What are the advantages of buying a new home vs. a used home?
The answer to this question is about lots more than the latest colors and styles of cabinets, appliances, floorings and trims. Sure, it’s great to have everything new, and to make these choices yourself rather than settling for someone else’s taste. But there are many other benefits to building a new home, thanks to the improved construction techniques and materials that are available today. New technology in heating and air conditioning systems, types of insulation and even plumbing fixtures provide new homes with energy efficiency that can’t be matched by homes built in the past. Products such as flooring, siding, and exterior trim require less maintenance and last longer, a benefit for today’s busy homeowners. And high tech features like category 5 wiring and multiple cable and phone jacks put new homes on the information highway without expensive retrofitting. Consider how different our lives are from generations past, and you’ll see that the designs of new homes offer clear benefi
