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Design Your Custom Home - Cape Coral Home Builder
If you are having an Alvian Custom Home built, an important thing to note is that the Florida home is quite different than the home you probably now live in. The Florida home lives out the rear of the home with as many rooms as possible opening to the rear where the pool becomes the focal point of the home. The typical design in Cape Coral is to focus the main living areas of the home so that there is access or a view of this pool. Also, many people like to see the pool through the house and from the front door. Alvian Home Builder Cape Coral is here to suit all of your custom home needs.
Most Florida homes are single story, but we are beginning to see some two story homes. Typical Florida homes are a split bedroom plan with the master suite on one side and the secondary bedrooms on the other side of the home. Both bedrooms usually has access from the pool area to a bath.
Please feel free to look through our Custom Home Gallery to get a feel for the Florida home. Alvian Homes has many different custom home options, offering you the flexibility to make changes to fit your needs and lifestyle.
A common thing we see form our clients is a “must have” list of the items that you would like in your dream home. By doing this, we can get a better taste of your style and what you’re expecting from you Alvian Custom Home. This way we can focus on areas of the custom home design process that appeal to you more. Here at Alvian Homes, we make sure that the custom home that you are designing is the latest in innovation, fits your needs and desires, and can be built within the budget that you have established.
Alvian Homes offers the services of an interior decorator to help choose the interior and exterior colors and materials for the home. By doing this, we can make the experience of building your new home a pleasure. We have many different samples which makes the decorating task easy.
Custom Home specifications are probably the most important part of the agreement. Since it is so easy to forget things in today’s hectic world, the complete home should be described in writing. Here at Alvian Custom Homes, we offer specifications detailing exactly the items to be included in the home. The specifications should offer not only what is provided, but also what is not provided in the home. Those specifications should also be signed and agreed to by all parties. Should you make changes or any of the specifications seem vague or unclear they should be amended so that you, the Buyer, and us, the Home Builder have a clear, 20/20 vision of the finished home. With clear concise plans and specifications there are no gray areas and everyone knows what is expected and what the end result will be. Without this communication, errors are bound to occur causing stress for all parties. A general rule of thumb is that the specifications should be at least 20 pages long. We believe that anything less than that does not adequately specify what will be included in the home and offers opportunities for problems.
If you make changes during construction, we will make sure that the changes be put in writing. The cost should be established prior to the changes being made. This will eliminate all surprises and set clear expectations for the road ahead. When the plans and specifications are complete, we will provide a firm price for the home. This price should complete the home as specified on the chosen homesite.
The quality of homesites can vary greatly. We at Alvian Homes, suggest that you have us look at any homesite you are interested in purchasing prior to agreeing to the purchase. In addition, never purchase a homesite without having a soil test performed on the lot to be sure the soils are buildable. Many times, the purchase of a homesite is conditioned upon satisfactory soil test. It is further conditioned upon satisfactory percolation test if a septic system is required. I have seen the cost to correct soil problems run $50,000.00 and higher. Therefore, please spend a small amount for the soil test. It is the least expensive insurance that you can purchase!
Inter Design Selection - Custom Home
way to get the exact home you want is to design and build it from scratch.
At Alvian Custom Homes we encourage you to put your personality into every square foot of your design. From custom islands, to faucets, light fixtures and cabinetry, you can literally customize anything and everything in your home to make it unique to you.
We invite you to use every swatch, paint chip, finish and design idea you’ve ever had to build the home you’ve always wanted, just the way you always envisioned it. We have hundreds of different custom home pallets to choose from. You can browse through moldings, fixtures, doors, roof shingles, anything you could think of for your new project. Our in house interior designer can walk you through color schemes, how to lay out your furniture, window sills and tiles.
Cape Coral - Custom Home Color Scheme Ideas
Specifically, the living room, dining room and entry way. Choose a color scheme for those areas first, then pull one color from the scheme. For example, take the red sofa and tone it down (say, to burgundy) for an accent in more private spaces such as the den, office or bedroom.
Paint smaller rooms in softer, lighter colors to help make the room feel larger. Depending on the design and budget of your home, a smaller room has the tendency to seem cramped, but large windows, light colored walls and ample use of mirrors not only reflect the natural light pouring in from the doors and the windows but the use of mirrors also gives the optical illusion of space, making the room seem larger than it actually is. Conversely, darker colors will make a room feel smaller. Even with the abundance of natural light and the strategic placement of the mirrors, the same room in a darker shade would have a more boxed-in feel to it.
