In our ongoing effort to bring more information to people interested in building a home, today we explore the concept of custom home design build.

The traditional approach to building a home consists of the selection of a designer to create the plan for the home, and then the selection of a contractor to actually carry out the construction project. Often times people have a set of plans that they like, and then they start the search for the contractor for the home building process.

The custom home design build process merges those two responsibilities into one professional. The builder coordinates both the design and the build. The relationship between the customer and the builder is more in line with the “master builder” approach, and proponents say it creates a stronger builder-customer relationship.

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