Today’s New Homes Offer More Benefits Than Ever Before

Here’s a quick list of the Top 10 reasons why so many home buyers

prefer new homes to used houses

1- Design Your Dream Home Your Way

Why settle for someone else’s choices when you can select your own cabinets, countertops, appliances, carpets and flooring? While you’re at it, you can choose gorgeous bath and kitchen fixtures, lighting and other options that you love. Your new home will reflect your style, not someone else’s taste.

2- Choose a Floor Plan and Room Layout

Want a master bedroom on the first floor? It’s yours. With massive his and hers walk-in closets? Done!

Want high ceilings and a luxurious, resort-style master bath? Perhaps you’d like a sitting room with a fireplace in your owner’s suite or French doors that open to your private patio or the pool?

3- All New, Under Warranty

A used home likely has tired products that may soon need replacing. Your new home — and the products that comprise it — are brand-new and under warranty. Those components of your new home feature the latest designs and building materials and should offer you years of comfort and enjoyment before needing replacement.

Today’s New Homes Offer More Benefits Than Ever Before

Here’s a quick list of the Top 10 reasons why so many home buyers

prefer new homes to used houses

1- Design Your Dream Home Your Way

Why settle for someone else’s choices when you can select your own cabinets, countertops, appliances, carpets and flooring? While you’re at it, you can choose gorgeous bath and kitchen fixtures, lighting and other options that you love. Your new home will reflect your style, not someone else’s taste.

2- Choose a Floor Plan and Room Layout

Want a master bedroom on the first floor? It’s yours. With massive his and hers walk-in closets? Done!

Want high ceilings and a luxurious, resort-style master bath? Perhaps you’d like a sitting room with a fireplace in your owner’s suite or French doors that open to your private patio or the pool?

3- All New, Under Warranty

A used home likely has tired products that may soon need replacing. Your new home — and the products that comprise it — are brand-new and under warranty. Those components of your new home feature the latest designs and building materials and should offer you years of comfort and enjoyment before needing replacement.

4- Energy and Cost Savings

Today’s new homes are far more energy efficient than homes built just five years ago. Versus homes built ten or 20 years ago, it’s game over, advantage new. Why settle for drafty, energy-wasting, single-pane windows in a used home? Many new homes offer double or even triple pane windows. Special window coatings and inert gases between the layers of glass are often available, saving you even more energy and money in both heating and cooling season. In fact, a 2016 survey by the National Association of Homebuilders (NAHB) found that 90 percent of respondents listed Energy Star appliances as an essential or desirable feature in their most-wanted list

4- Energy and Cost Savings

Today’s new homes are far more energy efficient than homes built just five years ago. Versus homes built ten or 20 years ago, it’s game over, advantage new. Why settle for drafty, energy-wasting, single-pane windows in a used home? Many new homes offer double or even triple pane windows. Special window coatings and inert gases between the layers of glass are often available, saving you even more energy and money in both heating and cooling season. In fact, a 2016 survey by the National Association of Homebuilders (NAHB) found that 90 percent of respondents listed Energy Star appliances as an essential or desirable feature in their most-wanted list

5- Comfort and Indoor Air Quality

Today’s new homes meet stringent energy standards and codes not in place in the past. They combine high-performance energy efficiency with state-of-the-art ventilation and air filtration. The result is year-round, draft-free comfort and higher indoor air quality.

5- Comfort and Indoor Air Quality

Today’s new homes meet stringent energy standards and codes not in place in the past. They combine high-performance energy efficiency with state-of-the-art ventilation and air filtration. The result is year-round, draft-free comfort and higher indoor air quality.

6- Low Maintenance

New cars today are computer-designed and computer-equipped. That’s why they perform much more reliably than a car that’s 15 or 20 years old. Homes are the same. Today’s new homes have open floor plans and high ceilings that reflect the way we live today. They’re also made of cutting-edge building products that require less care and maintenance. Another plus? The latest building systems and components are designed and engineered to work together.

7- Community Amenities

Many new homes are built in lavish master-planned communities with resort-style community centers, pools and clubhouses. Many new home communities also feature hiking trails, protected open lands and some of the best new schools and shopping near (or even within) your new home community.

