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What to Expect at Your New Home’s Final Inspection
Most likely, your builder will offer you a final walkthough inspection of your new home. Here are some tips on what to expect when you walk through those doors for the last time before move-in day.
How to Visit Your New Home’s Construction Site
If you are building your dream home, follow these tips for visiting the construction site to ensure you can check in on your house without causing any delays or safety problems.
6 Steps of Building a Custom Home
Building a custom home is an involved process. There are 6 steps to get your custom home project started, then there are 5 design, & building phases.
How to Reduce Stress While Building a New Home
By Jennifer Segelke Jeffers Buying a home will likely be one of the most important decisions you make in your life — not to mention one of the largest purchases. If you choose building a new home, the decision becomes bigger (and more exhilarating). While building a new house is an exciting endeavor, you can …
Post Tension Foundations Improves New Home Construction
Why Post-Tensioning Is Valuable You may have heard strange stories of houses “settling” that range from simple curious sounds homeowners hear to strong, jarring movement. The lack of tension handling ability can cause concrete to act oddly, and sometimes dangerously. Pre-tensioning, used for some large commercial projects, must be done at the manufacturer. Post-tensioning must …
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Double and Triple Pane Windows Save You Money Annually
The U.S. Department of Energy statistics show that 40 percent of home energy escapes through walls, windows, and doors. When buying a new home, you should make window evaluation a prime consideration. How Multi-Pane Windows Save Energy and Money? For years, home builders have used double and triple pane windows to better insulate custom new …
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