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26
Feb

How to buy well when building your own home

Building your own home is likely to be the biggest shopping trip of your life. With all decisions having the potential to:

  • Cost you more than they should
  • Not be the product you really wanted
  • Or have risks surrounding customer service, security of purchase and long term performance.

Focus

Therefore in order to create a more manageable list, it is vital to focus on the important purchasing decisions. What is really important to you? What will you see and touch on a daily basis in your finished home? Reducing your list to key items will instantly reduce the scale of your shopping list and let you focus your time and attention.

Your key list may include:

  • Windows / doors
  • Cladding
  • Kitchen
  • Floor coverings
  • Staircase
  • Bathroom fittings
  • Landscaping

Understand the product

It is important to invest time and effort in comparing the options. Taking windows and doors as an example, you have multiple options to choose from, from styles, to materials, to performance levels, to colours.

Buying well means knowing what you are getting, which isn’t always easy. Aspect Windows are here to help you understand your different options when it comes to your windows and doors. With product information and brochures being easily accessible on our website; a showroom with the products on display allowing your to feel the quality of the products first hand; and a sales team who will personally take you through the whole decision making process step by step.

Value

Once you have a shortlist of options, its important to assess their value to you. Of course the price pays a part in this, but its balancing price with the performance of the product, the aesthetics of the product, the quality of the product, the reputation of the company supplying the product, how good the product will look in 10 years’ time, if a guarantee is offered etc and how important each of these elements are to you.

Buying well is a delicate balance between spending more in some cases and less in others. The educated purchaser will go into transactions knowing they have explored all of the options and fully aware of the product they are getting and it benefits and possible limitations.

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Mr & Mrs Miller, Exmouth

"I wanted to just send my thanks and appreciation. We had an install approx. 6 years ago including some bi-fold doors which in recent weeks appeared to have dropped and became very difficult to lock. I called the office on Monday and a lady took my details and quickly called me back suggesting you had an engineer locally the following day. He arrived and was extremely polite and efficient and diagnosed a broken hinge. He went back to the depot collected the replacement part, then returned to Budleigh and completed the repair. We really appreciate the speed and efficiency with which you dealt with the issue and the ease from a customer perspective. "

Mr Ashby, Budleigh Salterton

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Mrs Moores, Templecombe

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