Gut Feeling

We have all heard that old saying, trust your gut feeling haven’t we?

Maybe it was regarding a football game that should be an easy win or maybe it is the confidence that our brother’s new girlfriend is not the ‘one.’

“It just didn’t feel right,” is our natural response or, “I had a gut feeling that their relationship wasn’t going to last long.”

Well, turns out that your gut feeling, your first response is right more times than not, so go with it and be more intuitive. Trust that feeling, that inner voice.

Intuition is the ability to understand it instinctively, without the need of conscious decision.

I mention this to you because of a recent conversation that I had with a client. She interviewed six custom home builders as her and her husband decided to buy a lot and hire a licensed residential contractor to build their new dream home.

She was slightly overwhelmed, but let’s face it, building a home is a huge endeavor with one of the biggest investment in our lifetime. A huge commitment for anyone to endure.

So it is encouraged to research all of your options, prepare notes, seek advice from your bank or a loan officer and interview a handful of builders.

‘I was impressed with every builder that we interviewed and all of them had some great selling points too,’ she noted. ‘I feel like each one of these builders are capable to build us a custom home, but I went with my gut feeling,’ she finalized.

I decided to hire the builder that I was most comfortable with during our meetings. He was not the most expensive contractor on my list and he was not the cheapest bidder. I just felt confident that he would be honest and communicate with me to address any issues that might come up during the construction of our custom home.

Although each builder was qualified, she knew that there would be a few changes made on the fly or even a mistake or two during the construction of their home , so it came down to trust. She wanted to know which builder would be open to her ideas, but more importantly which builder would be upfront and honest and tell her what they can (build or install) or cannot do for this specific project.

Sometimes we need someone that we trust to tell us why we can or cannot do certain projects when building a custom home.

So, be intuitive and trust your gut instinct.

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