If you’ve been following my advice over the years, you’re likely very aware that I am an advocate of the home building coach. I’ve personally coached hundreds of people with their home building projects. You’re also likely aware that I like to use an interior designer to help you hone in on your goals and formulate a plan for your new home. In remodeling, I normally advise people to start with talking to an interior designer and then go to the home building coach. While you could do it this way with a home building project as well, I would instead advise you to start, instead, with the homebuilding coach. Getting this coach lined up is the first step after deciding to move forward. An experienced coach will be instrumental in finding all your other professionals along the way … including the interior designer if one is necessary or desired. It is important to note that your home building coach could, in fact, be an interior designer if they are experienced in dealing with builders and new construction. You see, it’s the relevant experience we’re looking for when it comes to building a home from scratch and knowing when to utilize designers, architects, engineers, tradesmen, lenders, and suppliers and making those materials decisions. So, home owner builders are better off hiring a coach first thing.