The Home Building Industry is Ready for a Revolution That Will Change the Way Custom Homes Are Built

The heart of the problems facing people building or remodeling their homes begins with their relationship with the builders. Frankly, the relationship is poor. There are many reasons for this … they include:

• Poor communications between the builders, contractors, and their clients
• A lack of information and understanding between both parties
• Consumers that don’t know what to expect and when
• Contracts and agreements that give all the power to the builder and little to the clients
• Excessive mark-ups on home building materials and labor charges
• Inflexible terms that don’t allow home owner builder clients to get what they really want in their homes

Have you or your friends suffered through any of this? Many traditional builders just don’t get it. They soon see your desires as impossible demands. They ignore your requests. As communication dissolves, the builder decides to focus on the project, just wanting to be left alone and do what he does best ... build! The problem can be remedied, in part, through better agreements and contracts between home building professionals and their clients. Top Home Building Tips believes that the industry is ready for (and even demanding) a change.

Introducing the Home Building Coach

People today are more informed and aware. Your participation with this site and show proves this. You want a better experience and you’re learning everything you can to ensure that you get it. But, your needs must be heard and supported by the industry. Fortunately, times are changing. Green building is making the news, but what people really want most are harmonious processes. This means all processes, from the production of materials, to their management of the building process, to the products they choose, to their relationships such as is found with a good Home Building Coach.

Greening Up the Process of Management

It all starts with builders and other building professionals being willing to get on the same side of the table with the clients, put them in charge, and level the playing field. It’s what I refer to as “green management” … sustainable, efficient, harmonious interaction. Consider how you, as an owner builder with this kind of help, would benefit:

• You gain more control while the building professional brings the knowledge, experience, and specific processes to the table.
• You’re guided to express and implement your desires and goals rather than fight for them … and often lose them.
• As a homeowner builder, you are directed to use as many building professionals as necessary to achieve your goals.
• You wear your own “builder’s hat” and pass the liability to the subcontractors.
• The building professional is no longer just a builder but your consultant, coach, advisor, process manager and personal guide.
• A far more enjoyable experience results for everyone involved because the playing field is leveled and communication blossoms.

As you can see, the whole environment changes. There is no longer the automatic resentment that is inherent in the traditional set up. Everyone is on equal footing and common ground. The “builder” is acting as coach and the clients have as many “rights” as the coach they have hired. There are pre-set communication time frames via web, phone, and personal visits. You, as an owner builder, get more of what you want, save money, and are in position to enjoy the process as well as the final product! This is what the “Creating Your Dream Home” webTV show is all about.

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From the Perspective of the Home Building Coach

Are you a builder, construction manager, or other industry professional interested in creating a better experience for homeowners and owner builders? Contact us for more information in a FREE report It all starts with the agreement between the parties. One that molds itself to the project, the client, and the professional. You start with a “due diligence” exercise that allows you as the professional coach to unearth the real desires of your clients. Here are just a few things to cover for starters:

• What they want in a new home or with their remodel
• Exactly how they want to be involved in the process
• What their biases are about building materials and building processes
• Their financial goals and involvements
• Do they have their own help that they want to use in the project
• What are their highest priorities and lowest priorities in the project
• How do they define success

Intimate knowledge of the customers sets the tone for the relationship, provides direction for the project, and allows for quick corrections when things get off course. When all these things are part of an overall system, it becomes incredibly easy to implement and administer. The system does the heavy lifting and everyone simply follows the system. The Coach (professional homebuilding consultant) can offer various levels of service at tiered price points that allow their clients to save money and get more of what they want. The owner-builders get their own insurance where necessary but pass most of the liability on to the licensed subcontractors. Contact us for more information in a FREE report Which Building Professionals Make the Best Coaches? General Contractors looking for a change, and to reduce liability should benefit greatly, but this approach may suit other professionals even better by adding income to your current work. Here is a look at how this opportunity would fit with various professionals.

• Architects and residential designers: Usually adds part time income. You are in a unique position to be a trusted advisor.
• Current Traditional General Contractors: Once the change over is made, you begin to discover that you can accomplish so much more in less time and with less risk.
• Subcontractors: Coaching is well suited to many subcontractors. It can be part-time work. You can continue to do your main business while adding this management service to your tool bag.
• Site Supers and Project Managers: You have a lot of excellent skills and experience that could make you a very good coach to people who want to build or remodel their own homes.
• Retail Home Center Managers: This could be a good way to get into, or back into your own business without incurring a lot of overhead or liability worries.

This is just a short list of those we have found to be good candidates for this business approach. We advise everyone to get specific training and marketing help when implementing any owner builder advisory program. With proper preparation and support, you should have a well-structured, profitable business that stays on the leading edge of growth and change. Contact us for more information in a FREE report The world is ready for the revolution! Are you? Mel Inglima Show Host, “Creating Your Dream Home” Founder of Top Home Building Tips Managing Partner, Dream Home Creation, LLC Industry Advisor for Owner Builder Programs