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Get Building Faster with a Semi-Custom Home in Maryland

Thursday, May 29th, 2014

So you’ve decided you want to build your own new home in Maryland. Congratulations! You’ve made the first step in the rewarding process that leads to homeownership.

However, if the process of building your own home is one thing, it’s time-consuming. Designing, constructing, and finalizing the purchase of your new home takes a lot of time, and plenty of patience. Wouldn’t it be nice if there were a way to speed things up? With a semi-custom home, you can do just that.

Semi-custom homes are homes that are designed from a template made by a professional home builder. The builder draws up numerous home templates so that when you’re shopping around for a new home builder in Maryland, you can find designs that are already completed and ready to build. This saves you a substantial amount of time in the process. Instead of spending time drafting and designing, we can get to building much faster, and that means you’ll be in your new home sooner. If you’re concerned that pre-designed templates limit your ability to add your own ideas, know that we can work together to adjust the templates to suit your wants and needs. With Lifetime Series Homes, you get the quality, efficiency, customer service that you want from a new home builder. Talk to us today about how we can save you time in your new home building process.

 

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About the Lifetime Series Homes by Mueller Homes

The Lifetime Series Homes by Mueller Homes are a series of semi-custom house designs that were created with the intention of providing home buyers with new option when it comes to shopping for a home. The Lifetimes series includes 14 home templates including, 2 story, first floor master, and ranchers that are pre-designed and ready to build. Because they are ready to build, clients save significant time and money that would have gone into designing a custom home, yet with the Lifetime Series by Muller Homes, clients still get the build quality, attention to detail, and communication that comes with working with a custom home builder. We serve the central Maryland area, and also provide assistance with lot acquisition, evaluation, and home buying finance. Keep up with us on our blog as well as on Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Pinterest and YouTube.

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Five Reasons to Build Your Own Home

Friday, May 23rd, 2014

If you’re in the market for a new home and are considering building your own home, you should know that there are plenty of great reasons to do so. Building a new home has several distinct advantages over buying a resale, and many of these advantages will last for the duration of the time you own your home.

Five Reasons to Build Your Own Home

  1. Ability to Customize – Building your own home means you’ll get to see the home you really want to live in realized. One of the reasons house-hunting is so difficult is because it’s hard to find the house that has everything you want. When you build your own home, you don’t have to worry about this, because you can build it exactly the way you want.

 

  1. Energy Efficiency – Building codes are constantly being updated and putting more and more emphasis on energy efficiency. A new house will be significantly more energy efficient even than one built in the early 2000’s. New homes have tighter building envelopes that are better at regulating indoor temperatures, and include features such as energy efficient windows that also help maintain temperatures at a comfortable level indoors. It’s also easier to install the latest energy efficient appliances in a new home than it is to retrofit them in an older home.

 

  1. Fewer Repairs and Maintenance – Because a new home hasn’t been subjected to years of weather on the outside and normal use on the inside, it will require fewer repairs and maintenance. New building materials are also longer lasting than those used in older homes, which means less maintenance down the road as well. If you do need maintenance in the first year, it’s most likely covered in the builder’s warranty.

 

  1. Fire Safety – New homes use more fire retardant materials in their construction, giving them more protection against fire. New homes also have hard-wired smoke detectors that run on the house’s electricity as opposed to a battery, making them more reliable.

 

  1. Financing – Your builder may offer their own financing options such as construction permanent financing, which offer some advantages to the buyer.

     

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About the Lifetime Series Homes by Mueller Homes

The Lifetime Series Homes by Mueller Homes are a series of semi-custom house designs that were created with the intention of providing home buyers with new option when it comes to shopping for a home. The Lifetimes series includes 14 home templates including, 2 story, first floor master, and ranchers that are pre-designed and ready to build. Because they are ready to build, clients save significant time and money that would have gone into designing a custom home, yet with the Lifetime Series by Muller Homes, clients still get the build quality, attention to detail, and communication that comes with working with a custom home builder. We serve the central Maryland area, and also provide assistance with lot acquisition, evaluation, and home buying finance. Keep up with us on our blog as well as on Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Pinterest and YouTube.

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Building a New Home in Maryland with the Mueller Process

Friday, May 16th, 2014

Building a new home in Maryland can seem like an overwhelming task. Fortunately, it doesn’t have to be. With Lifetime Series Homes and the Mueller Process, we’ll guide you step by step through the process, from initial planning all the way to breaking ground for your new home. Here’s how the Mueller Process works.

