Perhaps one of the biggest advantages of building a custom home is the amount of input you have in each phase of the building process. With a custom home, you have the freedom to select everything that you want to go into your home.

If you love natural light, you can install floor to ceiling windows, making it a prominent feature throughout your home. If you dreamt of a spacious dining area with a featured chandelier, you can make it a central focal point in your floor plan. With a custom home you can choose floor coverings, fixtures, cabinetry, appliances and just about everything else in between. From the interior of your home to a seamless transition to the exterior, you can select every detail that goes into your very own custom home.

When purchasing an existing home, despite how beautiful it might be, you’re often limited and constrained by the existing structure and the prior owners’ design choices. You may think you can renovate it to make it more to your liking, but this can often be a costly endeavour, and you could still be left with an end project that is not exactly what you intended.

With a custom built home, you get to pick exactly the design and layout that works best for you, without having to compromise on other people’s choices. A custom home is a blank canvas waiting to be filled with your unique ideas. It provides you with an opportunity to design a home that reflects your own unique personality and style.

You’ll find that with a custom home, rather than feeling like you’re in someone else’s home that you just happen to be residing in, you’ll actually be more content, enjoying the layout and amenities you’ve specifically chosen to suit your particular lifestyle.

Do you often wish your home design was more practical and suited to your needs? A custom home presents the perfect opportunity to design a floor plan that is more functional and makes a much better use of any available space.

If your lifestyle is focused on entertainment, you can make sure your floor plan reflects both a spacious dining area, and also an ample alfresco with a seamless transition to your kitchen. Alternatively if you require separate areas to look after the interests of different family members, you can incorporate rooms such as a games area, or a cinema room, where your family can enjoy more time to themselves in their own space. With a custom home you have the flexibility to design your own floor plan tailored to suit your family’s growing needs.

When it comes to building a home, quality is everything. You want to make sure any materials used in the build are of the highest standard, helping to ensure there’ll be no need to undergo any expensive repairs or renovations due to inferior products being used.

With a custom built home the utmost care and consideration is taken so that only the best materials, products, and brands are used throughout the building process.

Long after you’ve moved in, a custom built home will give you the peace of mind that your investment is soundly protected and will stand the test of time.

A custom built home provides you with a unique opportunity to build a home that is both sustainable and energy efficient.

Since you’re starting from the ground up, you can make the best use of environmental factors particular to your site (i.e. the orientation of your home in relation to sun and wind patterns), to help manage the temperature and improve energy efficiency throughout your home.

Coupled with additional add-ons such as; solar technology, quality insulation, water tanks, and smart energy efficient appliances, your entire home can be optimally designed to be more environmentally friendly and reduce future energy bills.

Building a custom home provides you with the freedom to choose a lot exactly where you want it to be. Whether you prefer to be close to a hive of activity and be part of a central community, or desire more seclusion, away from the daily hustle and bustle, with a custom home you can select the perfect spot for your home.

If you have further privacy concerns, building a custom home can allow you to select the right piece of land that incorporates natural features such as grouping of trees or hill settings, that can provide you with the additional seclusion and tranquillity that you’re after.

While most people might think that building a custom home will be much more expensive than purchasing an existing property, if managed properly, a custom home can actually prove to be a more viable cost effective option.

The key point to remember is that when building a custom home you have complete control. You can control the price point of every item that goes into your new home, from construction materials to special add-ons.

As with any involved building project, it’s important that you set a well defined budget and monitor your costs throughout the build. By working with an experienced custom home builder, they’ll be able to keep you informed and take your budget into consideration during each stage of the build.

Lets face it, today’s real estate market can be quite volatile, characterised by periods of high sustained competition among buyers.

When building a custom home, while you still need to enter the market to bid on land (unless you already own the land and wish to undertake a KDR), the competition for land is much lower than it is for already existing homes.

With less competition, when you find a plot that meets your requirements, you stand a greater chance of securing it and starting the build process.

At first thought building a custom home can seem to be an expensive proposition. It can involve a lot more work and monitoring compared to simply purchasing an existing property or other types of building projects.

However when wider factors are taken into consideration, a custom home will prove to be a much sounder investment. Opting for a custom home will help to ensure that your home is built using the highest quality materials and up to the highest building standards. Additionally by being in control you have the option of designing functional practical spaces that will be highly attractive to any potential buyers.

Although a custom home can require initial higher upfront costs, it’s highly customised nature and ability to retain value, make it a sound financial investment.