Sequim home builder Rick Anderson did it again with this beautiful custom home just completed.  The quality of materials used is one factor, but the attention to detail in construction is unsurpassed.  Rick Anderson’s project manager is one of the most meticulous perfectionists in the building industry, and certainly when it comes to a Sequim home builder.

Sequim Home Builder

Sequim Home Builder

These photos only show the tip of the iceberg, of course, but the proof is in the highest customer satisfaction of any builder in Clallam County.

Sequim Home Builder

The kitchen is just . . . well . . . the word stunning comes to mind.

We spend so much of our time in our kitchens, why not have a beautiful and well equipped kitchen?  Yes, it cost a little more, but amortize that over the rest of your retired life, and it isn’t much for the pleasure you get cooking in a show room and inviting friends and family to join you.

This Sequim home builder, Rick Anderson Homes, has built over 400 homes in the county since 1981, and you can check out his homes and floor plans at RickAndersonHomes.com.  I definitely would recommend Sequim home builder Rick Anderson.

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Sequim home builder Rick Anderson of Anderson Homes, LLC guarantees the contract price so you don’t get surprised by “extras” or any other price increases.  This is far more significant than most people realize.  The standard home building contract in Sequim and Port Angeles is a cost-plus contract, which means the builder quotes a price but he gets to increase the price of your home as he builds it, (justifying the increase with additional costs) and contractually you have to pay whatever increases he adds to the price.  That’s a great business model for the Sequim home builder, but not for you if you are writing the checks.

Sequim Home Builder

I’ve included a number of great links to a Sequim home builder, so you can read articles about the kinds of traps people fall into when they build a home, photos and floor plans, and tips for selecting a home builder.

Sequim Home Builder

1. Great home designs for Single Story Plans  (All Plans Can Be Customized For Your Needs)
2. Great home designs for Two Story Plans  (Build Green and How About a Water View?)
   
3. Great home designs for Basement Plans  (Efficiency and Custom Fit for Your Lot)
4. Pricing your new home and free articles and insider tips on “price per square foot” advertising, and exactly how to understand and compare price quotes.
5. How to select the right builder for you and what many homebuilders learn only after the fact.
6. View Kitchens, Cabinets, Appliances, Windows, Doors, Fixtures
7. Special prices on land for your new home with photos and plats for online viewing.
8. Featured properties search for land and spec homes.
9. Actual testimonies of past clients of Anderson Homes.
10. Email your questions to Rick Anderson to get email answers, a great low key way to get answers to issues that you are researching.

Sequim Home Builder

I know Rick Anderson personally, and I highly recommend him as your Sequim home builder.  I have interviewed many homeowners, and having been a real estate attorney, I had the opportunity to talk with people who have contracted with many Sequim home builders.  I believe that Rick Anderson has the highest customer satisfaction of any Sequim home builder, bar none.

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Finding and hiring a good Sequim home builder is the most important step in building your retirement home in the Sequim or Port Angeles area.  There’s another way to say that.  Hiring the wrong builder could create a nightmare you do not want to have.  Building your retirement home should be a positive experience, although any major transition and project will necessarily involve some stress.  I’ve talked with many clients who had wonderful experiences, and I’ve talked with clients who experienced the nightmares.  This short video highlights the two most important keys to understanding the process of looking for and hiring a Sequim home builder.

Sequim Home Builder

Sequim Home Builder Cost Plus

Most builders use cost-plus contracts.  I strongly recommend that you use a builder who is honest and confident enough to guarantee the contract price up front.  The trap for the unwary is the builder who gets you to sign a contract based on the fact that it is the lowest bid, and then he surprises you with “extras” and “change orders” during the construction process that you did not agree to.

Sequim Home Builder

The materials used by a builder should be carefully listed in the spec manual, but I’ve seen a lot of spec manuals and the vast majority of Sequim home builders and builders around the country do not use a complete spec manual listing all the materials they will use to build your home.  That leaves them a lot of discretion, and a lot of room to cut corners and still comply with the contract you signed.

I’d be delighted to discuss how to hire a Sequim home builder and how to compare bids, and as your buyer’s agent, I can help you do that.  Email your questions, and I’ll be glad to find your Sequim home builder.

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Sequim home builder Rick Anderson has done it again.  This beautiful Sequim custom home was just completed on schedule and within the guaranteed contract price.  But then Rick has built over 400 homes in the Sequim and Port Angeles area since 1981, and with the best project manager and crews, Rick has a stellar record of completing homes within the construction time period of six months.  This home was completed in under five months.

