Location, location, location -- you've heard it before. Where your home is located is a top priority for many reasons and can directly affect your home's value, among other factors. So when you're ready to choose a lot to build your home on, consider the following:...
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How To Manage Product Decisions When You Don’t Agree
Ok it's true, building a new home or remodeling an existing one comes with its challenges. We view our homes as a safe place, somewhere to escape the busyness of our lives. When that haven is in limbo it can be truly stressful. Which in turn affects our relationships,...
How To Get Your Dream Home And Stay Within Your Budget
Allowances and Working With Your Project Budget Just like when you received a certain amount of allowance as a kid, when you build a new home, your contractor sets your product allowances. These are incorporated into your overall budget. Getting a good grasp of how...
How To Work With Your Building Contractor Like A Pro
Keys to the Contractor Relationship OK, we're all about enlightening here at HomeOnTrack so here goes ... it may be surprising to some, but the relationship you have with your contractor will be one of the closest you will ever have -- good or...
How to Finance Your Next Home Project
There Are Financing Options Available For Your Remodel Most all of us are aware of financing options for mortgages if you're building a new home, but what about those remodeling projects? Obviously there are inexpensive projects that give you a lot of bang for your...
5 Quick and Easy Ways To Update Your Bedroom In A Weekend
I've been guilty over the years of neglecting one of the most important rooms in my home when it comes to decorating -- my bedroom. Far too often it has gotten the short end of the stick, way down on the totem pole compared to the "public" areas of the house: the...