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Every area has influences that drive the local architecture. The local climate, both literally and economically, are the main driving forces. Tampa home architects must understand and respond to those forces.

With the individual client, economic forces can be boiled down to the client’s budget and design requirements.

Purchasing a home in a residential tract, generally speaking, saves on budget. A contractor doing a residential tract can send his contractors from site to site with very little ‘down time’. Since the subcontractor’s job from site to site is repetitive, he/ she can purchase materials in bulk, further saving on budget. Building completion is usually quicker than in the custom home for many of the same reasons. The ‘Florida style’ is arguably a result of more tract homes. Floor plans are often more ‘basic’ in tract homes. The entry ‘look’ very often is dominated by a raised, sometimes arched entry element and by garage doors. Foam surrounds highlight window areas and, as with some custom designs, stucco is the covering of choice. Stucco is a very versatile, climate appropriate enclosure material for both tract and custom homes in or near Tampa. A larger budget for design and construction usually translates into a custom design/ custom home.

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