Category: Building & Construction Process (63)

By Lew Sichelman / United Feature Syndicate

Originally published in the Orlando Sentinel, Sunday, September 23, 2001

Architect and customer businessman shaking hands top view, desktop with building project, tools and wood swatches on background

WASHINGTON – Building or buying a house is nothing if not an emotional roller coaster. But the trick to bringing your ride to successful conclusion is to try to even out the peaks and valleys.

The way builder- educator Tom Stephanie describes it in his seminars for builders and buyers, the journey typically starts out on a high note as you through the preliminaries of finding the area where you want to live, picking a particular subdivision or neighborhood and choosing a model or design.  Then the bottom tends to drop out as you pick your options and figure out how much it will cost. You plummet quickly from feeling of excitement to shock or anger. Some people give up. But those who decide to keep going often find that the trip starts to level off as they sign the contract and are approved for financing.

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New Construction Cape Coral and Fort Myers

There is something to be said for taking your time to make decisions that will dramatically affect your future and building a new construction Cape Coral home is one such decision. One of the main things that you will have to consider is the area in which you want to build. Will it be a good location now and for years to come? It only makes sense to look for an area where the job market is strong, where the economy is in a state of growth and there is endless opportunity. Such places do exist in this country and Cape Coral is among those locations. Not only is Cape Coral a beautiful waterfront wonderland with fantastic weather and great recreational options but it is also a dynamic and growing city where new build homes in Cape Coral continue to rise in value alongside strong job security.

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