5 Reasons To Build A New Home in Auburn, CA
If you are searching for a location to build your dream home in California, building a new home in Auburn, CA is a fantastic option. Located in Placer County, Auburn and the surrounding area offer a host of amenities and benefits for residents.
1. Small Town Ambiance
If you crave the charm of a picturesque small town and country living but still want close access to the city, Auburn can be an ideal match. Auburn is just 35 minutes from Sacramento, yet it feels like a world away. Auburn is considered part of the Sacramento metro area, yet with fewer than 14,000 residents, there’s definitely a small-town feel.
Auburn and Placer County built up quickly after the Gold Rush, and there are many fine examples of 19th-century architecture throughout the town. The historic downtown features shops, antique shops, galleries, museums and restaurants. The town also provides all the modern conveniences such as hospitals, drug stores, grocery stores and a weekly farmers market.
2. An Ideal Climate
One of the perks of living in Placer County is the climate. Auburn residents enjoy more of a four-season climate than most people in California without the inconvenience of a harsh winter. July and August are the hottest months with highs in the low 90s, but temperatures start to cool in September and October and residents enjoy an explosion of fall colors. We even have occasional snowfall, although certainly not at the level of the nearby mountains. Generally, temperatures are mild and pleasant, allowing you to enjoy the outdoors virtually every day of the year.
3. A Myriad of Activities
There’s so much to do in Placer County! Aside from enjoying the fun in Old Town Auburn, we have 20 wineries as well as about a dozen breweries. While life has been disrupted by the global pandemic, Placer County usually hosts a variety of interesting festivals throughout the year, such as music festivals, arts & crafts festivals, culinary festivals and there’s even an annual eggplant festival in Loomis.
If you love museums and historical landmarks, Placer County and Auburn offer plenty of options. The Placer County Museum is located in our stunning historic courthouse and includes artifacts relating to the Gold Rush, as well as Native American artifacts. The Bernhard Museum Complex is another option and includes a restored Victorian-era farmhouse, a restored 19th century winery and a carriage barn filled with 19th-century wagons. The Gold Rush Museum is yet another option for history buffs, and these are just the options available in Auburn.
4. The Great Outdoors
If you love nature, Placer County is an ideal place to call home. For golf lovers, you will find several excellent courses in Auburn as well as a dozen more throughout the county. Hiking and biking areas abound throughout Placer County. The Auburn State Recreation Area includes 40 miles of the American River where you can enjoy boating, fishing and even whitewater rafting. Auburn is also just 80 miles from Lake Tahoe, which offers a wide array of activities, including several ski areas.
5. Many Options For Homebuilding
While you can purchase an existing home, building a new home in Auburn, CA, provides you with the opportunity to create a home that is truly one of a kind and the ideal home for you. Additionally, you have the opportunity to select your lot and Auburn and Placer County have so many lot options.
While many of our clients come to use with a lot already purchased, we are happy to match you with the perfect lot if you don’t yet have a homesite. You can choose from smaller parcels in established neighborhoods or select a more rural location. There are even many lots with substantial acreage if you have a dream of being surrounded by nature.
What About Costs?
There’s no getting around the fact that California’s real estate is expensive, but building a new home in Auburn, CA, costs significantly less than building or buying in many other areas of the state such as the San Francisco area as well as Southern California. The average price of a Wechsler Custom Home is about $495,000. While this does not include your lot, it does include a myriad of specifications that most custom home builders do not provide.
For instance, our homes come standard with energy-efficient features such as solar panels, ceiling fans, programmable thermostats, quality insulation, LED recess lighting, insulated entry doors, insulated double-pane glass windows, tankless water heaters and energy-efficient heating and air conditioning systems.
While those features reduce your energy costs, the real fun is putting your own personal touch on our semi-custom homes. Let’s talk about kitchens, for example. We offer Homecrest designer cabinetry as a standard feature. You can select from cherry, maple, oak or pecan woods with hundreds of stain and paint finishes. Granite countertops, stainless steel ranges, microwaves and dishwashers also are standard features.
We also add helpful features such as ensuring that all bedrooms, family rooms and kitchens are pre-wired for cable TV and telephone. Homes are pre-wired for emergency backup generators, interior sprinkler systems are standard, and smoke and carbon monoxide detectors are placed throughout the home. When it comes to our standard specifications, this is just the tip of the iceberg.
Our standard features provide a wide range of choices, but we do offer equitable allowances in lieu of our specifications and do not subscribe to the idea that customer upgrades or preferences should carry unreasonable upcharges.
If you are interested in building a new home in Auburn, CA or anywhere in Placer County, contact Wechsler Custom Homes at any time. As a custom home builder, we offer more than 40 house plans as well as complete construction services. Be sure to take a look at our House Plans and Pricing pages so that you can get an idea of the types of homes we can build as well as the projected budgets.