Location
It all starts with the first call. Maybe you have purchased a house you want to tear down and rebuild. Maybe you don’t know yet where it will be, but you have a dream house in mind. Or maybe you already even have an architect on board and just need someone to actually build it. No matter. We are ready to guide you through the process. Once we have the perfect location, the real fun begins.
Financing
The financial aspect of building your dream home has the potential to be the most overwhelming aspect of the whole process. Fortunately, we aren’t afraid of a challenge and are ready to put the time in to help you overcome any hurdles that stand in your way. Because we have established working relationships with local banks, like Umpqua Bank, we can sometimes even help you secure the funds to make your dream home a reality.
Process
Before you hire a builder...
The first step is to sit down together and determine what you are looking for. Even before you've hired us -- If you have a location, we will go and scout the site free of charge, and discuss with you the possibilities and potential restrictions for the site based on its location. That includes everything from zoning and environmentally sensitive areas to neighbors and space limitations and more. We can help you take everything into consideration, to make a realistic assessment of the feasibility of the site.
If you're still selecting a builder, we'd be happy to take you out on tours of our current, in-process homes as well as finished homes so you can begin to get a feel for what you're looking for. Everything we do throughout the process will build your confidence in taking on the challenge of building your dream home.
Budgets
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We then discuss the price of the project openly and honestly. We embrace a culture of full disclosure – and will work with you to separately evaluate the price per square foot, the separate cost of labor, and the cost of specific finishing details. Every aspect of your budget is broken out to help you make an educated decision about the kind of home you're building and be confident it will fit within your budget.
Why do we break down every item in the budget? It's to help guide you toward your desired price point by providing you with every possible option, everything from economical choices to luxury items. Refining your budget and wish list really is an iterative and collaborative process and we'll stick with you and your financial institution for as long as it takes to get it right.
Pre-Construction
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Once you decide that the project will move forward, the real fun begins. At the kickoff of the pre-construction process, we will walk you through every single stage of the project, item by item, to ensure that everyone is on the same page.By this time we have truly gotten to know you as a client. We have learned what you love, and what you care the most about. Our goal is to design and build a home that reflects your personality. A home where every single square inch reflects exactly what you want. It is in this context that we feel we give a whole new meaning to the idea of a custom home. This is truly meant to be for you.
When you build a brand new home, you get to work from a clean slate and you end up with a home that is exactly everything you dreamed it would be.
We understand that this is a fragile process. We know how to be here for you. We have the experience and our role is to help facilitate and provide leadership throughout a complicated process.
Construction
Once the city or county signs off on the plans, the construction begins. We assign a project manager and superintendent to lead your project. They will keep you apprised of everything happening in your home. We schedule weekly meetings with every homeowner to check in throughout your project. You will receive reports from your project manager each week to review what has been done and what is up next in the process. This is helpful not only to you but for us to stay on top of all potential changes and help make key decisions throughout the process. Every month you will receive a budget update to inform you of the current overall cost and help keep everything on track through the very last day of construction.