10 Must-Have Features For Your Next Home

Energy-conscious and environmentally-friendly building materials are fast becoming the norm for most home buyers and builders. When consumer behavior turns the default choice for a product into a “green” one, that choice becomes more desirable for buyers and builders alike. Here’s a list of 10 must-have features for your next …

Why You Need Hybrid Water Heaters

If you’re considering buying a new Florida home, a certain mechanical system could sway your choice of home builders. It’s a hybrid water heater — also known as a heat pump water heater — and it can trim your power bill. What makes a hybrid water heater special? It utilizes heat …

How to Ace Our Build-On-Your-Lot Consultation

You own a lot in Florida and want to build a home on it. ICI Homes is Florida’s Custom Builder — building homes on lots is what we do! Seriously, we’d love to help if you already own a lot, but need a builder, and, perhaps a home plan. First, …

Creative Ways to Splurge on Your New Home

The design period of building a new home allows you, the homeowner, to consider all the details you want incorporated into your home. Not only is it when you choose materials, finishes and colors, but you also get to decide such things as whether to keep that circular staircase in …

Creating A Peaceful Master Bathroom Retreat

There are times when your master bathroom feels like an indulgence…the kind you pay for at five-star hotels. There also are times when you shut your master bathroom door for another kind of retreat. From kids, pets. Daily hubbub. Workplace aggravation. Either way, it fulfills its mission of peace, quiet …

Choose Florida’s Custom Builder to Build On Your Lot

As Florida’s Custom Builder, ICI Homes knows what newcomers and natives alike prefer in Sunshine State communities. We’re proud to have built many flourishing neighborhoods throughout North, Central and Southwest Florida, and we’re constantly at work developing new places for future residents. But, suppose you already own the lot you’d …

How Fed Rate Increases Affect Home Buyers

What happens when interest rates go up? That’s a tricky question. On Dec. 14, 1016, the Federal Reserve Board announced a 0.25 percentage-point increase in the federal funds interest rate, to 0.75 percent. This was viewed as a good thing because it indicates the Board’s confidence in a resurgent and …

Have Lot, Need Builder? ICI Homes Is Your One-Stop Shop

You own a Florida lot where you’d like to build your dream home/retirement haven/new family headquarters. But, alas, you’re not a builder and don’t know one. If you choose to try it on your own, you know you’ll have to hire contractors. Research and coordinate materials and deliveries. Function as your own job superintendent. All while maintaining everyday life during the process — your job, kids and perhaps other responsibilities.

Designing Your New Owners Suite

Since most folks spend a portion of each 24-hour period asleep, our bedrooms should provide the restful retreats we need to recharge. If you’re building a new Florida home, make the owners suite (previously called master bedroom) a priority. You can do that during the design phase, when ICI Homes …

Ten Real Estate Terms You Should Know

Like many major life experiences, home-buying can be an intimidating process if you’ve never done it before. Or, if you have, and the process didn’t go well. If you’re not familiar with industry jargon, hearing real-estate terms can be akin to learning a foreign language, especially if those terms aren’t …

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