Pest Control

Five Point Guide on Pest Control

One of the necessary evils of owning a home is regular pest inspections and pest control. When you’re buying a resale house, it is essential to use an expert pest company to ensure no termites or other infestations are present that could…
Real Estate Terms

Understanding Real Estate Terms When Buying

Finding the perfect home is no small challenge for buyers. But it’s common to be left scratching their heads at some of the phrases used by real estate agents and builders when a deal on a property is close to being finalized. Let's take…
Declutter Your Home

Declutter Like Marie Kondo

Marie Kondo and her KonMari method of decluttering have taken the world by storm. With four books, unprecedented media coverage, and a series on Netflix, she’s the queen of tidying up with her own tailored method of folding clothes and guidelines…
Buying a New Home

Eight Emotions When Buying a New Home

Every buyer goes through a series of emotions from the moment that they begin their search for a new home to the euphoric time when they take possession of the front door key. Let’s not sugar coat this:  buying a new home can be a…
Holiday Lights

Nine Essential Checks for Your Holiday Lights

The holidays are just around the corner, and maybe you’re one of those folks who love to put up lights and share the holiday spirit. If so, good for you! Goodness knows, we could do with some colorful celebrations after the year we’ve…
Escrow

What Does the Word “Escrow” Mean?

You’ll hear the word "escrow" throughout the process of buying a home, but what does going into escrow mean? Sometimes, you'll hear a home referred to as "in escrow" (or "pending"), this means the house is not sold, but a deposit has been…
Appraisals

Appraisal 101

You’ve decided to build with us and and now it’s time to work on your loan and get everything in order before the house is all yours. One of the first items on your closing checklist will be the home appraisal. So, what exactly is involved…
Tools

Tools Every Homeowner Should Have

When you own your home - whether you built a new home or bought a pre-owned home, things are going to break and, unless you want to spend your money on visits from a neighborhood handyman, you’re going to need to fix them yourself. Even…
24123 Tres Arroyos

The Framework for Your Home

The framework of your home is just as important as your foundation - it serves as the "bones" of your home and everything else ties into it. From electrical to the sheetrock that forms your walls, from plumbing pipes to your windows, all of…
11 Chaumont

Create a Luxurious Bedroom at Home

For most of us, our bedroom is little more than a place to sleep and relax. However, just because it’s always been that way doesn’t mean that we have to settle for drab and dreary. It's part of our philosophy when we build the home you…
11319 Montell Point

Setting Forms On a New Home

We were setting forms on this new home in Pecan Springs and grabbed a few shots for you to check out. Setting forms involves laying out the shape and height of the foundation - effectively creating a mold for what will become the concrete…
Houseplants

Benefits of Houseplants

Houseplants are great natural decoration pieces to occupy a corner, window sill, table, or shelf, but they also offer many health benefits that can enhance your physical and mental well being. Air Quality In the late 1970s, many buildings…