Call us Suncity Homes – as soon as possible. An initial site meeting, even before you purchase the land, is a great time for a preliminary discussion. It’s a great opportunity to discuss your goals and how they may fit in with the limitations of your chosen block. We can even provide advice on what to do before you commit yourself fully to the land purchase.
You may not have plans or a concept in mind yet, but you will no doubt have requirements that need to be met, a budget in mind, perhaps a wish list of items. Together with some scrapbooking of ideas, either literally or through the use of an online site like Houzz, a design brief is established that can be added to with further discussions.
We have also developed solid working relationships with a number of local architects and home designers that allow for a collaborative effort from the beginning. Having client, builder and architect in discussion from the outset, provides the necessary checks and balances to make sure all aspects of the brief are considered through the preliminary stages. For instance, a client may come across a feature they want to add part way through the development of the plans. The feature will look fantastic and so the architect is happy to incorporate it, knowing the final product will reflect better on them. Having the builder involved in the discussion will perhaps allow the budget to be addressed and amended, some prioritizing of other elements may be done, or it may be moved to the ‘would have been nice if budgets allowed’ folder.
All too often the builder is involved late in the process and is left to be the bearer of bad news, meaning clients find out they can’t afford to build the beautiful plans, having already invested time and dollars in developing said plans.
We want to see your dream home built and enjoyed.