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The times are changing. As the demand for housing in preferred locations increase, the supply of developed lots for future homes is drying up. By design, cities grow from inside out. Specifically, once a "town: is established, residents want to live as close to the town...

For years, custom home builders have made their living by purchasing home sites and building a new home on them, or building on a lot that a family already owns. While this is still pretty much the program, new lots are much slower to come to the market. In many cases, ...

Customer service today has become one of the least understood business philosophies. When businesses think of customer service, they imagine a problem developing with their product or service, and correcting the problem. For those of us who have been around for awhile,...

As expected, clients will have many questions during the initial meetings regarding their new home construction process here in Austin TX. One that comes up frequently involves cost per square foot. For year’s real estate agents, appraisers, inspectors, taxing authori...

Let’s examine several other factors that are often not considered when comparing “price per square foot”. Numerous other factors can affect costs going into the price per square foot conversation. The first factor we will discuss is something builders refer to as...

In this final section of “understanding price and cost per square foot” we will examine the effects of Finish-Out Selections on the ultimate cost to build a custom home. In the prior discussions on the topic, we covered plan design and geometry, development costs an...

Amidst a natural oasis of blossoming pond flowers and the ethereal beauty of the hill, Marble Falls is a city in Burnet County, Texas. Wherever you look will probably think of a custom home with spacious rooms in one of the finest communities. The new transition in resi...

On the outskirts of Austin’s city limits lies the opportunity for owning outstanding farm, ranch, ranchette or gentleman’s ranch property. There over 14,000 square miles of possibilities, complete with some of the best sport hunting and fishing anywhere. Your dream ...

The summer is almost here and future Lake LBJ residents are keeping Real Estate Agents busy looking for home sites, including older homes to be renovated or torn down. New business are opening around this constant level lake and home buyers are eager to enjoy this "awa...

At Zbranek & Holt Custom Homes, an Award Winning luxury custom home builder in Austin Texas both company partners as well as all Project Managers are Certified Green Professional Builders. Zbranek & Holt believes all of their team actively involved in the home b...

Steve Zbranek, owner/partner of Zbranek & Holt Custom Homes had the recent pleasure of speaking to the Women’s Chamber of Commerce of Texas headquartered in Austin at their recent August meeting. Steve Zbranek with Rose Batson, Founding Member of the Women’s ...