Learn about the process for purchasing a Showcase Home with Allen Edwin Homes
Step 1: Purchase Agreement
You’ve made a great choice to build your dream home so let’s make sure we get all the paperwork handled right up front. An earnest money deposit …
Step 2: Loan Application
Allen Edwin Homes will work with your lender to ensure you receive a valid mortgage approval for your home. We strongly recommend using one of our preferred …
Step 3: Lot Transfer
In some areas, lot transfer may occur after Step 6. You will be notified by the AEH Closing team; however, Down Payment Deposit is still required,.
Step 4: Mortgage Approval
Your loan counselor will work with you to obtain a loan approval for your new home. In addition, they will provide you with information regarding how much you can spend to customize your home at the Design Studio. Get your …
Step 5: Final Mortgage Approval
Your lender will verify employment, credit score and bank statements. A timely response to your lender’s requests can equal a timely closing! You will be notified by …
Step 6: New Home Orientation
It’s time to get introduced to your new home. We think you’ll make a great …
Step 7: New Completion and Closing
Your dream home now becomes a reality. We have completed the finishing touches and your home has received the certificate of occupancy. Upon funding of your end …
Step 8: Customer Care and Warranty Service
What is a Showcase Home?
A Showcase Home is a new Allen Edwin home that is already under construction or complete. Many of the major decisions, such as the floorplan, homesite, structural features, and design selections, may already be finalized.
That gives you a clearer picture of the home before you move forward. You can review the layout, included features, construction stage, selected finishes, and remaining steps before closing.
A Showcase Home may be a good fit if you want:
- A new construction home with a clearer remaining timeline
- A specific home, homesite, and floorplan to review
- Included features and selected finishes already identified
- Fewer design decisions before closing
- A home that may be closer to completion
- Customer care and warranty support after closing
Why choose a Showcase Home?
A Showcase Home can simplify the new home buying process because the home is already moving forward.
Instead of starting before construction begins, you are choosing a home that has already been planned, started, or completed. This can make it easier to compare timing, price, location, floorplan, and included features.
The biggest benefit is clarity. You can see what has already been selected, understand where the home is in the construction process, and work through the remaining steps toward closing.
How purchasing a Showcase Home works
Review the home and included features
The process starts with selecting a Showcase Home and reviewing the included features. This may include the floorplan, homesite, exterior style, interior selections, construction stage, pricing, and expected steps to closing.
Because many selections may already be complete, you can make a more informed decision before signing the purchase agreement.
Sign the purchase agreement
Once you choose your Showcase Home, the purchase agreement outlines the home, included features, pricing, and next steps.
This is the point where the home buying process moves from research to action. Your Allen Edwin Homes team will help explain what happens next based on the home’s stage of construction.
Complete loan application and mortgage approval
After the purchase agreement, you will work with your lender on the loan application and mortgage approval process.
Your lender may request documentation related to income, credit, employment, bank statements, appraisal requirements, and other financing details. Responding quickly to lender requests can help keep the process moving.
Follow remaining construction steps
If the home is still under construction, the remaining construction steps will depend on the current stage of the home.
In some cases, a New Home Review may be scheduled with your Production Manager to review the remaining construction process and explain what to expect before closing.
Complete final mortgage approval
Before closing, your lender will complete final mortgage approval. This may include updated documentation and final verification before the loan is cleared to close.
This is an important step. Timely communication with your lender can help reduce avoidable delays.
Attend New Home Orientation
Before closing, you will attend your New Home Orientation. This is your introduction to the home, key systems, and important homeowner information.
New Home Orientation helps you understand the home before you receive the keys.
Close on your new home
Once final items are complete and your loan has funded, you receive the keys to your new Allen Edwin home.
Access customer care and warranty support
Support continues after closing. Allen Edwin Homes provides customer care and warranty resources for questions or eligible service needs.
Every Allen Edwin home includes a 10 year third party structural warranty.
Frequently Asked Questions
A Showcase Home is a new Allen Edwin home that is already under construction or complete. Many major decisions, such as the floorplan, homesite, structural features, and design selections, may already be finalized.
