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Here are two excellent and affordable new home plans
for wide and deep building lots.

These new home plans were both designed for a particular building
lot in Bethesda Maryland:

New Home Proposed

Perfect Home Plan for Wide and Deep Bethesda Lot

New Home For SAle In Bethesda Maryland

Bethesda HomePlans Another great Home plan For Wide Lots

With owning a home affordability getting better and home mortgage rates still near historic lows, the timing could be perfect for buying a new home. And in this relatively flat market or marginally up (at least inside the Washington DC beltway – Bethesda, Chevy Chase, McLean, Arlington, Falls Church – specifically) market, there are many options to consider. But before you start contemplating about the home style and number of bedrooms, here’s a real quick overview of some segments of the Maryland, Virginia Washington DC housing market.

1. “Resale” homes probably represent the biggest percentage of the market. Built years, or even decades ago, these homes were designed and built to reflect the requirements and the tastes of previous owners. They may be outfitted with outdated fixtures and technologies, and have poor construction. Buyers of these homes often fall in love with them for their character, their location or their “good-enough” fit with their needs, and accept the necessity of investing additional time and resources in remodeling and rebuilding.

2. “Spec” homes are built based on the speculation that a buyer can be found during or shortly after construction. These new homes may be designed with up-to-date floor plans and features to fit current preferences. When acquired before completion, a buyer may be able to select some finishing touches. But this type of home construction may also be designed to minimize cost and get the largest proceeds for the home builder, potentially leaving homeowners with less than the best materials and designs that are not as contemporary.

3.“Custom” homes are built according to the buyer’s specifications, usually on land they already own. While this type of new home construction embodies only ten percent of the market, it gives the homeowner the most control. Working with an “on your lot” custom home builder, the buyer determines all facets of home construction—from site selection to the home’s style, size and floor plan, types of windows and doors, flooring and siding, and all the details—cabinets, lighting fixtures, drawer pulls, paint colors, etc.
While “on your lot” home builders are sometimes thought of as large home builders, they can also accommodate today’s trend towards “right-sizing”. These days a custom home builder may work on smaller homes starting around 1500 square feet. Benefits include keeping material and labor costs to a minimum (potentially in the low $250,000 range), and customizable floor plans.
In keeping with price sensitive and “green” lifestyles, another benefit of working closely with a new custom home builder is the opportunity to incorporate the latest energy- and resource-efficient products and trends. Per the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), “Today’s homes are built twice as energy efficient as new homes a generation ago, making them more affordable (” The latest in energy-efficient materials¹ include windows with low-emittance (low-E) glass coatings, upgraded insulation, high efficiency HVAC systems, geo-thermal HVAC systems (check this new home in Falls Church with Geo Thermal ) house wraps and tight construction.
Federal tax credits for Consumer Energy Efficiency² may also be available for new home construction, covering 30% of the cost of materials and labor for systems such as geothermal heat pumps, solar water heaters, solar panels and residential fuel cells. Note that in order to qualify, these systems must be placed in service before the end of 2016.An added bonus for those considering purchases of custom homes—”Current costs (hbrnetwork.com/building-materials/construction-costs-profits-both-down-from-peak-levels.aspx) of building a new home are relatively low,”—according to Jason Dickens, president of the Athens Area Homebuilders Association. 2009 lumber and other material prices have dropped considerably when compared to 2005. “Right now is a very good time to build a house.”
Also, if you’d like to delve into modular home design and construction or prefabricated home building techniques, let us know. We have a new home line of semi-custom homes coming out in 2011.
So, while the acquisition of an existing “resale” or “spec” home will more than likely involve trade-offs, a custom home is a good option that offers real value in function, design and satisfaction—and the fulfillment of owning the home of your dreams.

Here is a another new prototype home plan that we
will be adding to our Spring 2011 Semi-Custom Home
Plan launch.

Kevin, our architect, is working on two elevations. These plans
are very expandable.

As shown here the plans are one level plus optional basement.
But depending on demand, there may be additional rooms
designed for a second floor.

