finances, there’s no stopping you to choose a custom built home instead of a traditional home.

 
custom home designs
Custom built pool

An independent feature that can fall into both, advantages as well as disadvantages of a custom built project is the resale value of this home. Depending on the market trend of real estate, rate of interest for loans, economic condition the value of your home may fall or rise. Nevertheless you can always invest in a dream home when your finances are dependable. There are impressive projects that many builders are coming up with, like new homes in Wasaga beach by Bremont Homes. There are features galore in some other projects like, water sports, beach volleyball, etc. Registrations are open for luxury townhouses in Barrie and detached homes near Lake Simcoe.