NEXTGEN BUILDERS

You may be wringing your hands trying to decide what actions, if any, you should be taking to protect your largest investment. Assuming your house is 15 to 20 years old or older you definitely need to do something. Let us be frank, remodeling the kitchen and bathroom in the good old days could produce a house that sells quickly and fetch top dollars. Realtors claimed that the greatest payback comes from these remodel jobs. That used to be true and may still remain true to a certain extent but the housing market is changing rapidly.

Houses of the future will be appraised and sold based not only on its interior/exterior appeal but more importantly on its energy efficiency and its high performance value. Get ready for the future. Instead of today’s advertisement which reads something like their bullet list below:

• 4500 sq ft  4  bedroom beauty on cul-de-sac
• exquisite interior trim abounds, soaring ceilings and grand entry
• Newly remodeled kitchen with maple cabinets

you will begin to see ads such as the one below

• save $1000s in this newly remodeled high performance house w/net metering system.  
• Newly installed Solar Thermal system provides 100% hot water
• Updated water efficiency and lighting system cut utility bills in half.
• Recently remodeled kitchen and bath use 100% renewable materials.

Actually these houses of the future are being built and remodeled as you read this. Nextgen Builders have seen this trend and have been future proofing our customers home over the last 5 years. Energy efficiency, green building applications and renewable materials are now taking center stage....and for good reason. The last decades of the Mac mansions and  super SUVs have taken its toll on our environment. Their aftermath is not pretty. A continuation of the status quo has proven unsustainable. Its no longer a matter of will Americans embraces the green building revolution, but when and at what rate. Did you know that states such as New York and California  have mandated that all new municipal building must include solar technology? Others are sure to follow. LEED certification is almost becoming status quo. A change in the housing market is upon us.

Nextgen Builders provides FREE consultation to homeowners in how to best remodel their homes for the highest payback in a changing market. We will evaluate your present home and provide concrete suggestions on what systems and areas to remodel to give you the biggest bang for your buck. 

Our remodel team will get to work in installing and retrofitting your home to make it safer, more energy efficient and include all the traditional elegant appointments that will make your house sizzle in any market.