Lake Martin Home Building Mistakes

If you’re planning to build your dream Lake Martin house, then you’re going to want to read this. In this blog, I go over some of the biggest Lake Martin home building mistakes I see people make all the time. Hopefully, this will help you avoid making costly errors. 

#1 House Plans

The number one thing I see that builders or spec home builders make is the house plans. They take a favorite plan that they love because maybe they’ve built it a million times back in the city. They love the plan and a lot of their buyers love the plan. However, they kind of shoehorn it in at the lake without consideration for the most important things of the lake. These are the view, the privacy, and taking advantage of the location. 

What I mean by that is maybe their house plan was great for the city, but it might face the wrong way. The lakeside is the most important part of the house, and you have got to design and situate your house to take advantage of that. 

#2 Location

I’d say number two thing is location. If it’s a steep sloped lot, they might think to build it a little bit further back and have a walk to the water. From what I see 99 times out of 100, buyers want to be as close to the water as possible. 

Therefore, even if it means spending a little more in your foundation or a little more in driveways to get to the lake, it’s worth getting as close to the house as possible. 

#3 No Lake View

Another mistake I see is someone might bring in their favorite plan and then won’t design for the lake view. When you come in the door at the lake, the first thing you want to see is water, right? Everybody loves that. That’s why we’re here.

Situate the house, if you can, to where the house faces the water the best. That way a lake view immediately greets you when you enter the home. 

I am seeing that architect designed and custom built homes are adding value on the lake. Some houses are not specifically designed for the lake but look nice, and some are architect designed good.

Architect designed homes usually sell for more and sell at a premium especially when it’s done by architects that are known to have designed here at the lake before.

The house shown in the video above is an example of an architect designed house and was purposely built for the lake. Designed by the then architecture group of Dungan and Nequette, it is a great example.

Contact Information

If you’re a builder and you have a lot and are thinking about building a spec house, then I’d love to help you out and do kind of a pre-consultation free of charge. This way I could hopefully help you avoid some of these mistakes. 

I’m John Coley with Lake Martin Voice Realty and I’d love to help you out. Please give me a call at the number on the top of this page. You can also reach me through my email or Contact Page. I look forward to hearing from you.

Interested in learning more about Lake Martin or real estate here? Then, make sure to check out my YouTube channel linked here. I post a lot of videos that could be beneficial to you. There videos are how I get a lot of my clients, so check them out!

For more blogs about real estate on Lake Martin, visit the links listed below:

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Why You Need A REAL ESTATE EXPERT on Lake Martin Alabama