Learn what comes standard with a new construction home, including finishes, appliances, upgrades, warranties, and features offered by builders.
81 articles from National House Search
Every home at Coral Landings comes with architectural shingles on the roof. Lennar's feature list calls them ""Architecturally stylish dimensional roof shingles."" Dimensional shingles and…
Which is better in the side by side vs French door refrigerator debate? Neither wins every time. A side-by-side puts the freezer on one side and the fridge on the other, both full height. A French…
Blossom Trail homes are offered with granite or quartz countertops — homes built with the standard package include granite, and homes built with the above-standard package include quartz. Beyond…
Every home at The Domaine at SoSo comes with a gourmet kitchen, impact windows, and Pulte's national 10-year structural warranty. Here's what "included" actually means at this community and how the…
Compare a new construction home and an existing home by their full cost. Check condition, location, contract terms, and move-in timing too. Neither choice wins for every buyer. Use two actual homes.…
Stain resistant carpet is carpet made or treated so that spills are less likely to leave a mark. It helps, but it is not stain proof. Lennar lists ""plush stain resistant carpeting with padding in a…
Upper cabinet height means two things: how tall the wall cabinets are, and how high they hang above the counter. Standard upper cabinets come 30, 36 or 42 inches tall, and the usual gap between the…
Lennar lists a Ring Video Doorbell Pro as standard in Del Mar's Horizon townhomes, along with a Schlage smart deadbolt and a smart thermostat. Ring's Pro doorbell is a wired video doorbell that shows…
A stucco house has a hard, cement-based coating on its outside walls. At Del Mar, Lennar lists ""Quality Masonry construction"" with ""decorative stucco design detail,"" so the walls are concrete…
High ceilings are ceilings taller than the usual height for a new home. Bob Vila says, "Today's standard ceiling height is nine feet," and that "there was a time when eight-foot ceilings were the…
A range is one appliance: a cooktop on top and an oven underneath. A cooktop sits by itself in the countertop, and the oven goes somewhere else, often in a wall cabinet. At Canter in Wellington,…
Every home at Canter gets a concrete tile roof. DiVosta's standard features list names an ""Eagle® concrete roof tile,"" along with roof trusses that have hurricane tie-downs. A concrete tile roof is…
