Finding a New Home Builder

When you are ready to purchase a new home, one of the first steps is to take a close look at the builders in your community. WHO you buy from can be almost as important as WHAT and WHERE you buy. In fact, some would say it is even MORE important.

Your buying experience and your satisfaction with your new home rely on finding the right builder. The website of the Canadian Home Builders’ Association (CHBA) is a great place to begin.

Use “Find a Member” to get the names of professional new home builders in your community. Many members have links to their own websites, so you can quickly get a first impression of the company, their homes and services. This will help you to zero in on builders that are a good fit for you and your family.

When visiting builders’ websites, look at the homes and the communities they are building in, and also note what else they tell you—about themselves and about their values, services, experience, and so on. If you like what you see and read, take the next step—take a tour of the company’s model homes or call the builder for an initial discussion.

The CHBA website also offers a wealth of helpful information and practical advice on the home buying process, what to look for, and questions to ask of builders and salespeople, along with downloadable worksheets and checklists.

The Canadian Home Builders’ Association represents the home building industry across the country. Membership in the CHBA matters—it is a clear indication of a company’s commitment to professionalism, to consumer satisfaction and to doing business the right way. And those are the things that make a big difference when you are making one of the most significant purchases of your life.