North Houston is one of the busiest new construction markets in the country, and buying in a builder community is not the same transaction as resale. Toni represents the buyer through the whole process, from choosing the lot to the blue tape walk.
Which builders are delivering in which communities, and what the lot premiums are really buying you.
Orientation, drainage and which structural options are worth paying for before the slab is poured.
Builder contracts are written for the builder. Toni reads it with you and negotiates incentives and closing cost credits.
The final walkthrough with blue tape on every item the builder still needs to fix, then funding and warranty follow-up.
A blue tape walk is when Toni and her client walk the finished home and mark every scuff, gap and unfinished detail with blue tape, so the builder fixes it before closing, not after.
Register Toni on your first visit to a builder community. Most builders require your agent to be present or registered at the start, and touring alone first can cost you your own representation.
Buyer representation and compensation are agreed in writing up front. In many builder communities the builder pays the buyer’s agent; Toni will explain exactly how it works for the community you are considering.
It is Toni’s new home construction designation, for representing buyers in builder communities.
Call before you sign anything. Depending on how the builder logged your visit there may still be a way to bring her in.
Yes. She will line up your closing dates so you are not carrying two payments or moving twice.
Tell Toni what you are working on. She answers her own phone and replies to every message herself.
Whether you are buying your first home, selling a house you have outgrown, or building new in North Houston, the first step is a straight conversation with no pressure attached.
Toni Cramond is a licensed Texas REALTOR® with JLA Realty. Cramond Luxe Realty Group is a team of JLA Realty. JLA Realty fully supports the principles of the Fair Housing Act and the Equal Opportunity Act.