Home building and design professionals can work together to help mitigate building costs.
With rising material costs and the ongoing labor shortage, building a home in today’s market comes with a range of challenges. While design can add to these costs, designers also have the ability to lower the cost of building homes. During the early stages of a home building project, builders and architects can work together to maximize value and keep homes as affordable as possible, according to Denver-based KGA Architects. From replicating patterns that have been proven to work in the past, to optimizing product procurement, there are several ways home building pros can mitigate high costs when designing a home.
Do more of what works! Collaborate with the construction team to establish a shortlist of design features that are proven winners in aesthetics, functionality, customer satisfaction, and value. There’s an economy in repetition, and reinventing the wheel for each new community can be time-consuming and costly. Work with an agreed-upon set of products for each architectural style at varying price points. Read more
