How To Turn Your Dream Home Into A Reality

Dream Home

Everybody has a dream home, but few ever turn it into a reality. Even for those who are able to fund their dream home, it often doesn’t turn out to be exactly the way they envisioned it to be. However, these commonalities can be avoided– here are some tips on how to turn your dream home into a reality.

1. Save Money

This seems obvious, but one of the biggest mistakes we’ve seen new homeowners and remodelers make is not anticipating the fact that many projects end up going over budget. Before you even begin saving money, it’s important to budget your project, which can help give you an estimate of how much money you should save before starting your project. Carefully planning your remodel is vital to its success, but saving a little extra money in the event of delays or change orders doesn’t hurt.

2. Consider What You Need

Carefully planning what exactly you want in your home will be crucial to the success of the project as well. Jotting down what you want, such as the amount of bedrooms, bathrooms, any recreational rooms, or anything else you can think of that you’d want in your home makes the job of designing the house much easier. Being clear about your needs in the project makes your contractor’s, architect’s and designer’s job much easier, as they won’t need to second guess themself when creating your home, and are more likely to adhere to your vision.

3. Find a Good Contractor, Designer and Architect

It’s important to find professionals to help create your home. Designers and architects both understand how to bring your wishes together in a format that will work with the size of your property. Getting sketches from a couple of different architects is never a bad idea, as they will all have their own unique vision on how to bring your house together. Similarly, talk to numerous contractors before picking one– considering that they will be the individual who is actually building your house, it’s important to make sure you can effectively communicate with them, as they will be the individual you speak to the most throughout the process. An in-person meeting or Zoom call is an excellent way to figure this out.

4. Utilize Technology

There are many forms of technology available to help with the building process, such as 3D models to help visualize your house instead of just looking at blueprints, virtual reality to give you a tour of your house before it’s even built, and communication software to bridge the communication gap between you, your contractor and other parties involved with the building process. All of these can help save time and money, minimize the chance of your home not looking how you want it to, and minimize the chances of costly delays within the process.

5. Create a Project Schedule

Planning when to order materials, scheduling with subcontractors, and planning around the weather are oftentimes the most problematic parts of a project. Your contractor will likely be managing multiple projects at the same time, making communication and coordination with them crucial for the success of the build. Texting and daily meetings can become tricky, but contractor client communication softwares offer an easy solution for this communication barrier, making communication easier than just relying on traditional communication methods.

About Pillar

Pillar is a contractor client communication software, offering a solution to the communication barrier noticed in many projects. After interviewing hundreds of contractors, and having personal experience with remodels gone wrong, we created Pillar with the intention of making residential construction hassle and setback free, focusing on creating a platform for contractors and clients to communicate with each other effectively, laying out schedules, timelines and deadlines all on one simple, easy to use platform. To find out if Pillar is right for you, check out our website, or follow us on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook or LinkedIn.