Your design team may help you select a location for your home. They may know of sites in your price range with the characteristics needed for your home plan. The feasibility of the site for the style of your home is an important issue. An architect's or builder's experience studying a lot, evaluating a set of plans, and determining how the two might fir together can provide you with options you might overlook. For instance, not all sites accommodate a walkout style home. A walkout site has enough slope to expose part of the foundation and permit access to the yard from the lower level. Possibilities the design tem mentions might affect design, budget, schedule - or all three. your builder can obtain information on the development status of a proposed lot. the cost difference between raw land (with no utility services or road) and a finished lot (road installed and utilities available) is usually significant.

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