A safe way to make any space look good without much risk is to use darker color values for the floor, medium color values for the walls and light values for the ceiling.
Any interior space replicates the outside world, and makes the space feel balanced. The exterior environment is generally darker below our feet, medium-valued as you look straight ahead and lighter values as you look skyward. Think of the dirt and pavement below your feet, the trees and the buildings at eye level, and the brightness of the sky as you look up.
Most people buy clothes in colors they like to wear and think they look good in. Your Cape Coral Home interior should reflect your same stye. Meaning you should decorate your rooms in colors you look good in. It will make you feel more comfortable in your new home and you will look best in front of company, surrounded by your favorite colors. If you decorate honestly, other people will appreciate it because it’s you, even if they’d never decorate their own house in the same way. That means if you want to make every room in your house red, white and blue, go for it. You can make any color look good as long as it’s your taste.
In general, analogous color schemes (colors next to each other on the color wheel, such as blue and green) are more casual and relaxing, and work best in informal or private spaces. This is a good strategy for a bedroom, where you want to rest and recover. Colors opposite on the color wheel tend to come off as vibrant, dynamic, and possess high energy. Colors like these are probably best for rooms to where you will be entertaining or have an exciting atmosphere. A standard across interior design is to include something black, or of a similar dark tone, in each of the rooms. The color acts as a ground that helps anchor all of the other colors in the room and make them work together.
Another thing to note when picking out colors for your Cape Coral Custom Home color scheme, is to use the rule of 60-30-10. When decorating a space, divide the colors in the space into components of 60 percent of a dominant color, 30 percent of a secondary color and 10 percent of an accent color. The walls will most likely be the majority, the upholstery would represent the secondary color and accessories such as a floral arrangement or throw pillows would make up the rest. This balance of color does exactly that, it balances the colors while having small accents for diversity. Artists use this rule all the time as it adds interest to what would be an otherwise dull space.
Custom Home Design Tips - Cape Coral Florida
Create a custom Sample Pack
Try to decide on all major finishes in the concept stage: floors, bathroom tiles, kitchen joinery colors and countertops. Collect samples of all items and put them in a box in the back of your car. As you select other finishes make sure they tie in with the elements you have already decided on. A limited palette of complimentary materials will give your design good continuity and stronger visual impact. Choose the same taps for all your bathrooms, use the same floor finishes throughout the house, apply a consistent color palette in all your finishes. By doing all of this, your house will feel well designed, and buying in bulk is a good opportunity to negotiate a good price.
Unless you have a bottomless wallet you are going to have to make budget choices somewhere. Here at Alvian Homes, we believe deciding on your non-negotiable list upfront is a good idea. Whether it be the infinity pool in the backyard, the wooden floors in your home, or the tiles in the master bedroom, we want to make sure you get exactly what you want. This way, if you find you need to cut costs, you can make them elsewhere first and end up with the items you really want.
Plan out every little detail well in advance and write everything down. Graph paper just became your best friend. Draw out your rooms, measure the furniture and draw them onto your floor plan. Do elevations of the kitchen and built in joinery. We can help you through every step in this process along with our own custom drawings. It might sound crazy but you will get a preview of what the space will look like, and it will help you to be very specific about what you want.
With a well thought out and detailed plan there is no room for error. You know what you are getting and the we will know exactly what to do. When building a custom home, it is best to get it right the first time. Undoing building work costs time and money and is the fastest way to go over budget and over schedule. Alvian Custom Homes will carefully plan out these details to save you the most money possible.
If we had a dollar for every time another builder or supplier told us “it can’t be done that way” we could close up shop and retire. Most builders like to do what is easiest and what they know best. At Alvian Homes we will never sacrifice quality for making our jobs easier. We promise we will get you everything you could ever want in your Cape Coral Custom Home. After 28 years in the custom home business, we believe that you, as a future home owner, shouldn’t settle for anything less.
We’ve heard nightmare stories from clients who came to use our services after another builder had messed up the job. Make sure your building contract is very detailed, it needs to include specifics of every fitting and finish choice, the electrics and plumbing plans down to the position of every light switch and plug point, and labour for every aspect of the job. While it may sound crazy, you want to be sure the quote includes everything you want. This is your final opportunity to check that your budget is on target. If you have planned well there shouldn’t be any surprises.
When designing your new Cape Coral home, take your time and make sure each line item is right before you sign. It really doesn’t matter how big or small your build is, what matters is that you are happy with the end result. This will become your new home, and Alvian Custom Homes wants to make it perfect for you.