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What is the Custom Home Building Design-Build Process? | Cincinnati | Chris Gorman Homes

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What is the Custom Home Building Design-Build Process?

Building a custom home can be intimidating if you've never been through the process before - but it doesn't have to be. When you're working with...

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How to Prevent Price Overages on Your Custom Home Build | Cincinnati | Chris Gorman Homes

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How to Prevent Price Overages on Your Custom Home Build

Building a custom home is exciting, and at the end of the process, you're beginning a whole new chapter in your life! While it's a pathway to your...

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How Long Does It Take To Build a Custom Home in Cincinnati, Ohio? | Chris Gorman Homes

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How Long Does It Take To Build a Custom Home in Cincinnati, Ohio?

Building a custom home in Cincinnati requires a significant time commitment to create a one-of-a-kind house that is tailored to your specific tastes...

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9 Steps to Evaluating a Home Floor Plan

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9 Steps to Evaluating a Home Floor Plan

Beginning to plan for a custom new home is an exciting time. You dream about having all of the spaces and features you’ve always wanted. Getting down...

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4 Top Bathroom Design Styles to Consider for Your Custom Home

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4 Top Bathroom Design Styles to Consider for Your Custom Home

Photo by Marcelle Guilbeau, Interior Designer - Look for pool pictures

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7 New Year's Resolutions for Your Cincinnati Custom Home

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7 New Year's Resolutions for Your Cincinnati Custom Home

Photo by Marcelle Guilbeau, Interior Designer - Look for pool pictures

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Net Zero - What Is It, and How to Achieve it?

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Net Zero - What Is It, and How to Achieve it?

Only ten states in the U.S. produce all of the country’s greenhouse gas emissions. Unfortunately, Ohio is one of the ten. The good news? Most of...

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Kitchen Design Styles to Consider for Your Custom Home

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6 Kitchen Design Styles to Consider for Your Custom Home

When you’re designing your home, there are so many different style directions it could go, that it may be really difficult to choose. The trick is to...

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7 Ways to Make Your Cincinnati Custom Home More Energy-Efficient

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7 Ways to Make Your Cincinnati Custom Home More Energy-Efficient

Building a custom home that’s both beautiful and energy efficient is a popular must-have for homeowners today. The appliances, systems, windows, and...

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Open Concept vs. The Traditional Floor Plan

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Open Concept vs. The Traditional Floor Plan

When you’re looking to build a custom home in Cincinnati, one of the most important things to consider is the floor plan. Basically, a floor plan is...

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What are the Pros and Cons of Quartz and Cultured Marble Countertops

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What are the Pros and Cons of Quartz and Cultured Marble Countertops?

Marble has been an interior design darling for years now, but it does come with its flaws. Natural marble is expensive, it isn’t environmentally...

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5 Features to Enhance Your Cincinnati Custom Home

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5 Features to Enhance Your Cincinnati Custom Home

Photo by Marcelle Guilbeau, Interior Designer - Look for pool pictures The design phase of building your custom home is full of potential and...

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5 Ways to Design Your Cincinnati Custom Home for Multigenerational Living

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5 Ways to Design Your Cincinnati Custom Home for Multi-generational Living

Your parents are aging out of independent living, or maybe your adult child is in need of a temporary place to call home. Multigenerational living is...

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6 Timeless Custom Home Design Trends in Cincinnati

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6 Timeless Custom Home Design Trends in Cincinnati

Home design trends come and go, making the custom home design process a challenge. You don’t want to feel like you have to remodel in a few years and...

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8 Questions to Ask Before Building Your Custom Home in Cincinnati

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8 Questions to Ask Before Building Your Custom Home in Cincinnati

Before you break ground on your custom home, there are some questions you should ask yourself to make sure you are getting the most out of your new...

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Cincinnati’s Modern Home Building Trends

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Cincinnati's Modern Home Building Trends for 2021

Design trends in 2021 are more attractive than ever! If you're a home buyer starting the design and construction of a custom home this year, or if...

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7 Ways to Control Costs During the Design Phase

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7 Ways to Control Costs During the Design Phase

Building a custom home in Cincinnati is a unique opportunity to create a space to call your own—in every sense of the word. You get to control each...

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