Your Builder's Move-In Date Is an Estimate, Your Contract Says So
Your builder gave you a move-in date. Your contract calls it an estimate. Before you list your current home, schedule movers, or sign a lease on temporary housing, read what that date actually means, what your contract allows the builder to do, and what a 90-day delay really costs.
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What Is a Custom Home Buyer Advocate and Why You Need One
A custom home buyer advocate focuses on one thing: protecting the buyer’s financial position in a process where everyone else is focused on the transaction, the build, or the design. This post explains what that role looks like in practice, and why the most expensive custom‑home mistakes usually trace back to decisions made before anything is signed.
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Your Builder Says You Are On Budget. Are You?
Your builder has told you throughout the build that you're on track. One week before closing, the final number arrives. It is $43,000 more than the contract price. Every change order was approved. Nobody was adding them up.
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Custom Home Builder Not Responding? What It Means Before You Sign
How a builder communicates before you sign is the most accurate preview you will ever get of how they will communicate during twelve months of construction. The vetting phase is the only time that information is free.
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What to Do When Your Custom Home Builder Ignores You
Your builder isn't returning your calls. You're not being dramatic. You're being ignored. And the instinct most buyers follow when this happens gives them almost no real protection.
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