Building a house offers you a unique opportunity to customize your home to suit your preferences and needs. You can choose desirable materials and colors. You can also select or modify a floor plan appropriate for your lot. 

There are several factors about your lot that could impact your building and design decisions. You must build on suitable soil to prevent your foundation from cracking. Inadequate design plans can also cause leaks, particularly if you build a home on a slope. Fortunately, professional builders' guidance can help you make the best design choices to ensure you have a secure home that utilizes a slope effectively.

Select a suitable hillside house plan

Consult building experts who create house plans for sloping blocks. These experts will have floor plans designed with sloped lots in mind. Drawing on their experience building homes on a range of different terrains, home construction companies with sloping lot experience will work to meet your needs without having your building costs increase substantially.

You may be able to take advantage of your slope to create a walk-out basement if the slope descends to your backyard. This can open up your lower level and make it easy to access. It also ensures your basement will receive more natural light.

Another option is to have the slope descend to your garage. Your garage can open to your lower level. You could have your main floor extend over your garage or have a garage top patio.

Customize your interior design

Although many people like having a large kitchen, people who don't often cook or have few square feet to work with may opt to build a galley kitchen or a small kitchen. When designing a small kitchen, you can install white cabinets to keep the space from appearing cramped. Alternatively, you can opt to install open shelves instead of upper cabinets. You could also opt to install recessed lights in your ceiling instead of pendant lights that consume headspace.

It's a good idea for small kitchens to feature neutral, light colors because they will make the space appear larger than it is. When you're picking a kitchen backsplash and countertop, you can add a pop of color. Building will give you the chance to choose between marble, granite, and butcher block to ensure your countertop material suits your needs. Even with a small kitchen, ensure your design provides enough counter space for food prep. Complement your design with stainless steel appliances.

Determine the best way to maximize your living space throughout your entire home. You could opt to add a focal point to your dining room or living room, such as a fireplace or bay windows.

Take steps to prevent flooding

Part of your home will likely be underground if you're building on a sloped lot. Take steps to ensure rooms below ground won't flood. Install a French drain. Also known as a weeping tile, French drains to remove water from the soil to prevent excess water from seeping into your basement.

It's also possible to build a home on a sloped lot and have the slope affect your yard instead of your home. In this case, you can benefit from hiring professional landscapers to customize your yard space to suit your personal needs. They may recommend a retaining wall to contain soil. This can be an effective way of ensuring your slope doesn't erode over time. You can also use retaining walls to build tiers into your yard. This is a way of transforming your slope into flat, usable spaces accessible by a staircase.

Sloped front yards could be converted into a garden space, featuring rocks and low maintenance plants or shrubs. With a customized front yard design, you can avoid the hassle of trying to mow a sloping lawn.

Professional home construction experts can help you develop a suitable hillside floor plan to ensure you can build the home of your dreams on a sloping lot. You can use color, design materials, and focal points to transform each room in your home. You can also ensure the slope won't cause your lower level to flood by investing in drains and professional landscaping.