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  • Common Mistakes to Avoid When Building Your Home

    Designing and building a new home is an exciting process full of big decisions. Today’s choices will undoubtedly affect tomorrow’s construction, so it is important to avoid common home construction mistakes.

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    The most common mistakes to avoid during your new home design and construction include:

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    • Room placement. You deserve a home that is perfectly planned to meet your family’s needs. Our professionals are expertly trained to avoid common room placement mistakes and ensure the layout is cohesive and maximizes the available space.
    • Breaking a budget. Creating and sticking to a budget is important. Each decision factors into the overall price of the home and should be weighed against your overall budget.
    • Remaining passive. This is your home. It is vital that you stay involved and connected to construction to ensure you receive what you are dreaming of.
    • Forgetting the future. It is important to think ahead ten to twenty years to ensure your home continues to meet your needs. What might your life be like then? What will your ongoing needs be?
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    Contact us at Country Club Homes at 203-762-0550 to learn more valuable home construction tips and about making the dream of building a new home your reality.

  • The Studs of Construction: Understanding the Lumber in Your Home

    You’ve encountered the studs of construction before: You measure and mark the walls to hang a piece of artwork. The first nail goes in easy-breezy, the second one nearly jars the teeth out of your head as you pound it in. That’s a stud. Homes in Fairfield County and around the country are usually framed…

  • Adding a Sauna to Your Home is Great for Your Health

    An in-home sauna may seem like an unnecessary luxury, but in reality it can provide significant benefits to your health. A sauna’s heat works to sooth your nerve endings, relieve tension, reduce joint pain, and relax your muscles.  Spending time in a sauna also works to calm your body and relieve it of stress which promotes…

  • Create Cleverly Concealed Work Spaces in Your Home

    Have you discovered that you could benefit from additional workspaces in your home? Using creative built-in storage is an excellent way to create unique spaces designed specifically to meet your family’s needs. Contemporary Family Room by New York Architects & Designers Murdock Solon Architects via Houzz   Considering adding a: Homework center: Does your kids’ homework spill out across…

  • How to Tell if a Wall or Column is Load-Bearing

    Many homeowners seek to open up space in their home during a home renovation project by removing a wall. This can connect spaces and completely transform a home’s layout. Before a wall can be removed it must first be determined whether the wall is load-bearing. This can be determined by: Traditional Staircase by Wilton Design-Build Firms Country Club…