It is a crazy time to be buying a home. No matter where you look, inventory is low and prices are outrageously high. Buyers are finding less home for their money when they are able to find a home at all. It is as frustrating an experience as there is right now.
But the traditional homebuying path is not the only one. Where there is availability, it is possible to build instead. There are a lot of things to like about building from scratch, offering a potentially better alternative to buying a traditional family home.
Customising the Floor Plan
The best thing about building from scratch is that it is possible to customise the floor plan. That means getting the right amount of rooms to suit the needs of you and your family. Whether it be a multi-room home or a one-story house building (known as สร้างบ้านชั้นเดียว in Thai), your needs can be accommodated.
It starts by working with an architect to design the home you have been thinking of. Materials and costs are all discussed, ensuring that whatever you choose is something that can be afforded as well. The goal at the end of the process is to create a home that you can be proud of. More importantly, it meets all of your standards.
No Need to Compromise
Perhaps the worst thing about buying an existing home is that there are compromises to be made. To find a home that fits every last detail likely means spending out of your price range, which means compromises to make.
Maybe it means one less room. It might mean no attached garage or basement included. Whatever the case may be, it becomes a task of determining what is a must, what can be lived without, and making the necessary compromises along the way.
Creating the Optimal Home
Instead of compromising or worrying about whether you can find a home in this market, building is the way to go for no other reason than it can create the optimal home for you. This is the biggest investment that most of us will make and it has to be the right one.
Go a different route than bidding wars and higher home prices. Build from the ground up and you can begin enjoying your new home sooner rather than later. But it starts by working with a local contractor to see what the options are.
