Things to Consider Before Building Your New Home in Raleigh
Building your own custom dream home is exhilarating when the process goes smoothly and a nightmare when things take a turn for the worst. Sometimes, the problems typical of new home building don’t surface until years later, though all the facts existed that trouble was around the corner.
One of the basic problems inherent of when custom building a home is that buyers rarely ever talk with an objective person throughout the entire process. Buyers talk with a land owner who wants to sell the land at the highest price they can get. Buyers talk with the builder who has a vested interest in gaining your business. Buyers rarely talk with a disinterested party and that understands the growth plans of the Raleigh area, the technical side of real estate transactions, and many other critical factors.
Protecting Your Interests
Whether you’re relocating to Raleigh or a long time resident ready to build your dream home, it is in your best interest to talk to an exclusive buyer’s agent early in the process. A buyer’s agent is a real estate agent that ONLY represents the buyer, not the land seller and not the builder.
When you’re building a new custom home, an exclusive buyer’s agent protects your best interest by:
- Research area expansion plans
- Checking the home’s structure and mechanical systems
- Pointing out problems
- Negotiating the best price
A Bootcamp for Raleigh real estate buyers of custom homes
We offer a “Building New†Bootcamp to anyone considering buying Raleigh real estate for the purpose of custom building their own home. Covered in the bootcamp is:
- An overview of the new home building process
- Types of clauses to avoid in builder contracts
- The different types of new construction loans
- Importance of following sequential steps for a successful outcome
- What to expect from your real estate agent
- What to expect from your builder
- What to expect from your lender
- Your role throughout the process
- How to avoid pitfalls that affect cost overages, time delays, miscommunications and errors
For a Building New Bootcamp schedule, call 919-573-6150 or register online at http://www.buyersadvantagegroup.net/contact_us.php
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