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Planning for your new home is a very involved process. You might want to get right down to selecting a set of house plans but don't get into a hurry. It is almost a certainty that the design of your new home will be somewhat determined by the lot you choose. This is why it makes sense to select the lot for your new home first, before you start the design process.The lot you select for your new home should compliment your lifestyle or social habits. It should also reflect your financial situation.

Urban lots are of course those within a town, city or municipality. An urban lot can often cost more then one in the suburbs or acreage. Here in Dallas and Fort Worth reason a premium lot with huge lot will differ by 1000$ to 20000$. You should be aware of services such as water, sewer, gas and hydro. Knowing where these services come into the lot is essential for determining the cost to bring these services into your new home.

With our wide experience we created a list of guidelines to choose your lot.
Cull-De-Sac and Corner lot is always premium lot and it will give you nice edge over other in your neighborhood when you resale your home.
Privacy of backyard is important to so many people. You should always ask your new sales representative that if there is going to be any two story houses at the back side of your home.
Can you dig a pool if you want? You must ask this question because it can seriously affect your resale value, because some times there are utility easement running under the backyard and because of that you can not install pool or any permanent structure.
Corner lot is always great but sometimes it creates a problem too. Suppose you got a corner lot beside your new big community main entrance rood and your master bedroom is facing this road. This thing can be very noisy and uncomfortable.
If you have any reservation that your house should face east, west, south or north.
What do you like more sun light inside or dark. If you like sunlight then you should choose south facing because you will have all day long light. But here in Texas this can increase your energy bill considerably if you choose south facing because of heat.
Rock outcroppings on or near your property are a sign that there's rock near the surface, commonly known as "ledge." Blasting rock requires an expert, and costs far more than standard excavation — on the order of $20,000 a day. You may opt to forgo the full basement if your site has ledge, building instead on what you find. The good news is that rock is strong. As long as the whole house rests on rock, settling is unlikely to be a concern. If you fill, put the whole house on engineered fill (preferably gravel); if you don't fill, put the whole house right on the rock. At all costs, avoid uneven settling.
Always try to buy even lot not too much under main street level or too much above the street level. These types of lot create too much problem while resale and you need to be very careful if you have kids. Sometime it can create problem in extended rainy day.
 
 

 
 
 
 
 



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