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How Long Does it Take to Build a Custom Home?
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Pros and Cons of Custom Cabinets
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Building a Custom Home: Wants vs. Needs
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Pros and Cons of First-Floor Primary Suites
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How to Turn Your Central CT Home Remodel into a Smart Home
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How Long Will It Take to Build A New Home in CT?
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I Want to Build a Custom Home. Who Do I Talk To?
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10 Things You Should Ask Your Home Builder or Remodeler
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Choosing the Right Floor Plan—How Needs Can Evolve Over Time
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How to Budget For a Connecticut Custom Home or Remodel
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The Best Floor Plan Series: The Empty Nesters
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The Best Floor Plan Series: The Brady Bunch
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The Best Floor Plan Series: Young Family
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What You Should Know About A Colonial Style Home
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How to Rebuild After a House Fire
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Should You Buy a Spec Home – or a Custom Home?
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The Top Mistakes in Building an In-Law Suite and How to Avoid Them
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Guide to Choosing the Right Kitchen Cabinets in Connecticut
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6 Steps to Evaluate a Home Floor Plan
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Custom Homes and Semi-Custom Homes: What’s the Difference
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Are You Ready to Build a New Home in Middletown?
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Do I Need to Have a Design in Mind Prior to Finding a Builder?
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What Makes a New Home More Efficient?
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How Much Square Footage Is Right For You?
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Do I Need a Real Estate Agent? Or Can I Just Talk With a Builder?
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How to Read a Contractor's Estimate
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Why You Should Start Your Own CT Herb Garden
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Constant Learning is a Big Part of the Custom Homebuilding Process
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Why it's Important to Build with an Experienced Builder
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What to Look For When Buying New Home Insurance
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What will your neighborhood look like in 5 years?
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Why Adding Options to Your New Home Up Front Makes Sense
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How to Evaluate a CT Custom Home Floor Plan
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The Myth of the “Standard Price” in Custom Homes
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Why High-End Doesn’t Always Mean High-Quality
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Confessions of a Custom Homebuilder: "What I Wish Clients Had Told Me."
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The Tile Guide: Types, Sizes, Patterns and More
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Understanding Your CT Home Warranty: What It Covers and What It Doesn’t
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How Often Should I Hear from My Homebuilder?
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Should Trends Influence Your CT Homebuilding or Remodeling Decisions?
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3 Things to Consider Before Building a New CT Home
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How to Choose the Ideal Agreement with A Custom Homebuilder
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Dealing with Analysis Paralysis When Building Your CT Home
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Is Compromising With Your Builder Good or Bad?
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Fire Proofing: How New Homes Are Made to Resist Fires
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Connecticut Lot Choice Matters: Here's Why
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Energy Efficiency in Your CT Home: The Good News and the Better News
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16 Facts About Insulation in Connecticut
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Reasons Your Custom Home Might Be Delayed—And What You Can Do About It
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Building Homes and Building Community: North Branford Food Drive and Ice Cream Social
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How Your Connecticut Custom Home Values Differ Based on Age: Early 30s, Early 40s. . .
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Managing Information Overload: How Do I Research my Custom Home?
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10 Minutes That Can Put Your New Homebuilding Concerns Into Perspective
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Who, What, When, Where, and Why: Key Questions for Individuals Looking to Build a New CT Home
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All About Insulation: It’s Not Just for Winter! “Summerize” Your Wallingford Custom Home
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5 Tips for Beautiful Bathrooms in Your Connecticut Custom Home
The bathroom in your Connecticut custom home is...
What Does an “Exclusive” Neighborhood mean to you? Check Out The Homes at Royal Oaks
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Building a Great Energy-efficient Home in CT Begins with Great Planning
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Make a Playroom from Unused Space in Your Wallingford Custom Home
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4 Really Smart Storage Space Ideas for Your New Connecticut Custom Home
Almost every family, no matter the size of their...
Is It Still a Bathroom If There’s No Bath?
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Open-Plan vs. Traditional: How to Choose Between Them for a Middletown Custom Home
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Which Room in Your CT Home Is Most Important to You?
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Taking the Stairs (Literally!) in Your Middletown Custom Home
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When Single-Level Living Makes Sense
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Open But Well-Defined
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5 Benefits of Building a CT Custom Home
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How to Design a Wallingford Custom Home That Offers Good ROI
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What’s On Your Wish List for Your CT Custom Home?
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6 Steps to a Greener CT Custom Home
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Every Connecticut homeowner should know about these 2 potential dangers in an older or historical home
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How to Choose the Right Lot for Your New CT Home
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5 Remarkable Custom-Built Homes To Give You Ideas
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Do You Have to Use Your Builder’s Plan to Build Your Custom Home?
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What Does a CT Custom Home Really Look Like?
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2 Common Delays When Building a Custom Home In CT
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How Do You Like to Learn About Homebuilding And Remodeling?
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What’s Your Role In the Homebuilding Or Remodeling Process?
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Does It Matter If Your CT Builder Is an “Award-Winning” Builder?
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Balancing Emotions And Decisions in the Home Design/Remodeling Process
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You Want To Build Your CT Home Out Of What? A Look At Some New “Green” Building Materials
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Look Before You Leap: Checking Out The Neighborhood Before Building Your CT Home
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Why Building a Custom Home In Connecticut Is Like Eating an Elephant
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Taking the Right Steps in Building Your New Connecticut Home
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CT Building: What’s the Big Deal About “Change Orders”?
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