Top Ten Reasons To Buy A New Home
1. FAVORABLE PRICING:
Competition among homebuilders makes new homes less likely to be over priced. New homes are easy to compare with other new homes in the market equating value to value. All the homes are in the same age bracket and the options are listed up-front with process breakdowns for comparative shopping.
2. NEW HOME WARRANTY:
New home buyers are assured of at least a one year warranty on the home itself, a two year warranty on mechanical items such as plumbing, heating and electrical, and a seven year warranty on serious structural defects. A third part, The Ontario New Home Warranty Program will assist is necessary. The service record is a builder is an important part of choosing a builder.
3. HOMESITE SELECTION:
Location, Location, Location! Being able to select the proper home site is almost as important as choosing the correct home to fit your needs. Developers and homebuilders offer a wide selections of site including conservation, planned communities, water from and golf course locations.
4. FLOOR PLAN OPTIONS AND MODIFICATIONS:
Builders offer a variety of functional floor plans to fit buyer’s requirements. The homebuilder can provide the opportunity to eliminate or add rooms, upgrade materials, included new architectural details and generally customize the home.
5. LATEST MATERIALS:
Low maintenance is one of the most important features of new homes being built today, New technology in building materials has made the home of the 2000’s virtually maintenance free, especially the exterior.
6. CHOICE OF FINISHING:
With a new home, it’s possible for the buyer to be “a decorator” before moving in. Choices of carpeting, ceramic or vinyl floor coverings, kitchen and vanity style choices and other details offered by new home builders to live with their personal selections to be restricted by the previous home owner.
7. INCREASED LIFE:
It is true that all manufactured products have an expected life span. Daily use, weather and quality all play a roll in longevity. Buying a new home eases the nagging questions how long before it beaks down. For a new home the answer is simply a substantially longer period of time.
8. ENERGY EFFICIENT:
A new home built today is required by lay to meet stricter energy codes than homes built in the past when legal codes didn’t exist or were more lenient. Many homebuilders use materials that are designed to exceed the strict limits in order to produce further savings for their owners.
9. COMPATIBLE NEIGHBORS:
In most new communities buyers will be moving in with neighbors in similar circumstances. Often with pre-owned homes, the buyer finds themselves in a difficult position as the “new kid on the block” – unable to quickly fit into ling established social situations.
10. VALUE APPRECIATION:
Statistics day that a typical home will need remodeling after a life expectancy of 25 to 30 years. Since new hoes have an assured longer life, appraisals will generally be higher then on comparable existing homes, making the conditions more favorable for future re-dale at appreciated prices.