FREE GUIDE

Read this before you walk into a builder's sales office

Free guide for North Dallas buyers building new. Custom or semi-custom, the costs that show up after most buyers have already signed, and the one thing most people skip before their first visit.

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Cover of The New Construction Buyer's Guide, by Kyle Rohlfs, Christie's International Real Estate

What's inside

The real difference between fully custom and semi-custom, and which one most North Dallas buyers actually use
The Texas-specific costs (MUD, PID, HOA, the first-year tax jump) most buyers don't see coming
What to look for in a builder's contract before you sign it
How to handle selling your current home while you build the new one

My family moved to Texas in 2000. I was a freshman in high school. That same year my parents built their house, a semi-custom home in The Colony. I remember how long it took, and how many decisions came with it. Paint colors, cabinet finishes, tile, lighting, one choice after another. It wore my parents out.

Building a new home is not one big decision. It is a hundred small ones, spread out over months, and most people start the process without knowing what is coming.

Grab the guide and walk through the whole thing once before you are in the middle of it. Fourteen steps, start to finish, written the way I would walk a friend through it before they ever step into a builder's sales office.

Prefer to start with numbers instead? Visit the free calculators first, then grab the guide.