Cape Coral Home Builder Blog

5 Features of a Green Home

A “Green” house helps the environment by reducing its energy consumption. These options are becoming more and more popular, as they not only help the environment but also help save in the cost of living in the house. Here are five features that have become more popular i...

Alternative Uses for Your New Garage

Many modern home designs come with a large garage intended for storing your vehicle. But what can you do if you don’t need the garage for that purpose? When building a custom home, it’s important to consider all of your space and how you intend to use it. You may decid...

Considerations for Incorporating a Home Office into Your New Home Design

When you design a new home, you want to make sure you incorporate all the features that you will want. For some people who do a lot of work at home, this might be a home office. But a home office shouldn’t just be another room. The needs for an office differ from the nee...

Considerations for a Kitchen Layout

At one time, the kitchen was a secondary part of the house, but in modern homes the kitchen is often a central feature. Kitchens are high traffic areas where all members of the family gather throughout the day, and they are often a hub of traffic. In addition, more and more ...

Mistakes to Avoid When Designing a New Home

People usually have grand visions for their dream homes, but often what makes the best homes are the small decisions. Because dream homes start off as dreams, they’re usually not fully fleshed out. But when people get to the point where they’re concretely planning their ...

What Roofing Material Should You Choose?

There are many ways to finish a roof. These can range from wood shakes to built-up bitumen. Built-up roofs are generally flat, tarred or gravel roofs and most common in commercial construction. For houses, which usually have pitched roofs, the most common roofing materials...

Five Hot Trends in Custom Home Design for 2015

2015 is already well under way, and here at Harden Custom Homes we're very excited about the trends that we've already started noticing this year in custom home design. While many trends come and go as quickly as the seasons, we've selected five of the biggest trends going on ri...

Ceramic or Porcelain: Which is Better?

As the future homeowner of a new construction home, you have a lot of decisions to make about the materials and finishes that are going to be used throughout. One such important decision is regarding the tiling of your home, especially the tiling that is featured in your kitchen,...

Top Five Reasons to "Go Green" with Your New Construction Home

With all the talk in the media lately about climate change and the depletion of our natural resources, more and more people are deciding to make the extra effort towards being environmentally-responsible within their very own homes. And while "going green" may just seem like the...

What is Value Engineering?

The idea of value engineering itself has been around since World War II, when workers for General Electric Company were faced with shortages in needed materials and had to come up with alternative methods for finishing their products. Value engineering came about as a result of ...