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The best custom home builders understand that service is as important as product
When choosing the best custom home builders, there's a truth that you ignore at your peril: your ultimate satisfaction has as much to do with your day-to-day experience of [...]
What Interior Designers Bring to the Table for Custom Home Building
Interior Designers help create safe, comfortable spaces that are perfectly tailored to your needs Custom homeowners sometimes ask what, exactly, interior designers bring to the table. It's a valid question. [...]
Keeping Product Costs Down in a Custom Home Project
Installed product costs vary greatly from product to product, but your custom home builder can help you manage them. Cost control is top-of-mind for anyone building a luxury custom [...]
Why Change Orders Are So Costly
Change orders have always led to budget increases and schedule delays, and it's not getting any better. With inflation showing up in the news and at the grocery store, [...]
The Changing Role of Custom Home Allowances
Price chaos for materials has made budgeting more complicated. Here's what you need to know about Custom Home Allowances. Most people are familiar with allowances—a way to let custom [...]
Ashley Dowling and Mario Noriega Join Merlin Team
We are pleased to welcome Ashley Dowling, Project Coordinator, and Mario Noriega, Construction Superintendent to the Merlin team. Ashley and Mario bring a wealth of experience to their respective [...]
Scott Densmore Joins Merlin Team
We are happy to announce that Scott Densmore has joined the Merlin team. He will serve as a Superintendent, overseeing all aspects of custom home builds. “We are thrilled that [...]
All Quartz Is Not Equal
Even if the budget is tight, this is not the place to economize. Here's why. If asked to describe your relationship with your custom home's products, only a few [...]