New House Designs: Where to Start

August 17, 2017

Whether or not you are thinking of building a new home or remodeling your existing one, chances are you have watched HGTV, thumbed through This Old House, or browsed photos online at Pinterest or Houzz. With so many ideas and possibilities, useful features and new equipment it doesn’t take long to spiral out of control. To help ease your mind, we’ve put together some thoughts on where to get started. As an experienced home builder in Wichita, Sharp homes is here to provide tips on new house designs and where to start building a home, giving you peace of mind before the process starts.

Home Design Inspiration

A picture being worth a thousand words is definitely true, and during the initial stages of house planning it is helpful for the home building team to use those pictures to help guide the home design process. The pictures, images, and torn out pages of magazines help homeowners express their ideas and must-haves that can often be hard for them to put into their own words. We recommend starting by doing just that. Gather images, inspiration, and other types of designs to help convey your ideas. We’ve provided several good sites to start looking at for inspiration.

With the advent of sites like Pinterest and Houzz, it is easier to find and share the exact image that relays your vision and idea. There are cases where a homeowner can be overwhelmed with the plethora of ideas and images, eventually saving every image they see. This can lead to an overload of images and ideas, making it difficult for the homeowner to have a consistent vision. When it comes time to put together floor plans this can slow the process and make it more difficult for the homeowner.

How Sharp Homes Can Help

The challenge then for the home builder is to work with you and guide you through images and ideas. This can be one of the more difficult phases when building a house. This is the point where the thoughts and dreams meet the realities of budget, construction costs and other constraints. Working with a home builder through this process can help you narrow down your ideas, and help you find a balance between expectations and reality.

The Home Building Process

Sharp Homes can help by offering our advice for what may be appropriate in a neighborhood or price range, what new house designs we’ve seen work or act as a sounding board. There are many ways we can achieve a particular look or feel for a homeowner that may be slightly different, but more budget friendly. We work with you to explore the options and help you choose what works best for your situation.

Typically within a few meetings we can narrow down the scope of a new home and the construction process by asking the right questions and having honest conversations. However, designing your dream home comes down to your priorities and vision. The entire Sharp Homes team is more than happy to discuss design ideas, popular trends or even talk about the process from start to finish.

Deciding Where to Start With Sharp Homes

Where to start the process comes down to your personal priorities. However, we encourage you to gather images and ideas, keep them in one place, and organize them based on your wants or needs. As always, our team is more than happy to join you in the process whenever you choose. If you’re looking for more information on the process of building a home or looking for new house designs and where to start, we’re here to help by answering any of your questions. Contact us today for a free consultation.