How to communicate your style to get the perfect home
So, you are building the home of your dreams with Hartz Homes, and you are ready pick out your personal selections. At the Hartz Design Center (shown in photos), there are countless choices in floors, countertops, appliances, cabinets, fixtures, and more. Communicating your preferences clearly can help the Hartz designer understand your goals and desires—and deliver results you love. Here are some tips on how to best prepare yourself for the fun, but crucial conversations with the Hartz design staff.
#1: Make a “Love” list and a “Not for Me” list:
We are probably all familiar with the pros and cons list. When it comes to designing your house, it is a natural inclination to want to list everything you want, but listing your “don’t wants” is equally as important for the process with your designer.
For example, you may love the idea of solid surface countertops, but you may not like the look of dramatic color variations in certain types of granite. Having these preferences laid out before the design process begins will increase your satisfaction with everything from start to finish.
#2 Get Visual
Any designer would agree that their work is highly visual. Keeping this in mind, the best way to communicate your ideas and desires is through images. If you are getting your inspiration from homes you have seen in magazines, cut out the images! If it came from online, bring those too!
Every piece of visual inspiration will help the designer understand what you see as your dream home and will hasten the process and lead to excellent results.
#3 Practice Being Picky
When you first start filling those idea-books with photos, allow yourself free rein to choose as many photos as you want. Have fun with it! But when you’re ready to go back in for a second look, it’s time to get picky. Aim to narrow down each list to the top 5 or 10 best examples.
#4 Get Specific
Add a note beneath each photo in your idea-book that explains in words exactly what it is about the space that made you include it. What you love about it, how you think it ties into the rest of the home you are envisioning, and where else you might want to include this design.
Wrapping up…
The design process can be stressful if you let it become that way. What if the end product doesn’t look how I envisioned it? That is a common fear everyone has, but if you come prepared to your meeting and follow the tips we listed above, the process will be a happier and more successful one for both you and the Hartz Design Center staff.
If you haven’t bought your Hartz home yet, please check out our model homes at one or more of our new home communities:
Armitage Pointe of Addison, Illinois (Chicago area new home construction)
Bella Vista Townhomes of Bolingbrook, Illinois (Chicago area new home construction)
Blue Bell Ridge of Bolingbrook, Illinois (Chicago area new construction)
Lago Vista of Lockport, Illinois (Chicago area new home construction)
Leigh Creek of New Lenox, Illinois (Chicago area new home construction)
Marquis Pointe of Montgomery, Illinois (Chicago area new home construction)
Marywood Meadows of Montgomery, Illinois (Chicago area new home construction)
Nantucket Lakes of New Lenox, Illinois (Chicago area new home construction)
Park West of Manteno, Illinois (Chicago area new home construction)
Playa Vista of Plainfield, Illinois (Chicago area new home construction)
Shannon Estates of New Lenox, Illinois (Chicago area new home construction)
Sky Harbor of New Lenox, Illinois (Chicago area new home construction)
Whisper Creek of Mokena, Illinois (Chicago area new home construction)
Hartz Homes has new home communities in:
Addison, Illinois (Chicago area new home construction)
Aurora, Illinois (Chicago area new home construction)
Bolingbrook, Illinois (Chicago area new home construction)
Lockport, Illinois (Chicago area new home construction)
New Lenox (Chicago area new home construction)
Manteno, Illinois (Chicago area new home construction)
Mokena, Illinois (Chicago area new home construction)
Montgomery, Illinois (Chicago area new home construction)
Plainfield, Illinois (Chicago area new home construction)