If it’s time to get serious about a customized dream home, the next question might be what, and in what form. Not every potential customer may think first about building from scratch, particularly if they’ve inherited a family home, or have considered restoring a historical property.
We at ICI Homes On Your Land or Ours custom division understand the conundrum. Building new versus renovating is a personal choice. But there are substantial positives to building a new dream home customized to your needs and wants versus resuscitating an inheritance or a resale.
We explain below.
Key Takeaways
- Building a custom home from the ground up gives you complete control over the design, layout, and features from day one.
- A new custom home can help avoid the hidden costs, delays, and unexpected surprises that often come with major renovations.
- Modern construction includes today’s latest energy-efficient materials, smart home technology, and building standards for long-term comfort and performance.
- With ICI Homes’ in-house design and construction team, you can create a home that’s tailored to your lifestyle while streamlining the entire building process.
Costs can be lower
Building a custom home from scratch is a straightforward process. A beautiful new dwelling rises on a piece of land you love, either in one of our master-planned communities, or on land you own or that our sales associates are happy to help you find. Once it’s finished, it’s done.
In renovations, often there’s the demolition or tearing-out stage, the fixing-any-problems stage, the always possible worse-than-you-thought stage, before you ever get to the rebuilding stage. This takes time. Perhaps money over budget and delays.
New builds mitigate this. Especially when you work with On Your Land or Ours pros. Thanks to ICI Homes building more than 16,000 custom homes in more than 45 years all over Florida, we can help minimize customers’ costs because we’re a one-stop shop.
Our sales, design and build teams are all under one roof, providing a straightforward, cost-efficient experience for your new custom Florida home.
Easier 21st-century living
It’s all there from the start in a new custom home from ICI Homes’ On Your Land or Ours.
Our homes are built with today’s residential technology and smart-home hubs and whole-house systems, giving customers ease of enjoyment in all areas of their dream home, inside and out.
That’s often problematic in renovating resales, where dated electrical, phone or mechanical systems might require complete overhauls. A 1920s home won’t have fiber capability. A 1990s or early 2000s home might not either. Not to mention energy efficiency and environmentally friendly components.
Plus, every custom home we build is built with the latest construction techniques and materials to optimize strength, compatibility and longevity from the beginning.
Completely customizable
Customization is one of ICI Homes’ core pillars. We want our customers to make their new custom builds fit their visions and wish lists. So, we move walls! Choose a floor plan from our expansive, award-winning library or bring us one you like. Or, the designers at On Your Land or Ours will draw something new, just for you.
And, you can still enjoy that family home that’s important to you and yours, or an appealing historical home — brand new. Bring the photos and videos to On Our Land or Ours. We’ll be happy to replicate meaningful spaces or favorite period looks in your new custom build.
Ready for your new custom Florida home? Talk to ICI Homes On Your Land or Ours here.