Is Price the most important factor to consider or one of many?

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Recently, when negotiating with our customers about buying a home it came down to price.  Of course, buyers also look for the bedrooms needed, number of bathrooms, even a three car garage if possible, but in today’s economy price is a major factor.  Here recently, home builders have heard a “magic” number or “sweet spot” of $250,000 or maybe even $275,000 maximum.  Having been a Dave Ramsey graduate of home budgeting I can appreciate this wholeheartedly.  I am thankful that everyone is conscious of what they can and cannot afford.  Especially since it seems several people have recently been lead astray by what they cannot afford and are now losing their homes.  Eddie and I have agreed that this would be one of  the saddest days for any of our customers.  Thankfully we have only seen that once.  We do not want any of our customers to get in over their heads and lose their home.  That could devastate a family.

So, I encourage people to also look beyond price and consider buying a home like they do buying a car;  consider the gas mileage too.  You live in your home.  You expend much more money on your utility bills than you do your automobile fuel.  When you compare houses that are the same in price, also consider future utility bills.  Xcel Energy will give the average utility bills of houses you are looking at…or if they can’t – ask the seller to provide those.

To find out that you negotiated an awesome good price on a house that has an all electric furnace with NO heat pump, NO low e windows, and bare minimum insulation is a good way to have buyer’s remorse the first month you get your first electric bill….Then you get your water bill.  Trust me – Clovis, NM does not have cheap water bills.  You want to consider everything you can into that monthly payment.  Adkins’ Construction Inc. customers’ have stated their average electric bill is $72 a month.  This was taking both winter and summer bills and averaging them out over a year.  When you are looking at a house consider what you don’t see.  Does it have a heat pump?  Does it have low-e windows?  What kind of insulation does it have?  Does it have Energy Star appliances?  Has it been rated by a LEED certified rater?   Call Sherry Adkins with Adkins Construction for more information on our new homes ready to move into and compare our utility bills!  Our homes are located in North East Clovis, New Mexico and are proudly located near Cannon Air Force Base. …and proud to be home of Special Ops.

Eddie and Sherry own Adkins Construction Inc. and have 3 kids still at home Jake (13) Josh (9) & Jolei (3) adopted from China

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• Standard Features

  Heated living area: 2,000 - 5,000 sq. ft.

  Outside: All-brick exterior. Automated sprinkler system. Fenced and seeded backyard.

  Garage: Two to six car attached garage

  Bedrooms: Three to five bedrooms

  Closets: Walk-in closets in most bedrooms

  Baths: Two to four bathrooms

  Kitchen: Raised panel cabinet doors. Solid-surface or Granite counter tops. Upgraded appliances

  Floors: Ceramic tile (or other high quality, hard surface flooring) in the entry, kitchen, dining room, utility room, and formal dining room. Durable stain and soil resistant carpeting throughout the remainder of the house.

  Windows: Energy efficient low - e windows.

  Heating/Cooling: Central electric cooling/heat pump with central heat assist.

  Raised ceilings: Most floor plans feature raised ceilings with ceiling treatments in the living areas the the master bedroom suite.

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