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  • Get Your Ducks in a Row Before Breaking Ground on a New Home

    Building a custom home is a process that requires attention to detail and careful planning. Before you break ground on a new home, there are certain things you must do to make sure you are prepared. These include:

      • Assembling a team. The first step is to hire professionals to guide you during the home buying process. Choose a team that understands your priorities and is committed to meeting your specific needs.


    Contemporary Exterior via Houzz

      • Knowing what you want. Set goals for construction and determine what features are most important to you in a home. Consider total square footage, number of bedrooms and bathrooms, essential spaces, and amenities. Gather photographs from books and magazine to share with your contractor to communicate your preferences.at You won’t be able to create a working budget until you know what you want.


    Traditional Living Room via Houzz

      • Establishing a budget. Work with your construction team to determine what your list of wants will cost. Make sure to look at the budget as both total cost and the cost for individual components of the construction process. Don’t forget to factor overage into the budget to cover unforeseen costs.


    Transitional Home Office via Houzz
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  • 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…