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Value Beyond Cost Per Square Foot
Many people who look at a production builder's furnished model home ooh and aah about the floor plan - it feels so big and open. They fixate on the floor finishes: This Brazilian cherry looks almost edible. They gape at the beautiful kitchen countertops: My friends will be jealous; at the big rooms - this bathroom could fit 20 of my best friends; and at a host of other details.
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Durability Is a Big Deal
What's required to ensure that your new house will look as good when your mortgage is paid off as it did on the day you moved in? The answer is a focus on durability.
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Building Green with Common Sense
Although these have been embraced by more and more home builders, there is still much confusion among the public as to what makes a house green. One way to keep things straight, Johnston said, is simply to remember to "use common sense to make sense.
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Stealing Space for Storage
Most new houses do not have wall niches, nooks and crannies, generous stair landings or that proverbial "space under the stairs." New houses tend to have neatly squared off rooms. The only way to garner space to store the things you want close by is to steal it.
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