S5, E4: Navigating Your New Construction Loan If you’re financing your custom home build, you may be asking how the current housing market will affect the cost to build your home. While rising interest rates may have some potential borrowers concerned, there may not necessarily be an impact on your mortgage rate. And, if you’re …
S5, E3: Psychology of Happy Home Design One of the most rewarding things about being a custom home builder is listening to our clients’ dreams and goals and helping them build a home that empowers them to achieve them. At the end of the day, we’re building beautiful homes that enable our clients to live …
S5 BONUS: Value Engineering Your Custom Home Design The one question on everyone’s mind lately is what does it cost to build a new home? For the most part, that cost is up to you! Finishes, complexity, land, and timing have a major impact on what you ultimately pay for your dream home. However, having …
S5, E2: Building Healthier Homes What makes a home healthy and why does it matter? Since the early 2000’s, sustainability has pushed the fundamental way we build and live in our homes. LEED certification, passive homes, EnergySTAR, and the list goes on – with a variety of different approaches to building a sustainable home, though, …
S5, E1: The Art of Home Sport Court Design Welcome back! It’s 2022 and we’re thrilled to bring back The Art of Custom for the 5th season. This season, we’re going to take you through some of the more personalized aspects of custom building. We’ll talk with professionals from around the world to share with …
Season 4 Bonus Episode: The Hibbs Homes Story We’ve hit a milestone – 20,000 downloads! Since a number of our listeners are new to the podcast, we are releasing a bonus episode to introduce ourselves! In this episode, we hear from president Kim Hibbs about the journey he and wife/vice president Jan Hibbs have been …
S4, E10: The Art of Outdoor Living Fresh (Air) Inspiration: The Art of Outdoor Living More than 2/3rds of homeowners say their outdoor living spaces have taken on a new importance over the last year, according to an October 2021 survey by the New Home Trends Institute. With outdoor living becoming such an essential part …
S4, E9: The Art of Basement Design Going Underground: The Art of Basement Design Media rooms, playrooms, and other recreational spaces usually find their home in the lower level. Our basements are where many of us feel free to let our imaginations soar when it comes to design and usage. If you’re in the process …
S4, E8: The Art of Flex Spaces Designing for Productivity: The Art of Flex Spaces Beautiful and functional home spaces are taking center stage in home design today. Whether you’re renovating your existing home or building a custom home that you will design from scratch, it is likely you’re building some productivity spaces into your …
S4, E6: The Art of Organization Home organization is having a moment. From television shows to books to celebrity-status Instagram accounts – people cannot get enough of seeing a place for everything and everything in its place. As a custom home builder, one of the things we often see is homeowners who bring their design …