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What Is a Custom Home Builder?

By Jackie Craven, About.com

Definition:

A Custom Home Builder constructs a one-of-a-kind home that is designed for a specific client and for a particular location. The Custom Home Builder may use plans created by an architect or by a professional home designer.

Some Custom Home Builders also offer professional design services. Because each house is unique, Custom Home Builders generally construct only a few (less than twenty-five) homes a year.

In most cases, Custom Home Builders construct on land the home buyer already owns. However, some Custom Builders will provide the building lot.

Examples:

If you own your own land or have a plans for a particular home you want to build, you will need the services of a Custom Home Builder.

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