Ask About Design Center Options

Yesterday,  I had the good fortune to accompany clients to one of our local builder's design center.  Design center visits can be great fun, or excruciating torture.  Which experience you have can depend largely on the which builder you choose.  Yesterday, we were at the Trendmaker Design Center in Sugar Land and the experience was very pleasant.  The staff was courteous, informative and down right fun to be with!

Your design center appointment is one of the first steps in the process of building a new home and it varies from builder to builder. Ask any potential builder how many appointments you'll be allowed at their design center.  The more appointments, the better your experience will be.  In all, Trendmaker sets 3 design center appointments, although this can also vary depending on the size of your new home.  Other builders may only allow one appointment, at which you will be forced into snap decisions and long arduous hours of head-spinning proportion.  Last year, another client couple and I were trapped for 6 straight hours in a design center that was run like a boot camp! The couple, a physician and an attorney, were both ready to throw in the towel on the new home, by the time we were sprung!  The more ridgid the rules, the less likely you are to be happy with the end product.

You'll also want to ask what penalties you'll incur, should you change your mind about a choice you've made, in granite, for instance. Penalties can be several hundred dollars for each change, even if you make the decision right after driving out of the parking lot!  In the case of Trendmaker, none of the decisions made at yesterday's appointment are final, until confirmed at a later appointment. This gives the buyers time to consider their choices, many of which will have a huge impact on the aesthetics of the home.

Some of the things you'll be deciding in the design center appointments are floor coverings, wood, tile, carpet, each of which will have varying levels of cost depending on the standard level for the home.
You'll pick your kitchen and bath counter tops, design your backspashes for these areas and coordinate your flooring to match.  You'll probably pick out your staircase amenities and your beautiful front door, also. These are just a few of the decisions you'll be making at the design center.  There will be many optional upgrades, but as a whole, most design centers are there to present your options, give you the opportunity to touch and feel the products, and work to help you stay within your budget.

Building a brand new home can be a stressful process at best.  A few questions before you make a decision on builders can save hours of headache and heartache when designing your new dream home.

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