Learn More About Split Bedroom Floor Plans
Throughout the decades, homebuilding and floor plan trends come and go. Long gone are the days of the 1970s conversation pit, and who can say what modern-day trends will become outdated in five years?
What Do I Ask My Builder About Floor Plans?
If you’re embarking on a custom home building adventure, you probably have a lot of thoughts, feelings, opinions, and questions. Having served many families during this exciting time, the New Era Homes team has encountered every custom home building scenario imaginable.
Doorbell Not Included?
Uncover the inside secrets of home building in Central Oregon
What’s up with Trusses?
Since the late 1970’s, building code for new home construction changed to require stronger roof trusses depending upon the elevation of the homesite. In Bend, Oregon, that required that the trusses increase to hold up to 25 Lbs. of snow load for a limited time without failing. Trusses are designed to hold around 12 – 18” […]
What to Expect When Building Your Own Home
There are lots of happy stories with happy people that built their own homes and survived to tell about it. Yet for every one of those, there are 10 more that later wished they had hired a good home builder. This is the story of Milt and Chris Ritter who decided to build a net […]
