If you are looking for a new home the process can be daunting. There are so many variables one must take into consideration. Among other considerations you might be wondering whether or not you should buy a new home or a resale. You might be asking yourself if you can afford a new home, how you will obtain financing, whether you should consider a foreclosure, if you should narrow your search by school district, and if you should be thinking about buying an energy efficient home.
As a home builder who has been in business since 1975, we know "they don't build them like they used to." Guess what? That's a GOOD thing. New homes are far superior in terms of energy efficiency, engineering, materials, performance, construction methods and reliability. Remember, your home should be built to perform as a system. Building codes are continually revised to concur with recent advancements in building materials and construction methods to ensure that new homes are safer, more reliable and exceed the quality of new homes built under previous codes.
That foreclosure might look like a good deal, but what do you really know about the home? What do you know about the appliances (if they haven't been stripped from the home)? Do you have enough money saved up to replace the furnace if it stops working tomorrow? How old is the hot water heater? Were the walls and attic properly insulated? Under what electrical code was the home built? Was the grading engineered and certified? Was the soil properly tested and compacted?
Many of the same unknowns exist when buying a resale. Of course, you will have the home or townhome inspected, but any inspector will admit that in a single 2 or 3 hour visit it is extremely difficult, if not impossible, to find all problems a home may have. Reputable home builders typically include a 2 - 10 warranty with the purchase of a new home, which leaves them holding the bag (or the bucket) if there is a performance or structural issue, not you.
We believe in sustainable building practices, so we choose to build under the Energy Star program, which allows our homes to outperform other home built under the current building code. Our new homes in Thornton and Aurora, Colorado far exceed current building code requirements and are as much as 40% more efficient than a new home built as recently as 2006! Our Aurora, CO townhome community,
The Villas at Wheatlands, even offers PV solar systems at no additional cost to our new home buyers. This program guarantees lower energy costs from the day you move in to your new home. Additionally, our Thornton, CO new townhome community,
The Villas at Thorncreek, includes unique energy efficient appliances such as tankless water heaters at no extra cost. Find another new home builder offering these environmentally responsible features at no additional cost and I'll give you a dollar. We also believe our subcontractors deliver better quality work because they know their work will be tested and inspected by our third party energy rater for Energy Logic. What might pass as compliant with current building code does not necessarily pass inspection by an Energy Star energy rater.
For reasons including safety, performance, energy efficiency, reliability, long term cost savings and a better return on your investment, we believe that there is no better value than a new home.