Personalization depends on the home’s construction stage.
Some Showcase Homes may still have limited selection opportunities available. Others may already have all finishes and features finalized. A Sales Counselor can help explain what is still available for a specific home before you make a decision.
If you want more selection options, building from the ground up may provide more flexibility. If you want fewer decisions and a clearer remaining timeline, a Showcase Home may be the better fit.
Allen Edwin Homes offers more than one way to buy a new home.
Building from the ground up starts earlier in the process and may give you more opportunity to make selections. A Showcase Home is already under construction or complete, which may create a shorter and more defined path to closing.
The right choice depends on what matters most to you.
If you want more opportunity to make selections, building from the ground up may be the better fit. If you want a specific home with many decisions already made, a Showcase Home may be the better option.
Personalization depends on the home’s construction stage.
Some Showcase Homes may still have limited selection opportunities available. Others may already have all finishes and features finalized. A Sales Counselor can help explain what is still available for a specific home before you make a decision.
If you want more selection options, building from the ground up may provide more flexibility. If you want fewer decisions and a clearer remaining timeline, a Showcase Home may be the better fit.
When you purchase a Showcase Home, Allen Edwin Homes helps guide you through the remaining steps from purchase agreement to closing.
You can expect practical information about the home, its construction stage, financing steps, New Home Orientation, closing, and warranty support after move in.
Allen Edwin Homes has built new homes across Michigan, Indiana, and Ohio for more than 30 years. Our process is designed to help you compare options, understand next steps, and move forward with more confidence.
- Review the home and included features
- Sign the purchase agreement
- Complete financing steps
- Follow remaining construction, if applicable
- Attend New Home Orientation
- Close and receive your keys
- Access customer care and warranty support
Not always. A Showcase Home may be complete, close to completion, or still under construction. A Move In Ready home is typically further along and may be ready for closing sooner, depending on availability and lender timing.
Purchasing a Showcase Home means choosing a home that is already under construction or complete. Building from the ground up starts earlier in the process and may offer more selection opportunities.
You can purchase an Allen Edwin Showcase Home with traditional mortgage financing instead of a separate construction loan. Your lender can explain the financing structure for the specific home you choose.
The floorplan for a Showcase Home has already been selected. You can review available Showcase Homes and compare floorplans, homesites, construction stages, pricing, and included features.
The homesite for a Showcase Home has already been selected. If choosing a specific homesite is important, building from the ground up may offer more opportunity to select from available homesites.
It depends on the home’s construction stage. Some Showcase Homes may still have limited design choices available, while others may already have selections finalized.
Tour availability depends on the home’s construction stage and safety requirements. Some Showcase Homes may be available to tour, while others may require a similar home, model, or floorplan preview.
After signing the purchase agreement, you move through loan application, mortgage approval, remaining construction steps if applicable, final mortgage approval, New Home Orientation, closing, and customer care support.
Mortgage approval is the lender’s review of your loan application and financial documentation. This step helps confirm whether your financing can move forward before closing.
Final mortgage approval happens closer to closing. Your lender may verify employment, credit, bank statements, and other required documentation before the loan is cleared to close.
If the home is still under construction, your team will explain the remaining construction steps. Depending on the stage, a New Home Review may be scheduled with your Production Manager.
A New Home Review is a meeting with your Production Manager to review the remaining construction process. It may be scheduled depending on the stage of construction.
New Home Orientation is your introduction to the completed home before closing. You will review key systems, important homeowner information, and details about the home before you receive the keys.
You receive the keys after closing is complete and your loan has funded.
Every Allen Edwin home includes a 10 year third party structural warranty. Customer care and warranty resources are also available after closing.
A Showcase Home may be a good fit if you want a new construction home with many decisions already made and a clearer remaining path to closing. If you want more opportunity to select finishes and structural options, building from the ground up may be a better fit.
Yes. Allen Edwin Homes builds new homes across Michigan, Indiana, and Ohio. Showcase Home availability varies by community, construction stage, floorplan, and timing.