Designing and building a custom home that truly brings your ideal vision to life is no small feat, yet it’s an opportunity to create a space that is perfectly aligned with your lifestyle and personality. Home design has evolved to embrace technology, embed sustainability, and help your family enjoy a deeper connection with each other within your private and safe living space. Custom homes are able to feature unique reflections of you and your loved one. You want features that capitalize on the form and function – delivering usability that makes living in your home supremely enjoyable for your family – while also providing the aesthetics of a custom home. At Bailey Custom Builders, while every single one of our custom homes is completely unique and each is customized to our clients preferences, we have seen some features that prove to be fan favorites time and time again. These are custom home features that past clients rave about 10, 20, 30 years down the line. If you’re in the market for a custom home and are pondering what must-have features to incorporate into your home, we’re here to share these hidden gems of custom homes.
What Should I Include in My Custom Home?
A Multifunctional Flex Room
A flex room is a space designed to adopt to your changing needs. As your family grows in size and age, your needs are different. A flex room provides the opportunity to evolve with your family’s ever-changing needs. It may be a playroom and nursery when your children are young and transition to a game room or study room as your children grow. When you become empty-nesters, you may want to convert this space into a hobby or entertainment space. Whatever your needs, adding a space that can be changed and molded into your needs is always a smart move.
Ample Storage
Storage may seem like a secondary component of a custom home and while this may be true for aesthetics, it is a vital element of your home functionality. In fact, well-designed storage is one of the best kept secrets of a custom house. A custom-built home gives you the opportunity to plan out storage solutions, such as walk-in closet, built-in shelving, Butler’s pantry, and hidden storage spaces to ensure that your home remains organized and clutter-free. These features allow for a predesignated space to store all the equipment, accessories, and accoutrement your family consistently uses.
Luxurious Bathrooms
The latest and greatest in custom home building is adding an exquisite spa-like bathroom. From soaking tubs and heated towel racks and floors to rain showers, a luxury bathroom is one of the best ways to customize your home. Not only does it add to the value and aesthetics of your home, but it also offers you absolute luxury and comfort for your everyday use.
Smart Home Integration
Smart home integration has enabled a seamless and functional living space like never before. Custom-built homes allow for the seamless integration of automated lighting, schedule, climate control, security system, elaborate entertainment set ups, and other technologically-driven tools that make your life easier. You can order the oven to preheat before you arrive home, ask your fridge to make you a shopping list when you make that last minute stop at the store, determine if you have indeed turned off the heat, and so many other technological advances that simplify life. A custom-built home provides the opportunity to embed these smart technologies into your home, adding to your ease of life and peace of mind.
Indoor-Outdoor Living Spaces
The Jackson, Mississippi climate offers a unique opportunity to enjoy your outdoor spaces year-round. Blurring the lines between inside and the beautiful outdoors is a cornerstone of a modern home design. Covered patios, screened in porches, retracting sliding doors, and outdoor kitchens, are just a few of the opportunities you have to bring the comfort of your home into the great outdoors. Add a fireplace so that you can lounge and relax more during the winter months or provide a screened in porch with ample window space to enjoy the fresh summer air without any annoying insects. Whatever your preferred activities and entertainment goals, creating indoor/outdoor spaces provides you with endless opportunities. Many new home builders decide to focus on only the interior of the home and wait to develop the outdoor living spaces later; however, this most often gets sidelined for years. Incorporating an indoor-outdoor living space from the get-go ensures that you have access to your beautiful property from the very start.
For these ideas and many, many more, contact Bailey Custom Builders. We’re standing by, waiting to craft the custom home of your dreams today!
