Building a Custom Home in Edmonton

Edmonton is not only known as the capital city of Alberta but also as 'Festival City.' From its festivals to its vibrant cultural scene, there are many reasons to build a custom home in Edmonton. With gorgeous neighborhoods with mature trees, wonderful amenities, and excellent schools, Edmonton is a city you should want to create a home and a life in!

Imagine Series - Lindal Homes

Building a custom home is many home buyer's dream. It allows you to build your dream house and have it be move-in ready. There is nothing you have to change or paint or replace because you made it entirely yours. 

Lindal helps you to make your dreams come true. 

Lindal Western Canada is in the business of creating and building your dream home!

We have recently partnered with the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation to launch our Imagine Series of homes. A collaboration between everything you love about Lindal homes and the designs and vision of Frank Lloyd Wright.

Frank Lloyd Wright was a famous and well-known architect known for his Usonian homes. These homes have been updated for modern living and to fit the lives of Lindal clients. The homes in the Lindal Imagine Series were designed to be affordable and customizable to the middle class. Many of these houses are single level, which means less to heat in the cold Edmonton winters! 

Choose from seven different designs for your dream custom home; all premium materials that are pre-engineered and all come with a lifetime warranty that will give you and your family peace of mind. These homes are pre-fab (pre-fabricated), which is perfect for those that live a busy or stressful life. All you'll have to do is choose and finalize your design with Doug or Barb, Lindal Western Canada's dealers and buy your plot of land! Your home will be shipped there and assembled on your property!

Lindal wanted to create home designs to meet today's families' needs and lifestyles, deeply rooted in Frank Lloyd Wright's 'Organic Architecture' principles of harmony, sustainability, and integration with nature. These homes are designed with spaces for quiet reflection and exuberant celebration. That is what the Lindal Imagine Series does.

To learn how to build a Custom Lindal Imagine Series Home with Lindal, call us at 1-855-554-6325 (1-855-5 LINDAL) or register your interest here: Register with Lindal.

Growing up in the Prairie provinces, you come to expect a basement in your home. It is usually unfinished, space where you keep your laundry room and storage. It's the dark space that you only go in to get Christmas decorations or to do laundry.

But basements can be so much more than storage. More and more, people are want to buy and build houses with a finished basement.

Why? Well, two main reasons:

1. Added value
2. Added living space

Lindal Homes often help home buyers to build one or two-storey houses, and basements are a great option if you want two-storeys, but your lot doesn't permit you to have a two-storey. With a basement, you can build downward instead of up! Basements and garages are counted depending on who is providing the quote. In a Lindal home, the basement is only counted as part of the final square footage calculation if it is a finished space with interior partition walls, doors, trim, etc. 

Why Build a Basement

Added Value

A finished basement adds value to your home due to the extra living space it provides. Basements, finished or not, do not add value in terms of square footage. This is because of the rules in some provinces on how you can count and add square-footage, below-ground spaces do not often count towards this.

There are various estimates of the value of basements, ranging between 50% and 70% of the above-ground value. Depending on your province, the basement may count towards square-footage. However, you should check with your local realtor or appraiser to make sure.

This doesn't mean though that having an unfinished basement is unnecessary! 

Added Living Space

If, when building your dream home, you know that this will be the home that you will grow and raise your family in, a basement may be a great option. Finished basements will allow for extra space for your children to live and hang out it. It can also become a place for you to host parties or put a gym when your children move out. Many use the basement as a place for their children or family to have fun in. 

Creating a less formal family space in the basement can add value to the quality of your life!

Basements are more than what value it will add to your house, but also about what value it will add to your family's lives!

Building a basement depends entirely on what you and your family need from your dream house. A basement may not be ideal if it is a home to retire in, but if this will be the home your children grow up in, a basement may be a good idea! 

Another option could be a bonus area. "Bonus" areas, such as lofts, screen porches, and covered breezeways, may or may not be counted, yet can significantly affect your final price. In a Lindal home, loft space is measured as part of the square footage, but usually covered outdoor areas are not.

To learn about how you can build a Custom Lindal Home with Lindal, call us at 1-855-554-6325 (1-855-5 LINDAL) or register your interest here: Register with Lindal