{"id":3239,"date":"2016-07-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-07-22T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/thelakes\/news\/look-designing-home-selecting-newly-constructed-home\/"},"modified":"2025-07-28T22:19:20","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T22:19:20","slug":"look-designing-home-selecting-newly-constructed-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.centerra.com\/the-lakes\/news\/look-designing-home-selecting-newly-constructed-home\/","title":{"rendered":"What to Look for When Designing Your Own Home or Selecting a Newly Constructed Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A growing trend with today&#8217;s homebuyers is creating your perfect home. It can be difficult to find a home with everything you desire, but the ability to personalize can make a dream home a reality. <a href=\"\/\">The Lakes at Centerra<\/a> provides a variety of newly constructed homes with upgraded features and an inventory of homes in mid-construction that give homebuyers design options and choices for finishes and colors.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.centerra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/02\/Shops.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/home-builders\/village-homes\/\">Village Homes<\/a>, our award-winning homebuilder in Loveland, provided some tips on what to look for with your new home. The top things to focus on when you&#8217;re looking for your dream home or beginning to plan how you want it to look are quality and location. You want it to be close to every day conveniences you love with a quality that ensures it will maintain value for the years you plan to live there.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What to Look for: Quality<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To gain confidence on who is building or has built your home, start by doing research on the homebuilder. Find out their reputation, how they build or design their homes and how they integrate with the community. For Village Homes, they focus on their history of delivering exceptional craftsmanship. &#8220;We built product that already existed with floor plans that have been proven successful in the market,&#8221; Village Homes explained.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.centerra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/02\/Spacious20Living.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Their designs offer beautiful architecture, spacious living areas and energy efficiency. The well-designed ranch and two-story residences offer high ceilings, dramatic great rooms, large master bedrooms and luxurious master baths. Homebuyers can also enjoy a three-car tandem garage with select floor plans.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What to Look for: Location<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Just as important as quality, is the location of your new home. You not only need to be close to work, you probably want to be close toall the amenities Northern Colorado has to offer.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.centerra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/02\/Gorgeous20Mountian20Views.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>With close proximity to Highway 34 and Interstate 25, Village Homes offers this perfect location at The Lakes at Centerra. A short drive can take you to Fort Collins, Denver or even Rocky Mountain National Park. A short bike or drive places you within a number of restaurants, shops and medical services to meet everyday needs. Everything you need is right outside your door, including gorgeous mountain views. Village Homes offers it all.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.centerra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/02\/Restraunts.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Focusing on what the residents truly want, Village Homes aims to create quality homes in a dream location for homebuyers. To learn more about their designs, visit their website. You can also learn more about our other talented homebuilders (<a href=\"\/home-builders\/tri-pointe-homes\/\">TRI Pointe Homes<\/a>, <a href=\"\/home-builders\/boulder-creek-neighborhoods\/\">Boulder Creek Neighborhoods<\/a> and <a href=\"\/home-builders\/wonderland-homes\/\">Wonderland Homes<\/a>) or visit us for a tour of any one of our 13 model homes at <a href=\"\/\">The Lakes at Centerra<\/a>, open daily for your convenience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A growing trend with today&#8217;s homebuyers is creating your perfect home. 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