Here at Visser Living, we’ve been helping clients in Michigan build dazzling custom homes (along with helping with remodels, lot excavations, and other services) since 1950. In that time, we’ve learned a thing or two about how magical it is to design your very own dream house and see it manifested into reality.
The right Michigan home builders can make this much-aspired-to goal — the chance to create a place to live exactly fitted to your needs, wants, and hopes — happen, and our ultra-experienced team is a prime example.
Considering a custom build? Take a few minutes to learn how you can collaborate with a high-quality builder to create a new home that truly expresses your personality and satisfies your lifestyle in every detail.
The Pleasures of a Custom Home
Don’t get us wrong: We love helping customers re-envision older properties or prefab homes to better match their preferences and requirements. We’re sought-after Kalamazoo home remodeling pros, and this renovation/redesign route is the best choice for many homeowners.
That said, there’s something extra-special about creating a brand-new home with a layout, style, and design that’s completely customized for your household and lifestyle. Such a home can be a wonderful expression of who you are, what you value, and how you live, and that’s a really fulfilling feeling — one you may not be familiar with if you’ve made do for too long with less-than-satisfactory domiciles displaying little of your own spirit and style.
Good Michigan architects, home designers, and builders can create that new custom home you see in your mind’s eye. It’s a process we at Visser Living are genuinely passionate about; it’s just about as exciting for us as for the homeowner, because every such project is unique, bespoke — downright one-of-a-kind!
Making Your Dream Home a Beautiful Reality With Michigan Residential Architects & Builders
When you work with top-rated West Michigan home builders like Visser Living, the journey towards your custom home takes the form of a perfectly synced partnership. If a construction firm or homebuilder you’re considering for a custom job shows resistance to your input or to the idea of creative collaboration and open communication, well, we’d suggest looking elsewhere. Building a custom home is an iterative process that takes a careful balance of industry knowhow and homeowner priorities. Your (frequent, ongoing) input is a huge part of the equation.
The best Michigan home designers and builders will work with you and welcome your participation in the process to whatever degree you wish. Some folks have a fairly vague sense of what they want their home to look like, and welcome architects and builders to fill in the details, propose ideas, and run with an agreed-upon blueprint while the customer gets on with life. Other clients want to be much more involved, and rely on the builder to produce pretty much exactly what they’ve dreamed up in terms of floorplan, furnishings, materials, and the like—while, of course, being open to suggestions on the part of the homebuilding specialists.
How Do I Set Design Priorities For My Custom Home?
Those building custom homes often have an eye toward future needs and possibilities. If you’re planning on starting or growing your family, you might consider, for example, a larger mudroom or entryway with plenty of space for footwear, coats, storage, and the like—or maybe turning a stairway into a multifunctional space with an integrated locker or closet. You may want to incorporate a home office for future remote-work or retirement possibilities, or build a large garage to accommodate an RV or a boat down the line.
Perhaps you want a sunroom strategically oriented to soak up winter rays and add some cheer to the cold season. Maybe you want the kitchen to be the heart, soul, and center of your home, with expansive countertops, a butcher-block island, and some bar-style seating. It could be an entirely open-plan sort of interior design you’re after.
Of course, it’s not all about the house itself: Your family could be keen on some beautiful and highly usable hardscaping in your yard, incorporating a deck, an outdoor kitchen, a gazebo, a pondscape, a rock garden.
At Visser Living, we can help with all of the above. You can build on your own lot — we’ll even excavate it for you! — or choose to create a custom home in one of our family-friendly, advantageously situated West Michigan communities: WestPort Trails, WestPort Village, Northport Crossing, and Belle Meade. Wherever you wish to build, we’ll work with you from Day One on the plan, and we’ll consider you a partner throughout the design, construction, landscaping, and finishing processes.
For some direct inspiration in terms of dreaming up your custom home, have a look at our Visser Living gallery of completed projects!
Start Planning Your Dream Custom Home With Leading West Michigan Home Builders at Visser Living
Curious how we can help you build a custom home that’ll showcase your personality while meeting every functional need for the long haul? Get in touch with the Visser Living team today!