Many people who invest in custom home building often cite the ability to design custom floor plans for new homes as a major motivating factor in their purchase, but there are plenty of other reasons to purchase a new custom home.
In addition to choosing custom home designs, home buyers also have the chance to go green from the foundation up and ultimately save money on energy.
In a recent survey, 92% of customers who built or bought houses built to the National Green Standard in the past three years said they would purchase another. Over half of the people surveyed understood that while their green home may have cost a little more, the benefits far outweighed the cost.
When you invest in custom home design, the possibilities are endless. You can install a recyclable metal roof and equip it with a solar energy array. You can install appliances that use less energy and reduce your carbon footprint. You can use sustainable building materials while reducing the amount of waste produced by your building site.
Making these decisions at the custom home design stage will save you significant amounts of money in the long run. Remodeling is often more expensive than building something up front. Imagine, for instance, if ten years down the line you wanted to put in a water cycling system that cuts down on your water usage. You’d have to tear apart the walls to completely switch out your old system, and you’d also have to pay to put your house back together.
With custom green homes, all of the environmental factors have been considered, so you won’t have to go back and remodel later.
Even if you don’t go with a green home, new custom homes are significantly more energy efficient than old ones since they’re built to modern building codes.
Talk to custom home builders in your area about green home options.
