Our Responsibility to You:

We at Amereicorp, Inc see our responsibility to our client a little differently than many other builders. First and foremost we focus on designing and building the best home we possibly can.

However,

           We have years of experience in reak estate investment and marketing.

One of the biggest pitfalls that people encounter when building a new home is that they get to wrapped up in their dream and lose sight of reality. Part of our job is to try and help them be realistic. What is reality?

One day your home will be sold - either by you or your heirs!

There are certain things that buyers in the market will expect and pay for. There are other things that buyers will care less about and not pay for. For example, you can put exotic wood floors in a mid price range home and they will be beautiful and may even make the home sell faster. But realistically, it will not make the home sell for a price high enough to justify the cost.

Moral of the story - If you can afford to do whatever you want and ignore the investment potential of your new home, that is great. But if you want to maximize the value of your home, it is important to pay attention to market trends. We feel that it is an important part of our job to point these trends out to our client, sometimes strenuously.

            We have seen and made numerous mistakes in home design over the years. That is one of the
           reasons we focus on a limited market segment. We have developed several basic plans which
           are designed for easy modification and we have worked out most of the wrinkles out of them.
           The simple fact is there are only a few ways to design a home unless you get into extermely
           cut up plans which are totally unique. These type of homes are often very expensive to build a
           and hard to sell.

There are two basic factors which influence basic home design:

1. Aesthetic value of the plan.

    This deals with how the home looks and feels to you. This is highly personal in nature and is very important; this is what make a house (your home).

    There are many ways to achieve a particular aesthetic quality in a plan. The same effect can be achieved in several different ways, some expensive and some more reasonable in cost. For example, curves and angles in a plan tend to appeal to the eye. However, they also tend to create a lot of non-funtional space. The feel of a unique space can be achieved with some open space designs and proper use of arches and columns. These types of designs are normally more efficient use of space. Another example, you may love the look of stacked stone and be thinking of using it in many areas of your design. Sometimes too much of a good thing can defeat the effect you are trying to create and end up costing a lot of money with very little return on your investment.

2. Functionality of the plan.

    This deals with the convenience of the layout within the plan. Does the plan allow for smooth flow from one area to another? How much maintenance does the plan require? Is the plan compatible with the lot and the local market? Is the plan space efficient? How about energy efficiency of the plan? These are things that are common to all homes aand failure to pay attention to them can make an aesthetically beautiful home a nightmare to actually live in.

    Functionality involves a hundred little things like: Does the door on the dishwasher open without hitting a cabinet door which is open at the same time? Is the lighting in the kitchen focused on the counter top where you really need it or out in the middle of nowhere? Does all the work in the kitchen end up being completed in the same corner or is the kitchen laid out to accommodate multiple work stations that do not conflict with each other? Can you reach the toilet paper in the bathroom without being a contortionist? Can you get into the bathroom if you are disabled for some reason or is the door too small? Do the windows in the home enhance the view or do they give you a good look at the neighbors trash cans? Does the heat and air system really allow you to control the temperature in the house or are you freezing in one room and roasting in another? You have a big , beautiful jacuzzi tub, but will your water heater fill it?

     The list goes on and on and begins to sound rediculous, but every one of the above mistakes has been made in laying out house plans, and they continue to made today.

    Our job is to help you avoid making them in (your home).