How to Compare Bids on a Custom Home New Brunswick NJ

Use the following tips to help you compare bids for a custom home.

Local Companies

M&T Bank
732-642-5124
101 Interchange Plaza
Cranbury, NJ
Intercounty Mortgage
908-208-0431
3400 Highway 35
Hazlet, NJ
The Kauderer Group
(866) 807-5111
15 S. Main Street
Marlboro, NJ
Mortgage First Direct
973-763-4000 ex 24
1923 Springfield Ave
Maplewood, NJ
Capital In The City
(718)720-6100 Ext 211
26 Water st.
Staten Island, NY
Cobra Construction Inc
(732) 317-1178
New Brunswick, NJ
Fortis Construction Group
(732) 227-0770
27 Holly Ct
New Brunswick, NJ
Geomatrix Services Inc
(732) 568-9000
120 Jersey Ave
New Brunswick, NJ
Caruso Ronald Construction Inc
(732) 247-6890
95 Central Ave
New Brunswick, NJ
A O K Licensed General Contractor
(732) 745-7971
New Brunswick, NJ

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If building a custom home, you most likely will have a few builders bid on constructing your custom home.  Use the following tips to help you through this process.

 

  • Work with an architect on the custom house plans to show potential builders.

 

  • Have detailed plans to show the potential custom home builders that include floor plans as well as specifications for finishing the house and fixtures.

 

  • Consider only general contractors or construction managers who have a portfolio to show you their work.

 

  • Check several references of previously built custom homes.

 

  • Actually walk through homes that the contractor has already built.

 

  • Find out the contractor’s skill level of managing all of the different work crews, subcontractors, etc. involved with building a custom home.

 

  • Spend time interviewing the general contractors with specific questions that you have prepared.

 

  • Have the general contractors submit bids to you in writing that are firm proposals.

 

  • Do not necessarily choose the cheapest bid.  Weigh all of the factors – references, previous work, bid, etc. 

 

In the end, go with whoever you think that you can work with the best.  However, do not ignore feedback from the references.  They are people who have already used the general contractor and know first-hand what the experience of building a custom home with that person is like.  These references are perhaps your biggest asset for choosing the best builder for your custom home.

 

Published on February 15, 2007

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732-642-5124
101 Interchange Plaza
Cranbury, NJ
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