Archive for January, 2010
A Quick Look at Appliance Trends
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When it comes to building your Austin custom home’s dream custom kitchen, choosing the style and features of your appliances can be a bit overwhelming with all the brands and options available in today’s market. At Wilson Appliance, we offer five functional kitchens allowing you the opportunity to discover the perfect appliance for your needs.
Things to consider for narrowing your selection……
- How much and what type of cooking do you enjoy? (baking, grilling, etc.)
- Do you like the look of a professional kitchen with all stainless steel appliances or a more integrated look with wood fronts?
- Do you want your cooktop to be gas or electric?
- Do you prefer the look of a professional range, or the ergonomic convenience of a separate cooking surface and wall ovens?
- How important is the microwave to you, and how big do you want it to be?
- Do you like a water and ice dispenser on your refrigerator outer door, or are you going for a more integrated furniture style look? Read More→
Rare Sterling Spec Home Under Construction
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Sterling Custom Homes poured the slab recently at 212 Black Wolf Run in Flintrock Falls. This is our new “quick-delivery” home that overlooks the #5 Fairway of the Jack Nicklaus designed golf course. This home includes 4 bedrooms (2 on the main level), 4.5 baths, an awesome layout with a huge Master Suite, Gameroom / Media Room combination and many more outstanding features.
The foundation stage is critical to the final quality of a home, therefore prior to pouring the foundation many preparatory measures must be taken. A structural engineer must create the slab design, calculate the load, analyze the elasticity of soil and determine slab drops, drainage, etc. Read More→
Where are we Going and How do we Get There?
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The contract is signed, the final plans are distributed, permits are in process and the interim construction financing has closed. What now, our clients wonder? A distinguished step in Sterling Custom Homes Building Process is the Pre-Construction meeting where the Sterling CookBook™ is presented to the client.
We call it the CookBook™ because it is the recipe for building your home. Inside this organized book, you’ll find detailed instructions on every aspect of the custom home building process, and all of the information has been tailored to your specific project.
The Sterling CookBook™ provides the roadmap for our clients and guides them through the entire building process step by step, turn by turn. Read More→