If you’re thinking about buying a builder home these three tips will save you money and headaches.
- First, resale. Set your budget so that you can afford upgrades. Builder model homes are top of the line models with many upgrades. Builder grade is a lot cheaper, but it doesn’t have the resale value that upgraded homes do, even years later. Plan to include the latest counter top style, floor coverings, wall colors, light fixtures, appliances, back yard landscaping, deck – the absolute best you can afford. Today’s buyers have been spoiled by model homes. But upgrades are the name of the game for resale.
- Don’t buy new furniture for your new house until you HAVE your new house. Don’t buy a dining room set that may be too big for the house you love otherwise except for the too small dining room.
- Be sure to have a builder home inspected. People think that builder homes are a good bet that the house won’t have any problems because it’s new. But Mike Holmes of HGTV and DYI’s Holmes on Homes is rescuing lots of people in jeopardy because they thought their homes shouldn’t have had problems because they were “new.” But sometimes even worse problems can show up in a brand new house than in a typical resale home.
Call Judith Clausen toll free at 877-570-4469 to speak to her now about buying a builder home here in the Denver metro area.
