Now that you’ve made the decision to build a new custom home, you’re probably wondering what the next steps look like if you choose to go the route of panelized home construction.

Or maybe you’re deciding between a couple different methods, and haven’t settled on the perfect one for you. The panelized building process is unique to other methods, specifically when looking at it compared to the traditional stick building process.

We put together this guide so you could take a look at what each phase of the process looks like, from the first step you take to the day you move into your new home.

Let’s just say it: choosing a home builder to partner with is stressful. After all, you’re entrusting this company with one of the biggest endeavors of your life -- building your new dream home.

While this guide does not completely encompass every home builder in Buffalo, we hand-selected a few of our favorites based on important criteria in the hopes that it offers a good place to start with getting the ball rolling on your new project.

Rather than searching through hundreds of home builders in Buffalo, take a quick look at 8 of our favorites.

Though panel building’s origins are old, panel built homes are anything but dated. At Barden Building Products, we’ve been manufacturing panel built homes since the 1940s.

In the past 70 years we have seen many trends, technologies, and techniques come and go in the home building industry.

What we’re left with in 2019 is a unique combination of a polished manufacturing process that has stood the test of time and modern software, design trends, and materials to make the best new build homes.

Most people, whether they know it or not, have seen the end result of panelized construction: the unique homes and churches that spring up in their area.