If you’re dreaming of a new home for your family in the Des Moines metro area, you may be considering whether the right choice for you is to build a new custom home or buy a “fixer upper” that you can customize for your lifestyle. There are a lot of excellent reasons for both courses of [...]
Your garage. It’s probably cluttered with sports equipment, bicycles, car accessories, tools, and more. Maybe it’s where you store your treasures and collectibles, from neon beer signs to pinball machines to antique cars. Maybe it’s where you pursue oversized or messy hobbies like woodworking, home brewing, or painting. Maybe you love to tinker with, repair, [...]
One of the best reasons to design and build your own home is to be able to create exactly the home that you want. Whether you have a home business or office or you just want space for your hobbies and collections, consider the benefits of building a custom home. […]
You may have heard in the news that Federal Reserve has raised interest rates, which sounds ominous…but what does that mean when it comes to mortgage rates? Here’s a quick, very basic overview of what you need to know about mortgage rates if you are thinking about building a custom home in Des Moines or [...]
One of the best parts about designing and building a custom home for your family is creating personal, fun space for each member of your household. One popular feature in today’s new homes is a “man cave.” Here are some tips to help create a space for the man of the house that will be a comfortable [...]
Once you’ve planned the layout of your outdoor living space in your new custom home, you have the opportunity to incorporate elements that increase its livability, convenience, and visual appeal. Trendy new designs, cutting edge technology, and outside-the-box ideas can help make your outdoor space a great place for your family to spend time during [...]
When you think of a modular home, what comes to mind? If you immediately envision a cheap, poorly built structure, you’re not alone—but you’re wrong! You may be confusing “modular” homes with “manufactured” homes. Modular homes have been popular since the early 20th century; Sears Roebuck Co. sold over 500,000 pre-fabricated homes between 1910 and [...]
When you think about having your own corner of the American dream, you may picture a perfectly manicured lush, green lawn. But maintaining that kind of landscaping takes a lot of time and effort—not to mention its impact on the environment. Today’s eco-friendly landscaping options can save time, money, water, and energy, which is why they [...]
One of the best parts of building your own custom home in the Des Moines area is being able to include great outdoor living space for your family to enjoy warm summer evenings and crisp fall mornings. Once you find the right location to build your family home, your design-build team should take a close [...]
Everyone’s seen a 70s-era pre-fab home. Maybe it was your parents’ or grandparents’ place, frozen in your memory with peeling yellowed wallpaper, buckling linoleum, and rickety metal stair rails. The cheap, poor quality home building materials used in most of these homes don’t stand the test of time, driving down the value of home prices and [...]