Building a home from the foundation up is an exciting process that allows your creative mind to turn your dreams into reality. While customizing your own home provides benefits, such as the ability to design an ideal layout and lighting scheme, it can also come with unexpected setbacks like building delays and unanticipated costs. To help you avoid common issues during the building process, here are three fundamental considerations before breaking ground.

What to Keep in Mind Before Building a New Home

1. Future Needs

When designing your own home, you have flexibility. You can use this to your advantage by considering not just your current lifestyle but also your future needs. For instance, if you plan to start a family, you'll want to provide enough bedrooms, bathrooms, and storage space to accommodate them. If you're a collector or hobbyist, factor in personal space for your woodworking shop or a growing collection of statuary. 

2. Your Finances

Long before the foundation is poured, create a budget to determine how much house you can realistically afford. Take your monthly income, savings, and current expenses into account. Speak with a home builder to help you get an idea of the overall cost to build. You’ll also want to make room in your budget for unanticipated costs, such as additional materials, permits, or emergencies.

3. Location & Orientation

Designing a custom home gives you the freedom to choose everything you want, from your location to the orientation of your home. When choosing a piece of land, consider the proximity to amenities that are important to you such as schools, hospitals, shopping, and restaurants. If you’re moving from a more rural environment to a suburban area, keep in mind noise from nearby businesses that you might find disruptive to your lifestyle.

When choosing the orientation of your home build, consider the view from your front porch and windows as well as the location of the sun and where it will rise and set each day. This will let you plan for natural light and heat in your bedrooms and living spaces. 

The success of your new home starts with a solid foundation. From professional concrete and construction work to kitchen design, Cox Creative Products & Construction Inc. will help you make your dream home come to life. Serving Savannah, GA, for nearly 40 years, their skilled team has provided full-scale renovations, concrete work, home additions, and more with a dedication to customer satisfaction. Contact them today at (912) 237-1624 or visit them online to learn more about their services.