1. Choice/Selection/Personalization - This is the biggest investment you will ever make - Why Not Have Your Home, Your Way?
2. Space - in addition to the typically more open floor plans found in newer homes - older homes don’t usually have the CLOSET or storage space that newer designs have.
3. Design - the latest, greatest floor plan designs acommodate how people live TODAY, not yesterday. For example - do you ever use your formal dining room?
4. Less Maintenance - new homes have BRAND NEW operating systems, like plumbing, HVAC, etc…and usually don’t require maintenance until years down the road.
5. Energy Efficiency - New Homes are typically somewhere in the neighborhood of 50%+ more efficient* on energy bills! *varies by house and lifestyle, of course
6. Modern Conveniences - New homes have the latest new appliances, new windows, new product technologies, and are often built in locations near the latest and greatest of everything.
7. New = Built to CURRENT Codes - not the Codes of many years ago - meaning that some issues that could have been considered OK when it originally passed inspection - are now no longer acceptable building standards.
8. WARRANTY - New Homes usually have a WARRANTY. Meaning - usually you have 1 year to address any issues that don’t seem right with your builder - and they will come and fix them for you. No hiring contractors. In addition, for up to 10 years (our warranty is 1-10) you have coverage on any STRUCTURAL items.
9. Emotional Factor - The fact that you are the one and only person who’s ever lived in this home. It’s YOURS and yours alone…built for you…to your specifications.
10. Healthier Indoor Environment - New energy efficient homes have healthier indoor air quality and can improve your family’s health - especially if they have issues with asthma, allergies, etc.
11. PRICE - Although a new home may be slightly more on the front end - in the long run - you’ll save $ on energy bills, operating costs, and maintenance while you live there!
12. TIME - Your time is valuable. Would you rather spend your weekends doing maintenance - or enjoying your new home?
13. Enhanced Electrical Systems for today’s lifestyles - Now that we all have computers, microwaves, etc…some of the eleactrical systems found in older homes are simply not sophisticated enough to handle today’s modern technology.
