Thursday, August 30, 2007

New Home Communities

A new home community is a neighborhood where the homes are all pre-built to certain specifications.

Each home is probably built to the same floor-plan, and will cost approximately the same amount to purchase.. The neighborhood consists of all new housing so there is not the concern for the neighbors care of their aging home lowering real estate valuations in the area.

New Home communities ar increasingly popular in the United States as home values continue to rise and homes become harder to find for prospective buyers.

One such company in the US which operates new home communities nationally are Anderson homes. Floor plans in these homes will feature a great deal of open floor space, larger areas to help you in entertaining, and most models will feature full basements which remain unfinished until the purchaser finishes them.

These homes are usually pre inspected prior to being put on the market for sale, however they do not have to be so availing yourself of the services of a building inspector might be worth your while.

While most new home communities are respectable places to live which are well built and well warranted, in some cases contractors have used substandard materials with which to build them. This results in a less than perfect new home, which may have problems in many areas after purchase, among them heating, air conditioning or roofing issues.

Take care no matter what type home you purchase to ask the neighbors in the area of new home communities what their experiences have been with their new home, particularly if they’ve lived in the area for any number of months.

Most will be glad to talk with you about their homes if they have had any issues with them and if they are particularly pleased again, they will be pleased to let you know that.

People enjoy discussing the problems that they have in various areas and if they are happy with the house, they will be only too glad to tell you so and tell you what the reasons are they are pleased. While you are discussing their home, a few questions might be in order.

Ask them about plumbing problems and heating or air conditioning issues specifically as well as water pipes and dampness in the basement.

. Find out if they have had problems and if so, did the contractor stand behind his building and make the repairs for the new home owner.

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