Sterling Custom Homes, Unique Homes Deserve Unique Driveways

You've decided to go through with it: You're finally going to design the luxury home of your dreams. You contacted luxury home builder, Sterling Custom Homes to get started, decided what interior design elements fit best with your lifestyle and are now ready to get the project underway. You've thought of everything, right? Wait, what about your driveway? It is one of the first exterior elements that visitors will notice about your custom home. And after all, doesn't a unique home design deserve a unique driveway.

Sterling Custom Homes, can help you design a driveway that will complete your home’s exterior design. From simple brushed concrete to exposed aggregate, Sterling has a bevy of options to reflect each buyer’s individual style.

Before beginning any driveway project, Sterling Custom Homes determines the key factors that will influence the driveway design elements including community requirements, style of the home and preferences of the buyer. Then, the builder can begin to narrow down its clients choices and offer suggestions.

In addition to brushed concrete and exposed aggregate, the Texas custom home builder offers buyers other options including salt finished, stained concrete, stamped concrete, paver bands, full pavers and a combination of styles and finishes.

For more information or to start the driveway design process, visit the Sterling Custom Homes website.

Customize the Master Suite to Fit Your Lifestyle

Shouldn't the Master Suite in your home say something about your lifestyle? At the very least, it should be more than a bedroom, bath and closet. At Sterling Custom Homes, one of Austin's premier custom home builders, the Master Suite should be the crown jewel of the home -- the room that describes you.

“We have created many one-of-a-kind master suites to match the lifestyle of our home owners,” said Duke McDowell, president of Sterling Custom Homes. “These highly customizable rooms should be well-thought out to create the perfect retreat for the homeowners. This is one of the areas where our extensive experience pays valuable dividends to our clients.”

Sterling Custom Homes offers new home buyers several options for personalizing their Master Suites. Why not add a little relaxation in the form of a coffee room or a massage room? Or stay fit with an exercise room. No matter what you come up with, Sterling Custom Homes can help you build it. This Austin custom home builder believes that creating a Master Suite that is as unique as you are requires excellent customer service. The building process is about commitment, understanding and effort.

Currently, Sterling Custom Homes is building five custom homes in the Austin area that feature unique Master Suites for each owner's lifestyle. If you're looking for your own dream home with a Master Suite to match, why not choose Sterling Custom Homes? The builder will work with you through every step in the process to ensure that you get the perfect home while staying within your budget.

For more information, visit their website or call 512-263-2214.

If you're a Realtor working hard to sell luxury homes in Austin, TX, then you know it's not an easy task. However, Sterling Custom Homes wants to assist you. Sterling Custom Homes is offering seven convenient, one-hour mandatory continuing education courses, taught by Master Builders Duke McDowell and Gary Grambley.

"These courses will help Realtors better understand the steps Texas custom home builders take to create luxury custom homes, from choosing the right home site to establishing a warranty," said McDowell, president of Sterling Custom Homes. "They will be better equipped to sell custom homes in Austin and to succeed in a part of the market they may not have worked in before."

The Texas Real Estate Commission has approved these courses, for Mandatory Continuing Education for Texas Realtors, and courses have a flexible class format. This gives you as a broker or realty office manager, a way to take several courses in one long session, or fit in one course at a time if you have a tight schedule. Topics taught in the courses are: choosing the right lot, plan evolution, custom home framing, custom home foundations, cost plus vs. fixed price, custom home warranty and green building.

Duke McDowell, GMB, CGB, CGP, a graduate of Texas Tech University, has a degree in Engineering with a Construction Option. He has spent his life in home building, and also been recognized for his contribution to the home construction industry, when he was inducted into the Engineering Technology Academy of Texas Tech University.

Gary Grambley, CGB, GMB, is the director of sales and marketing for Sterling Custom Homes. He works closely with clients and other Realtors, and introduces them to Sterling Custom Homes' exclusive process and unparalleled finished product. He is a graduate of Sam Houston State University, where he earned a BBA in Accounting as well.

To schedule a course for your team, please call Sterling Custom Homes at 512-263-2214. The MCE courses for Realtors are available for a nominal fee.

For more information about the long-time luxury custom home builder, Sterling Custom Homes, visit www.SterlingCustomHomes.com. You can also stay up-to-date with the latest company news, by subscribing to their blog, interacting on Facebook, or following on Twitter.

