Start Now For Your Spring Building Projects In The Bruce Peninsula

If your thinking about building a new cottage, adding an addition to your existing cottage or renovating it then now is the time to start talking to contractors.

If you wait until the spring it will be to late, most contractors will already be booked up for the entire spring and you will be forced to wait for the fall to get your project started.

Some contractors that take on bigger projects will take on builds that take 1 year and will be fully committed for the entire building season by the spring, that means that you would have to wait until the following year to get your project even started.

I know when you look outside its full winter and the last thing you are thinking about is having work done in cottage country, but if you don't start the process now you are running the risk of having to wait a lot longer then you want to actually get the work completed.

If you have the plans and the details you need to start sending them to your preferred contractor now, your preferred contractor might already be to busy and you will have to go to the next one on your list. One of the reasons that you have to send your plans now is because this is the time when your contractor will be doing his pricing for the projects upcoming in the spring.

A big project like a new house build or a large addition can take a contractor up to two months to actually price, especially if they are busy pricing other projects.

If you start now, your contractor will price your project, work with you on your budget and sign a contract on the project to come it will probably be March or April. Depending on the winter you could end up starting the project several weeks after the contract is signed.

If your planning on building a new cottage on the Bruce Peninsula send me an email and I will see if I can help you with your build.

Rob Abbott
Great Lakes Custom Homes Inc.

Build A Custom Cottage It's Worth It

Looking to build a cottage on the Bruce Peninsula, then you should set your standards higher then just having a cottage built, you should think of your cottage as a new custom home and not a cottage.

What is the difference between just a cottage and a custom home? A cottage is somewhere to go to enjoy yourself during the warmer months of the year, some place to eat, drink and sleep. The focus is entirely on the outside, the lake and other summer/warm weather activities.

A custom home is a place that you can live in all year round, its a place that is more comfortable inside then whatever the weather is doing outside. It can accommodate many people and can be easily used by anybody that comes up to stay.

What you should think about when you want to build a new cottage is to have a custom home that is your cottage or a custom cottage.

A custom cottage is something that takes time and planning, but its a place that is designed for all the fun that comes with being at the cottage in the summer, all parties and the great memories. But a custom cottage is properly insulated and climate controlled so that sleeping at the cottage no matter where you are in the building is also an enjoyable experience.

A custom cottage has the modern conveniences that allow the dishes to be cleaned quicker, that a load of laundry can be done if required and that no matter if its cold or rainy out everybody can be warm and entertained inside.

A custom cottage is built in a way to help keep the energy bills down and to allow you to come up anytime of the year and enjoy the place.

One bonus for building a custom cottage that can be used all year around is that it allows you the option of renting the cottage out to people in parts of the year that you would never be using it, like in the winter to cross country skiers or snowmobilers.

Its good to think about saving money on energy and the availability to have rental income, a custom cottage will cost a little more then a regular cottage, one of the big differences between building a custom cottage and just a regular one is the real sale of a custom cottage is a lot higher.

Custom cottages retain their value and sell for a lot more then a normal run of the mill cottage, there's more and more people looking to buy already built cottages and a lot of people wan their cottage to be as much like their home in the city as possible.

If you are thinking of building a cottage email me and we can talk about you building a custom cottage, something that is a better investment and also something that your whole family will really enjoy!

greatlakescustomhomes@gmail.com

Rob Abbott
Great Lakes Custom Homes Inc.