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Best Clovis Home Builder – Part 1
June 13th, 2009
Best Clovis Home Builder – Part 1
Clovis’ Most Flexible Builder – Your Home Your Way
If you’re thinking about building a new home in Clovis, you have a lot of options. There are 12 primary tract home builders to choose from. So how do you know which one offers the best value, builds the best quality homes, or will let you move the kitchen sink next to the window? We’ll answer these and many more questions in our 5 part Clovis New Home Construction & Builder series.
Flexibility. One of the primary reasons most people build a new home (versus just buying one already built) is to “get what they want.” However, as you venture down the new construction path, you eventually run into one irritating fact about tract builders — they won’t let you change any of their features. For example, if you don’t like the fireplace located in the corner, well, tough. Of if you want to add another window in the kitchen to bring in more light, you’re out of luck. Or just try getting a builder to put in concrete floors or counter-tops (2 green building fads sweeping the country) and you’ll likely hear, “we don’t do that.” It can be frustrating to say the least. It’s your home after all, isn’t it?
It’s true that all tract builders have an ample amount of things you do get to choose, such as the exterior paint colors (although some have tried to even restrict this as a choice), the color of the carpet, and which lot to build upon. But if you like the builder’s home, but just wish you could change a thing or two about it, such as move a wall from here to there or put the downstairs bedroom upstairs, you can just about forget about it. It’s a lot like ordering a frozen pizza. You can choose which flavor to buy, but you can’t mix and match the ingredients. It’s pre-made.
If you’ve done much home searching you already know that no home is perfect. There’s always something you wish you could change. Unfortunately, in new construction — before the home is even built — most tract builders won’t even even consider your request “to make the garage just a bit longer to fit the kid’s bikes, lawnmower and the cars” — except for one: Wilson-Homes.
Let us begin by saying that there are many, many Clovis home builders we recommend, but when it comes to the best flexibility, Wilson-Homes shines above rest. Wilson-Homes is known for allowing buyers to make changes to their floor-plans and designs. If you want to bring the master bedroom downstairs or install solar panels, they’ll likely do it. Of course, these changes aren’t free, but virtually all of the other Clovis tract builders won’t even consider it. Which is why Wilson-Homes gets our “Most Flexible Builder Award.” It may not seem like a big deal now, but if you want the patio extended another couple of feet to fit your great, great grandmother’s outdoor table, you’ll be glad you chose a builder who will work with you to make your home, your way.
Keep in mind that there are several high quality, “custom” home builders in Clovis who will build you anything you desire. This article, merely focuses on “tract” home builders which generally are the cheapest, most common and popular form of new construction. If you want a purely custom home, contact us, we’ll be glad to dicuss any of the local custom or tract home builders.
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