The Mueller Process

  1. Pre-Planning – In step one, we meet with you to discuss what you’re looking for in your new home. We’ll discuss everything from design to financing options, and get a general estimate of your budget for the project.
  2. Lot Selection – If you have a lot already, we’re happy to build on it. If you don’t have a lot picked out, we can help you find one with our home site assistance.
  3. Home Planning – Once we have a lot selected, it’s time to work out floor plans, elevations, and more detailed specifications.
  4. Blueprints – By this point we will have assembled all of the necessary information to put together finalized drawings for your new home. These blueprints are the final draft of what your home will look like.
  5. Construction Planning and Building Contracts – Now it’s time to review the documents concerning construction. With the blueprints complete, we’ll be able to give you a pricing figure and finalize the building agreement.
  6. Mortgage Commitment and Building Permits – This, the final step before construction, involves finalizing agreements concerning financing, and securing building permits. You can read about one of our financing options, construction permanent financing, here.
  7. Construction – It’s now time to begin the construction of your new home!

 

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About the Lifetime Series Homes by Mueller Homes

The Lifetime Series Homes by Mueller Homes are a series of semi-custom house designs that were created with the intention of providing home buyers with new option when it comes to shopping for a home. The Lifetimes series includes 14 home templates including, 2 story, first floor master, and ranchers that are pre-designed and ready to build. Because they are ready to build, clients save significant time and money that would have gone into designing a custom home, yet with the Lifetime Series by Muller Homes, clients still get the build quality, attention to detail, and communication that comes with working with a custom home builder. We serve the central Maryland area, and also provide assistance with lot acquisition, evaluation, and home buying finance. Keep up with us on our blog as well as on Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Pinterest and YouTube.

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How to Get Help Finding a Home Site in Central Maryland

Thursday, May 8th, 2014

If you’re looking for a home site in Central Maryland on which to build a new home, it can feel like an overwhelming task. There are resources available for home site searches, but the help of someone in the industry itself can open up possibilities that you might not have been able to access previously. That’s where we come in. Lifetime Series Homes uses our network of contacts in the industry to give you access to more than 2000 home sites in central Maryland. You can use our lot search assistance form to get started on the process, after which one of our team members will contact you within 24 hours for a more in-depth conversation. Let’s talk about our Home Site Acquisition Process.

  1. Budget – We’ll discuss your budget and the options that it makes available for you. We have several financing options available such as construction permanent financing, as well as preferred lenders that are well familiar with our process.
  2. Search Commencement – We use your criteria to provide you with a list of potential homes sites, updating the search daily with any new inventory.
  3. Home Site Selection – When you find a site that you’re interested in, we perform a lot evaluation, which entails making an estimate as to what to cost to build on this particular lot would be.
  4. Negotiation and Acquisition – After determining a price for the lot, we’ll prepare and negotiate the contract. Once you sign the contract, the home site is yours and it’s time to build your new home!

 

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About the Lifetime Series Homes by Mueller Homes

The Lifetime Series Homes by Mueller Homes are a series of semi-custom house designs that were created with the intention of providing home buyers with new option when it comes to shopping for a home. The Lifetimes series includes 14 home templates including, 2 story, first floor master, and ranchers that are pre-designed and ready to build. Because they are ready to build, clients save significant time and money that would have gone into designing a custom home, yet with the Lifetime Series by Muller Homes, clients still get the build quality, attention to detail, and communication that comes with working with a custom home builder. We serve the central Maryland area, and also provide assistance with lot acquisition, evaluation, and home buying finance. Keep up with us on our blog as well as on Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Pinterest and YouTube.

 

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Morgan Brook Farm: Your New Carroll County Home

Friday, May 2nd, 2014

If you’re looking to build your new home in Carroll County, Morgan Brook Farm offers a great location. One of our featured properties that we’re very excited about, Morgan Brook Farm is located in Winfield and is actually adjacent to our Abell Ridge Community, which you can read about in our blog post here. There are seven home sits available, ranging in size from 3 to 50 acres. For those who are looking for a location where they can really stretch their legs, Morgan Brook Farm is perfect.

Located between Baltimore and Frederick, Winfield offers the best of both worlds. You can easily access both cities for work, and to take advantage of their many entertainment opportunities. But at the end of the day, you can retire to the expansive peace and quiet of Carroll County living.

Directions: Take Rt. 26 just a few miles west of the intersection at Rt. 32. Turn Right On Salem Bottom Road and follow until Salem Bottom splits with Baker Road and stay Left on Baker. Community is on the Left.

Are you interested in building your new home at Morgan Brook Farm in Carroll County? Contact us today to learn more about these beautiful properties and our many options for semi-custom homes.

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About the Lifetime Series Homes by Mueller Homes

The Lifetime Series Homes by Mueller Homes are a series of semi-custom house designs that were created with the intention of providing home buyers with new option when it comes to shopping for a home. The Lifetimes series includes 14 home templates including, 2 story, first floor master, and ranchers that are pre-designed and ready to build. Because they are ready to build, clients save significant time and money that would have gone into designing a custom home, yet with the Lifetime Series by Muller Homes, clients still get the build quality, attention to detail, and communication that comes with working with a custom home builder. We serve the central Maryland area, and also provide assistance with lot acquisition, evaluation, and home buying finance. Keep up with us on our blog as well as on Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Pinterest and YouTube.

 

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