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Building your Custom Home - Step 6

Step #6 – Steps To Building A New Home

September 21, 2015

Handing Over the House Keys in Front of a Beautiful New Home.

In our continuation of the series of Steps To Building A New Home, this week:

Accept the inevitable. 

You’ve made the plans, have the permits, and secured the loan; now the only thing left to do is build your house. Easy, right?

Oddly enough, crazy things will happen. That’s a given. How you and your team react to these hiccups will be important. Stay calm, keep your sense of humor and work with your team to address the issue. This is where having the right team in place can pay dividends. An architect, a builder and others who can work together and share ideas without criticizing one another will go a long way to helping you keep your sanity.

Contact Smart Builders if you are considering building a new home or have a new construction project in Chicago’s Northwest Suburbs or Chicago’s North Shore neighborhoods.  Check back often for information and pictures of our current projects in Glenview, Lake Forest, Arlington Heights, and Barrington.