How To Choose The Right Builder: For Your New Custom Home at Fawn Run
Fawn Run at The Ponds in Kelowna is a scenic, master-planned community featuring incredible luxury lots where you can build your dream home. Perched on the hillside in the Upper Mission, overlooking Okanagan Lake, there is no better place to enjoy the Okanagan lifestyle.
Nestled in Kelowna’s Upper Mission, the community boasts active living, walkable distance to commercial amenities and a middle school, and stunning views everywhere you turn. However, these are not the only promises that Fawn Run makes to its residents. With the community’s Open Builder Program, homeowners are invited to hire their preferred custom home builder and design team. This means that at Fawn Run, you can enjoy the benefits of living in a community with elevated architectural and landscape standards, with the freedom of working with the team of your choice to bring your vision and investment to life. When you purchase your lot at Fawn Run at The Ponds, you can tailor your home to perfectly suit your family’s individual needs, tastes, and preferences.
Building your custom home in your ideal neighbourhood without sacrificing the freedom of choice in selecting the trusted builder of your forever home, now that is truly luxury.
With 28 large lots for sale in Kelowna as part of Phase 7, Fawn Run at The Ponds is inviting you to make your imprint on the community. It is exciting to build your dream custom home, but you may be thinking:
What happens after I purchase the lot? How do I get started on building my dream home? How do I choose the right home builder for me?
Not to fear. Though it can seem a daunting task, we have narrowed down some considerations for you to help make your choice easier.
Building a custom home is an exciting and significant journey, and you want to ensure you partner with the right home builder. So what should you look for when choosing a custom home builder in Kelowna? And how do you pick the right home builder for you?
In order to help advise our buyers on some tips to navigate this critical part of the process, Fawn Run reached out to award winning home builder Align West Homes, to get their insights on the most important things to consider when choosing a home builder, which are summarized below:
Experience and Expertise
Working with you and your family to design and build your custom home is a large undertaking. At the end of the process, your home should be your family’s sanctuary; it should be a direct reflection of your family’s unique values, lifestyle, and preferences. It is of the utmost importance that you choose a home builder with the necessary experience and expertise to bring your sanctuary to life and ensure the process is as smooth, seamless, and stress-free as possible.
So what are the important factors to keep in mind when researching home builders?
Local Insight
One important factor is having local insight. A home builder with insight into the Kelowna housing market, building regulations, and zoning by-laws can be beneficial in ensuring the entire process is as seamless as possible and that your home appreciates in value throughout the years.
Additionally, insight into site-specific design factors, such as optimal building orientation to maximize views or privacy, and the fostering of harmony between your home’s aesthetic and its surroundings, can help create a beautiful space that promotes indoor-outdoor living so you get the most out of your Okanagan lifestyle.
Local Relationships
Another important factor to consider when researching and comparing home builders’ experience and expertise is their relationships with suppliers, trades, designers, and other professional partners. Long-standing relationships with industry professionals may pay off in terms of better materials, shorter timelines, cost savings, or higher quality workmanship on your home. Fruitful, historic relationships can also be a signifier of the home builders’ honesty and integrity.
Previous Work
Looking at a home builders’ previous work history and past projects is another great way to assess their credentials and compatibility for the undertaking of designing and building your custom home. Consider if their typical projects are homes similar to the one you envision for yourself or if their strengths (e.g., masonry, interior design, open concept) are aspects you are looking for. Alongside looking at their portfolio, reading client testimonials is a great way to assess a home builders’ competency and whether they are the right fit for you. Happy clients can be an indicator of professionalism and customer service skills.
Compatibility & Professionalism
Once you have narrowed your search to a select few home builders, a meeting with each candidate can help solidify the right home builder to partner with. During the meeting, it is important to get a feel for compatibility (Do they understand your vision? Will you like working with them? Are they easy to talk to?) and professionalism (Will they respect your budget? Will the project be completed in a timely manner? Will they be organized and easy to get a hold of?).
In addition to the meeting, asking for and reaching out to references will help you decide whether or not they are the right home builder to trust with bringing your dream home to life.
Such criteria are elements that distinguish reputable home builders, like Align West Homes, from others. With their head office in Kelowna, the team at Align West pride themselves on ensuring that every step of the home building experience is personalized to you and your family’s needs. Drawing from over 35 years of experience, Align West’s custom homes reflect a level of care and personalization. Strong relationships with trade partners and the greater builder community allow the team to seamlessly blend unique design solutions with superior quality that aligns with your desires and budget.
When you invest in your dreams to live in a safe, quiet, and amenity-rich community that offers luxury living, surrounded and connected by nature, it is important to work with a home builder who will do it justice. Building your custom home surrounded by all of the natural beauty that Fawn Run at The Ponds has to offer will bring you and your family one step closer to happily ever after. A home builder that acts as your partner throughout the process will ensure your home is everything you imagined and more.
To learn more about lots for sale at Fawn Run at The Ponds, visit FawnRun.ca or check out our Facebook or Instagram page.