8- Advanced Technology and Design

It’s possible to replace all of the single-pane windows in a resale home with today’s high-performance windows. It’s also possible to add insulation to a used home. However, it’s very expensive to replace dated appliances, cabinets and countertops in a used home — and you still won’t have the high ceilings you dream of on the first floor of an older two-story home. All are reasons to build your new home your way, to reflect the way you live today

9- Safety

State-of-the-art circuit breakers. Electric garage door openers with infrared beams that stop if a tricycle or child is too near. High-efficiency furnaces and air conditioners that use the latest environmentally-friendly coolants. Cabinets, carpets and paints that use fewer volatile organic compounds, so that you and your family can breathe easier.

6- Low Maintenance

New cars today are computer-designed and computer-equipped. That’s why they perform much more reliably than a car that’s 15 or 20 years old. Homes are the same. Today’s new homes have open floor plans and high ceilings that reflect the way we live today. They’re also made of cutting-edge building products that require less care and maintenance. Another plus? The latest building systems and components are designed and engineered to work together.

7- Community Amenities

Many new homes are built in lavish master-planned communities with resort-style community centers, pools and clubhouses. Many new home communities also feature hiking trails, protected open lands and some of the best new schools and shopping near (or even within) your new home community.

8- Advanced Technology and Design

It’s possible to replace all of the single-pane windows in a resale home with today’s high-performance windows. It’s also possible to add insulation to a used home. However, it’s very expensive to replace dated appliances, cabinets and countertops in a used home — and you still won’t have the high ceilings you dream of on the first floor of an older two-story home. All are reasons to build your new home your way, to reflect the way you live today

9- Safety

State-of-the-art circuit breakers. Electric garage door openers with infrared beams that stop if a tricycle or child is too near. High-efficiency furnaces and air conditioners that use the latest environmentally-friendly coolants. Cabinets, carpets and paints that use fewer volatile organic compounds, so that you and your family can breathe easier.

10- That New Home Feel

A used home was someone else’s dream, not yours. It reflects their choices and family memories. You may learn to love avocado-green appliances (and you may be willing to scrub stained countertops or grease-encrusted ovens and cooktops) but more and more people prefer that never lived-in feel.

10- That New Home Feel

A used home was someone else’s dream, not yours. It reflects their choices and family memories. You may learn to love avocado-green appliances (and you may be willing to scrub stained countertops or grease-encrusted ovens and cooktops) but more and more people prefer that never lived-in feel.

FACTS To Consider When Purchasing A New Home

The superintendent works and is employed by the builder.
The sales person works for and is employed by the builder.
The in-house lender is working for (Or with) the builder.

The Title and escrow company is working for (Or with) the builder.
Often times the preferred home-owners insurance company is owned by the builder.

Get a Realtor to help you walk through the process

It costs you nothing to get a Realtor. Your Realtor can walk you through the process start to finish, help in negotiations and even get you the buyer incentives you may not otherwise known existed. Your Realtor is experienced enough to know that there are vital questions that you should be asking upfront. Many times a Sales Person working for the builder may in fact ‘Forget’ to disclose important issues, features and circumstances that may influence your decision not to make that purchase. Working with an experienced and qualified Realtor will make your new home purchase process a much more enjoyable experience.

FACTS To Consider When Purchasing A New Home

The superintendent works and is employed by the builder.
The sales person works for and is employed by the builder.
The in-house lender is working for (Or with) the builder.

The Title and escrow company is working for (Or with) the builder.
Often times the preferred home-owners insurance company is owned by the builder.

Get a Realtor to help you walk through the process

It costs you nothing to get a Realtor. Your Realtor can walk you through the process start to finish, help in negotiations and even get you the buyer incentives you may not otherwise known existed. Your Realtor is experienced enough to know that there are vital questions that you should be asking upfront. Many times a Sales Person working for the builder may in fact ‘Forget’ to disclose important issues, features and circumstances that may influence your decision not to make that purchase. Working with an experienced and qualified Realtor will make your new home purchase process a much more enjoyable experience.