Hi everyone, and welcome to my blog about my experience building with Ryan Homes. I include a link to their website because there are some other builders that have similar names. Let me start with what I hope this blog will become, ad then I'll talk to you a little about myself.
There is some stuff on the internet that gives advice and experiences from people building a house. There are also a couple blogs (including others that used Ryan Homes). I am hoping that this blog will be an additional source for other that are looking to build a house. I am going to write about advice that I have gotten from research or talking with friends and how I'll use it to approach the whole process. I'll also talk about how my experience is going, what I am glad I did or what I wish I had done differently. I hope that someone reading my blog will gain insight and their process will be improved from my experiences. I am starting this blog just after signing the contract with Ryan Homes so I do not know yet if the process will be great or not but I bet valuable advice will come from it. The next few posts will be about the process so far, and then after that I'll do my best to blog about things as they happen. I am not going to share which Ryan community I am building in to protect my privacy a little, but I will share that it is in Maryland.
A little bit about my wife and I. We are in our late twenties, and this will be our first house that we have bought. We both are very thoughtful in all of our decisions doing a lot of research and weighing pros and cons before making a decision. We spent a lot of time looking at houses and considering different developers which is when I noticed that it would have been helpful if more people talked about their experience, good or bad. This is my first blog, so it's also a learning experience for me in using the tools and the best practices to write about the experience, so bear with me at first.
Lastly I'll point out that their are two very different categories of having a home built. First, and what my wife and I are doing, is to find a developer who has a ton of lots in a community and is building houses on them as they get buyers. They will have a handful of floor plans to choose from and a decently large selection of options to choose from; however, there will still be stuff you can't change, or choices that are limited by the options available. For example you can choose from a few kitchen sinks. You decide on all the options and then they build your house on a lot you choose. When they are done they transfer the deed to you. The second option is to find a builder and a lot and have the builder build you a house on the lot. Here the builder will typically build any floor plan you find (or have made by an architect). In this case every aspect of the home you can choose or change. You can go to Home Depot and choose any kitchen sink you want. Some of what I will talk about will apply to building a house both ways, but I wanted to point out that it'll focus on building a new development with a builder such as Ryan Homes.
On a second last note I'll point out I have allowed anyone to leave comments. No user accounts are needed. I hope to generate questions this way, so feel free to ask. I also hope that others may give advice, hopefully in time for me to act on but if not at least others can use it, so please feel free to leave advice.
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