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How to Get Across Your Vision for Your Home to Those Who Will Design and Build It

Written By Glenn Prescot

One dream most people have is to someday own a home that was built to match their own specifications and preferences. Aspiring to own your dream home is a wonderful goal to have. Sadly, most people never actually achieve it.

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However, if you have the right amount of money, it can certainly be done. Still, you may be confused about just how to go about such a project.

You may wonder how you can get across your vision for your home to those who will design and build it. Although there are many DIY home design software on the market, most people rely on professionals for such a complex task.

Table of Contents

  • Decide What You Actually Want
  • Find the Right Design Professional
  • Create Your Plan
  • Interview Contractors
  • Get the Appropriate Permits
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Decide What You Actually Want

Perhaps the hardest part of the process is actually deciding on what you want. The ideas in your head regarding what your dream home should be like probably tend to fluctuate from time to time.

This will not be good for an actual construction project that has a budget and deadline. Instead, think hard about exactly what you want for your new home. Come to a final conclusion and write it all down.

Find the Right Design Professional

Next, you need to set out on creating the actual design for your future home based on your ideas. To do this, you will need to work with a design professional. In some cases, you may even want to work with more than one.

An architect can design the structural elements of the home. An interior designer can help design the aesthetics of the different rooms.

Even you thought are approaching them with a bunch of your ideas, it’s important to keep an open mind. You don’t have to compromise your vision in order to listen to their suggestions and adjust your plans.

Create Your Plan

At this point, you should work with that design professional you have chosen to create the plan for building the house.

This is called the schematic design. It will include the floor plan as well as views of the home’s exterior. You can go through several drafts of this design, with adjustments based on your input.

Let yourself be surprised. Someone might have a design idea that enhances your home in an unexpected way.

Interview Contractors

When the schematic design is complete, it’s time to find an actual home builder. To do this properly, you should interview multiple contractors.

Part of the interview process should be asking them to give an estimate for the work based on the schematic design.

It may take some weeks for you to receive that estimate. Seeking out references and viewing their past work and current job sites is also a good idea. It can help you figure out if they are a good fit for your project.

Get the Appropriate Permits

Settling on a contractor to build your home isn’t actually the last step of the process. Before any contracts are signed, you must make sure to obtain the proper permits to build the home and also make sure the property lines are known as well.

Obtaining building permits may require paying large fees. This is why budgeting early in the process is so important. Make sure you know how much you will likely be charged.

Building a dream home requires a lot of time, money and effort. However, it can be done. Try to be patient regarding the progress of the project.

Also try to be cautious every step along the way. Bad decisions in this case can cost you a lot of money. Make sure you know what you’re doing and only work with professionals with a solid track record.

If you take the proper precautions and employ the help of professionals, you’ll likely build a house that you and your family will treasure for generations to come.


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About Glenn Prescot

I'm Glenn Prescot, an Interior Designer originally from Kansas USA and now living in Europe. I am a fan of DIY, home design, gardening and anything related to home interiors and exteriors. I'm also interested in crafts and Home Improvement projects.

I have been in the home design industry for more than 17 years. I love decorating and transforming spaces so that people living in them are happy and pleased with their space.

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