What to bring to a builder comparison
Use the same checklist at every sales office.
- Base price versus the actual price of the home you would buy
- Lot premium and homesite orientation
- Structural options already included or still changeable
- Design-center or interior package costs
- Appliances, window coverings, backyard landscaping and fencing
- HOA dues, community fees and special districts
- Estimated completion date and delay flexibility
- Earnest money and cancellation rules
- Preferred-lender incentives compared with outside financing
- Warranty, inspection and pre-closing walkthrough process