Tips for Working with a Home Builder

Building your own home can be an exciting time when you're watching it be constructed from the ground up instead of looking for homes for sale Georgia. You'll have the freedom to choose several of the features and materials that are installed. When you want to be happy with the final result, there are a few tips to follow when working with a home builder.

Be Specific

One of the most common mistakes that people make when working with a home builder is failing to be specific with the design or features that the want to have installed. Your home builder can easily make assumptions if you're not clear and specific. Consider presenting the home builder with a set of drawings and make it clear if you're expecting the professional to work out the structural detail. You'll also want to ask who will supply the hardware or tiles in the kitchen and bathrooms.

Get Everything in Writing

When you're looking for homes for sale Georgia, you may be happier creating a custom home than buying one that is already built. To avoid confusion or complications with the process, you should ask your builder to put everything in writing to ensure that they stand behind their word when you're in the process of building. The details of the project should be included in the contract. It's also important to know who will be supervising the work each day at the site.

Allow the Builder to Manage the Project

Choose a builder who is professional and organized to ensure that each person is doing their job correctly. They'll act as an expert and will have your best interests in mind with each step of the project, which can include installing a roof vent system or adding the right style of crown molding.

Create an Inspection List

One of the most complicated parts of the building process is when the project is complete, and you must examine each part of the home to determine if it's what you envisioned. You also want to avoid coming up with new issues, which can cause the project's deadline to continue to be pushed back and is often unfair to the builder.

Contact Southland Custom Homes today at 866-56-BUILD to get started. Or, visit one of our model showrooms today in Macon (3956 Bloomfield Village Drive, Macon, GA 31206), Dawsonville (98 Bethel Drive, Dawsonville, GA 30534), Marietta (265 N. Cobb PKWY, Marietta, GA 30062) or Winder (429 Loganville Hwy.,Suite 101, Winder, GA 30680) to see all that we have to offer!

Southland Custom Homes builds in the following locations:

Baldwin County Banks County Barrow County Bartow County Bibb County Bleckley County Butts County Carroll County Cherokee County Clarke County Clayton County Cobb County Coweta County Crawford County Dawson County DeKalb County

Dooly County Douglas County Fannin County Fayette County Floyd County Forsyth County Fulton County Gilmer County Gordon County Greene County Gwinnett County Habersham County Hall County Hancock County Haralson County Hart County

Heard County Henry County Jackson County Jasper County Jones County Lamar County Lumpkin County Macon County Madison County Meriwether County Monroe County Morgan County Newton County Oconee County Oglethorpe County Paulding County

Peach County Pickens County Pike County Polk County Pulaski County Putnam County Rockdale County Stephens County Talbot County Taylor County Twiggs County Union County Upson County Walton County White County Wilkinson County

We also build in the following cities in Georgia:

Acworth Alpharetta Athens Athens-Clarke Atlanta Barrow Bartow Belvedere Belvedere Park Brookhaven Butts Calhoun Canton Carroll Carrollton Cartersville Cherokee

Cobb College Park Coweta Cumming Dawsonville Decatur Dekalb Douglas Dublin Douglasville Dunwoody Duluth East Point Ellijay Fayette Forest Park Forest

Forsyth Gainesville Grantville Griffin Gwinnett Hall Henry Hinesville Hogansville Jasper John's Creek Kennesaw LaGrange Lake Allatoona Lake Blue Ridge Lake Chatuge Lake Hartwell

Lake Jackson Lake Lanier Lake Nottely Lake Oconee Lawrenceville Lone Oak Mableton Macon Marietta McDonough Milledgeville Milton Newnan Newton North Atlanta North Druid Hills The North Georgia mountains

Paulding Peachtree City Redan Rockdale Rome Roswell Sandy Springs Smyrna Snellville Spalding Stone Mountain Sugar Hill Tucker Union City Washington Winder