By Vance Neely
Many people have a picture in their mind about what their first home will look like and it’s difficult to move away from the fairytale picture that they have. They picture the picket fence that they have seen in many movies and a home with a porch or patio out front. Your family members have been telling you for some time that a home such as this doesn’t exist and that you should settle for the many thousands of homes that are built every year and that all look exactly the same. The opposite is actually true and your dream home can become a reality if you just talk to the right building contractor. There are building contractors out there that will listen to your requests and they will gladly tell you what is possible and what isn’t. Together, you can build your dream home and prove everyone wrong.
It is possible to get custom built homes in Canberra and many people are taking advantage of this great opportunity to create a home that is really quite unique. Many people move into homes that have already been built with no input from them whatsoever and so they end up spending many thousands of dollars changing the kitchen or bathroom to suit their individual needs. Before you do something that you will regret, you should really consider the benefits of getting a home custom built for you. The following are just some of them.
* You make the decisions – Historically, the building contract that the properties and they generally built them all the same in order to save costs on materials and it makes it easier for the trades men to follow the building plans. You end up living in a row of houses that all look exactly the same from the front and you would be forgiven if you walked up to the wrong from door and tried to go in. When you get your home custom built, you decide how it’s going to look and how many flaws that is going to have. You can have the kitchen of your dreams installed as well as the bathroom. This can actually end up saving you money and you get the home that you’ve always wanted.
* Nobody has owned it before – There is something about moving into a property that someone has lived in before you and if you are superstitious type of person then it will be very difficult to live in a property that someone has probably died in before. It will have character but it will not reflect your personality and that of your family. When you build your own custom home, it is brand-new and has never been lived in before. This alone is incentive enough to look into custom homes in the Canberra area.
These are only two of the reasons why you should try to have your first home custom built by a competent building contractor and there are many more. You get to avoid all of the endless shopping around for a suitable property and you get to build it in an area you really do like.
