Just as with any other industry these days, the digital age is taking over the modern construction business. This is great news for custom home buyers, who can now get a much better idea of what their home will look like before the ground is ever broken on the project. For all parties involved, this means time, money, and resource savings, which generally results in a very happy new homeowner.
Here are some of the latest and greatest technological advances in the construction industry today:
Virtual Reality Tours
This is arguably the hottest innovation that we have seen in the industry. New homeowners are able to take a virtual tour of their new custom home design before the ground is broken on the new home construction. They can explore every aspect of the home, making changes now rather than in the middle of construction for features they do not like or want to improve.
Augmented Reality for Interior Design
This is a great way to see if certain colors and furnishings will work in the home as it is. You are able to superimpose furniture as well as change colors right on the device. This will give you a much better idea of what will and will not work aesthetically in the home.
Julia Morgan, a renowned home designer, once remarked on the potential of augmented reality: “The power of AR in the realm of home design is transformative. It’s one thing to imagine your future home and quite another to virtually ‘live’ in it before making a decision. AR provides that bridge between imagination and reality.”
AI Real Estate Platforms
AI is all the rage right now, and it is literally transforming industries, including the realty industry. As someone looking for a custom home, realty sites can be used to find the perfect area to build, inputting your data to get better recommendations that perfectly suit your needs and preferences.
Drones
This has been a game changer for outside views of the home and the surrounding property. It is one thing to see a lake that is a quarter-mile walk from the home, but to actually be able to take that walk in a matter of seconds enables buyers to get a much better visual of the property and its surroundings without having to visit the area.
With the technology we have available today, use it to create a much better buying experience and to generate more informed questions both during the buying process and into the design and construction phases of the home. The industry is changing, and companies not offering this technology are going be left behind.