The reason I write so enthusiastically about this Sequim home builder, Rick Anderson, is because what he does is not the standard, and how he works with his clients is not the standard.  His standards are so much higher than other builders, I wish more retirees could know all that goes on behind the scenes of the home building industry and on a building site during construction.

Sequim Home Builder Quality

Here’s a dirty little secret:  All custom homes are not built with the same quality.  In other words, every Sequim home builder is not the same.  As a Realtor I have learned from home builders and contractors how to look for quality and how to examine a home under construction.  When your eyes are opened and you begin to discern the differences in materials and workmanship, a whole new world opens up.  The difference in quality and workmanship of this Sequim home builder is far ahead of the crowd of builders out there.  What amazes me is that his contract price per square foot is so often less than other Sequim home builders, but retirees don’t typically know how to do an apples vs. apples comparison with contracts and specification manuals.

Sequim Home Builder Completes Home in Less Than 5 Months

Sequim Home Builder Has Highest Customer Satisfaction

I’ve known many home builders and how they manage their projects and how they contract and work with their clients.  Rick Anderson wouldn’t sleep at night if he did not continue to build quality and give every single client honesty and integrity throughout the project.  Rick Anderson does have a website where you can look at home plans, photos, and read articles and testimonies at RickAndersonHomes.com.  I know this builder and I unabashedly recommend him as your Sequim home builder.  In fact, I am planning to have him build my own home.

You can see more photos of this beautiful home following the entire construction from beginning to end at RickCrimmel.com.

Sequim Home Builder and Price Per Square Foot

Retirees still are having their homes built in the Sequim and Port Angeles area, and the main reason is that they can’t find a retirement home that is the ideal floor plan and quality of home in the location they want.  In the current market you can probably find an existing home at a price somewhat less than the price per square foot of building your ideal retirement home, but . . . what price do you put on living in the perfect custom home for the rest of your life?  If you’re custom home cost $40,000 more than an existing home for sale that wasn’t exactly what you wanted, would it be worth $40,000 to have your dream home for the rest of your life?

Photos by Chuck Marunde taken with the permission of Sequim home builder Rick Anderson.

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Who is the best Sequim home builder and the best Port Angeles home builder?  I have no hesitation in answering that question after talking to hundreds of Sequim home builder clients here since 1994.  As a practicing real estate lawyer for many years here, I picked up many clients from nearly all the home builders in the area, so I got an education I didn’t have to pay for, and I learned a lot of confidential information I would otherwise never have learned.  I won’t talk about specific Sequim home builders (nor Port Angeles home builders), but we don’t need to.

Sequim Home Builder

What retirees want is a builder that can fulfill this checklist, and only one Sequim home builder can check all of these in my experience:

Sequim Home Builder Checklist:

1. Absolute honesty and integrity;
2. Full disclosure up front on costs and estimates;
3. Accurate bid and spec sheet in detail with no surprises;
4. No games and shenanigans during the entire process;
5. The highest quality construction materials and labor;
6. Outstanding project management (not chaos on the job);
7. Experienced with cost saving measures with architectural designs;
8. Large Sequim home builder supplier discounts passed on to clients;
9. Highest past client satisfaction rate of any local Sequim home builder (over 400 homes built since 1981);
10. Only 5% down payment (compared to 30% by almost all others);
11. Guarantees the contract price; and
12. No surprises with extras and change orders.

Sequim Home Builder Competition

Sit with almost any home builder in the country, including a Sequim home builder and a Port Angeles home builder, and you will hear exactly what they know you want to hear.  Almost all of them look good, smile nicely, smell good, and know the answers you want to hear.  That’s sales for you.  Give them what they want and get them to sign the contract.

I have heard to many nightmare stories about what happens after the contract is signed and they’ve paid their 30% down.  There isn’t room here for all the stories.  The real point is that there is a Sequim home builder who can check off all the items on this list.

The best Sequim home builder and Port Angeles home builder in my opinion is Rick Anderson of Anderson Homes.  You can click on the link in the image above to go directly to his website, where you’ll find home sketches, photos, floor plans, and testimonies. If you are retiring to the Sequim area, I strongly recommend Rick Anderson for your Sequim home builder.

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Are you planning to retire in Sequim and have your retirement home built by a Sequim custom home builder?  Here is a short video introducing you to the number one custom home builder in the Sequim and Port Angeles area.

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