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So, you are going to build your first or maybe last custom home, right? Great! Fantastic. This may be the last home you ever. There is absolutely no reason to compromise right? Cousin Emily said you shouldn’t and well meaning brother Bob said you shouldn’t either. Are they correct? No! They are only correct if you DO NOT want to build a home. We have seen so many well meaning serious custom home buyers lose their vision and energy designing their own custom home because they suffered under the false narrative that you shouldn’t have to compromise when you are building a custom home. The fact is, you have to compromise less, but you still have to compromise.

How do I know this? Number one, I have been building customers homes for the last 34 years. Day in and day out. Those that are not able to compromise never build a home. Ever. You know what they do? Either they stay in the home they don’t like now, or they go buy a used home that doesn’t even begin to satisfy their desires. Trust me, I have seen it way too many times.   Number two, I learned it from the #1 home architect of all time, Frank Lloyd Wright.( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Lloyd_Wright ) It was his now famous quote ” All great design is a compromise”.  Why did he say that? Because it is true. It is always true. It is like a natural law that can not be changed. Think about it. If you want a home by the lake, it cannot be by the ocean. If you want a home in the mountains, it cannot be on flat farm land. If you want a two story home, it can not be a single story home.

You might argue, that if you have an endless budget, you shouldn’t have to compromise, right? Yes you do. Bill Gates built his $127 million home on a lake near his office on a lot that had limited space. It is a two story, so he has to climb stairs. How many buyers want to climb stairs? Most say they don’t, and almost all buyers today want a single story home,  but to accommodate all he wanted in the home, he had to go vertical. See what I mean? Frank Lloyd right was correct. All great design is a compromise.

The problem usually stems from the fact that custom home buyers get lost in the design phase and forget the main reason the wanted a new custom home anyway. They start thinking they can’t live with out the ________ and just will not build if they cannot have that when that was not the main reason they started this process in the first place. We can help. Come visit with us. Let us help you with our trademarked Concierge Form. It is a perfect guide to keeping on track and getting you into your perfect compromise of a new custom home! Build a WhiteStone Homes. Every new custom home should be a WhiteStone Home!