Remodel Your Kitchen for Less

It's time for the Fall Clearance Sale at Construction Resources. Mark your calendar for Saturday, October 23 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Some of specials that shoppers will enjoy:

• 15 percent off showroom prices for all countertop purchases
• Granite remnants starting at $19.95 per square foot (ready to install)
• Marble bathtubs from $200 (ready to install)
• Free sink with purchase of 40 square feet or more of countertop
• 15 percent off tile backsplash with the purchase of 40 square feet or more of countertop
• Free faucet with the purchase of 40 square feet or more of countertop

Kitchen and bath products that you'll recognize by name will be on sale, including Corian, Cambria, granite and quartz countertops; tile; hardwood flooring and carpeting; shower doors; mirrors; garage doors and

Sterling Custom Homes Now Incorporating Pool Construction Into Home Building

Luxury home buyers in Austin frequently add a pool as part of their outdoor landscaping, and Austin custom builder, Sterling Custom Homes, understands the benefit of having your home-builder manage pool construction during the build of your home. Through completing the home and pool together, home buyers truly have a custom design for both, and avoid obstacles that often occur if the pool is built after the home, which can save money as well.

The warm climate of Austin encourages home buyers to design their custom homes with outdoor living spaces, including swimming pools. As the newest designs for pools become popular, it's truly valuable to be sure the materials for the pool and outdoor areas compliment the home. If the buyer desires a rocky oasis, a lap pool stretching 50 feet, or a luxurious infinity pool, the best solution is to have the new home and pool completed together. In the situation that the home has already been built, and you would then like to add a pool area, it is much more difficult to accomplish for the builders, and costly for you.

This also provides easier access to the home and pool areas for Sterling Custom Homes to construct both, instead of trying to work around a home and fencing already being present. Because the sites are easier to access, this saves money for the home buyer on pool construction, and by having Sterling Custom Homes handle the whole custom home building process, the buyer can be assured they have a quality builder with reliable industry partners for supplies. In addition, the buyer will know they have a company that has centralized project responsibility for both indoor and outdoor components, reducing miscommunication and possible and costly delays.

For more information on Sterling Custom Homes, visit the website.

Escavara Home Nearing Completion at Flintrock Falls

The exciting sound of construction can be heard each day as the beautiful home built by Austin custom homebuilder, Sterling Custom Homes, nears completion. This home is being prepared as a quick-delivery home, so there is still time for the interested home buyer to personalize all the finishing touches.

Offering a fresh twist on quick-delivery custom homes, 111 Escavara Cove showcases stunning one-level living with a casita, gourmet kitchen and deep outdoor living space. The home's footprint extends nearly 4,000 square feet and is more expansive with a large outdoor living area. A casita is the perfect guest space or home for a household employee. The casita features private access and a one-car garage.

Two kitchens, one indoor and one outdoor, offer plenty of space for food preparation and storing all of the culinary gadgets that make meal prep fun.

The flow of this home's plan is perfect for entertaining and everyday living alike. Construction is expected to be complete by September 30, so interested buyers need to act fast to customize their dream home.

Beautiful Austin Custom Home on Lake Travis

Lake Travis is a wonderful place to spend the weekend, but what if you had your own custom home there? Better yet, what if your home was so well integrated with the outdoors that the transition from inside to out is seamless?

This Austin custom home could be yours. Sterling Custom Homes has built a beautiful cliff-side home at The Reserve at Lake Travis. The contemporary-style home is priced at $2,998,780 and features five bedrooms, five bathrooms and two half baths. This home is perfect for relaxing with the family or entertaining multiple guests.

This home is outdoor living is at its finest, with a vanishing edge pool with beach and spa, covered firepit area and large outdoor covered living space. Other luxury features in this home include a gourmet kitchent, 5-car garage, 2-story walls of glass, sunken wet bar, exercise room with meditation court and specialty garage with wet bar.

Walls of glass showcase unbelievable views in this home and create harmony between the indoor and outdoor living spaces. The home features dual pocketing Fleetwood sliding glass doors which opens an entire wing to outdoor living areas. For more information on this beautiful home, visit the Sterling Custom Homes website.