How are Bespoke Home Builders and Volume Home Builders Different?
Is it time to build your dream home? The moment you feel it’s time to build your dream home you can feel overwhelmed with emotions, excitement at the thought of your new home but also stressed at the thought of the process. From the moment you begin designing your home you want to ensure you feel confident, comfortable and listened to by those you’re working with. To feel secure throughout your build, it’s important to choose the perfect builder to complete the job.
Choosing the right builder for your build is one of the biggest decisions you’ll make and can affect your entire experience. When choosing your builder, you have two main options you can choose from, a bespoke home builder or a volume home builder, so which one should you choose?
Bespoke home builders are smaller companies that create individual homes tailored to their client’s specific wants and needs. This allows for you to be able to work closely with an architect to be able to create your dream space that may have features that you don’t typically see in other homes. Bespoke home builders take on a smaller number of projects each year ensuring that when you work with them, you’re constantly dealing with the same people and have their undivided attention throughout the build.
Generally, bespoke home builders have greater attention to detail and can use higher-quality materials for a more affordable price as being a smaller business that has built up lasting relationships with local suppliers.
On the other hand, you have volume home builders. These builders are the exact opposite of bespoke home builders where instead of having a customised floor plan you generally choose from a catalogue of existing floor plans in which they build for you. Volume builders build an abundance of homes each year, sometimes into the thousands, and offer set house and land packages that offer minimal customisation.
Benefits of Choosing a Bespoke Home Builder
As a bespoke home builder, our team at Tomkins Constructions can guarantee we will be able to accommodate your individual requests. We understand that when you reach out to us you don’t want a standard home, you want something personalised and that is tailored to you and your family. Our team of experienced builders, architects and designers will work closely to bring your vision to life and produce a home that you’ve always dreamed of.
We’ve broken down some of the greatest benefits you receive when deciding to work with a bespoke home builder as opposed to a volume home builder below.
Personalised Design
One of the biggest reasons people choose a bespoke home builder over a volume is the ability to design the floorplan and façade of your home. In some cases, volume builders can change small aspects of the set design to suit your needs more, but these changes come with a high price tag if they’re even able to complete them.
Unlike bespoke home builders, volume home builders usually have display homes that you can visit to get an idea of their home designs before choosing. What’s careful to remember when visiting a display home is that they often use luxury features to upsell you as these won’t be included in the basic home you choose.
At Tomkins Constructions we have a range of completed projects you can view online right now by clicking here.
Pricing
As volume builders purchase large amounts of supplies for numerous homes this does make the cost of their materials cheaper, but it doesn’t mean the materials are of perfect quality. If you’re happy to choose your home from a set catalogue and don’t care about which materials are going to be used for your home, a volume home builder might be the best choice for you.
If you’re wanting to add features to your home from a volume home builder, this can quickly inflate the price of your home. Once you start including individual features in your home and the price starts adding up, it’s will most likely be comparable to the price of a bespoke home. Prior to the design process, our team will sit down with you and discuss your budget so that we can tailor your ideal home to fit the budget you have available. From here we can then source materials that you’re happy with from our suppliers that adhere to your design without breaking your budget.
Personalised Customer Service
Throughout the year we work with a significantly smaller number of clients which means that at Tomkins Constructions we can provide exceptional customer service to each one of our clients. You’ll work closely with our builders and be able to contact them directly when you need assistance with anything regarding your home build. Throughout the build, if there’s something that you end up not liking or aren’t completely happy with our team will work to fix the issue to guarantee that you love everything about your new home.
Timeframe
Due to bespoke home builders taking on way fewer projects throughout the year, your home will often be completed quicker. Smaller building companies, like ourselves, focus all their time and resources on one project at a time whereas your home may constantly be pushed back with a volume builder due to other projects needing to be completed sooner.
Start Building Your Dream Home Today!
If you’re ready to begin the process of creating your dream home today, our team are ready to help you. Reach out to our friendly staff today to arrange a meeting and take the first step to building your ideal space.