We are scouting building lots in Bethesda, Chevy Chase, Potomac,
Mclean, Arlington and Falls Church now to build a model home.

Please make your comments below and let us know what you
think:

New Semi-Custom Home Plan Featuring Ranch Style One Level Living

New Home Prototype Coming Spring 2011 Featuring One Level Living

New Home Plan For Maryland, Virginia & Washington DC Features Ranch Style One Level Living

Alternate Elevation For ThIs Ranch Style New Home Plan

Home Plan Should Be Similar For Either New Home Ranch Style New Home

The Prototype New Home Plan Will Be Similar For This New Semi-Custom Home Plan

New Colonial style home plan: The Landon:

The Landon - A Colonial Style new home plan

The Landon – Colonial Style New Home Plan

This home is proposed for a building lot in Potomac Maryland.

Great Bethesda building lot over 11K sf.
New Home Arts and Crafts Plan: The Battery Park. Take a look:

Building Lot For Sale in Bethesda

Great Building Lot For Sale in Bethesda With New Home Plan – The Battery Park

Here is the elevation:

New Home Front Elevation The Battery Park

Front Elevation of The Battery Park New Home Plan

Here is a brand new custom home plan designed especially
for a shallow small lot. This is a great home plan for a two
or three person household, yet we have options to expand
this home plan to add rooms for a larger household.
This is new home plan is also ideal for shallow lots
and for home building lots that slope
front to back with a walk out basement.

Introducing a new home plan The Cabin John

New Home Plan Designed for a Bethesda Homeowner - The Cabin John

Here is a brand new custom home plan designed especially
for a shallow small lot. This is new home plan for a lot that slopes
front to back with a walk out basement.

Introducing a new home plan The Cabin John

New Home Plan Designed for a Bethesda Homeowner – The Cabin John

Hurry – another new home for sale to be built.
Walt Whitman and Pyle School district
Rare opportunity to purchase a great home and great building lot for sale
in prime Bethesda!

The new Arts & Crafts Bethesda home for sale is our Marcey Home
Plan which is modeled after our award Winning Madison New Home Plan,
but a bit smaller. Take a look at the Madison Here
Here it is:

New Home on Great Building Lot in Bethesda

Great New Home Plan on 8000sf + Building Lot in Whitman School area

PAramount Construction announces new home in Bethesda for sale

New home for sale in Bethesda by Paramount Construction – 1st Floor Plan

Paramount Construction - The Marcey Floor Plan 2nd Floor

2nd Floor of The Marcey Home Plan

And to learn more about the cool Marcey home plan Call Now – 301-370-6463 and we’ll “walk you thru” The Marcey plan and give you a tour of the lot.

ANOTHER NEW HOME FOR SALE IN BETHESDA !!!

Please let us know below on what you think about this
floor plan. All comments are appreciated.

This new home in N. Arlington is almost complete. Take a look at some of the new home details:

The Brookhaven Model Home Plan is nearly complete

Another great new home plan is almost complete in Arlington Virginia

Take a look at some of the inside finishes as the new home nears completion

Brookhaven Luxury kitchen cabinets

We use Brookhaven Cabinets made by WoodMode

New Home 2nd floor landing

Skylights, windows and an extra wide 2nd floor hall

Built-ins and a 2 sided stone fireplace

Lots of Nice design focal points – 2 sided stone fireplace with flanking WoodMode builtins

arlington homes for sale, mclean homes for sale, falls church homes for sale

An oversized front porch sets the tone for this inviting home. From the foyer your drawn past the dining room and into the spacious great room. A double sided fireplace turns a kitchen and nook into a warm a comfortable place to dine. The mudroom is conveniently located between the garage and the kitchen and includes a door to the rear yard. Upstairs the four bedrooms are complimented with three bathrooms. The master bedroom located on the rear of the house is showered with daylight from a wall of windows.

For other new homes and new home building lots for sale checkout homes at www.MagginHomes.com