
Q: I have never experienced the building process with a custom home. What should I expect and what are the steps in designing a true custom home?
A: Our team of designers, mortgage providers and title company experts work together to effortlessly build our clients' dreams. As your builder, it is my job to make sure that throughout the process, things are happening as they should.
The 7 simple steps are as follows:
1. Each client will first meet with Scott Mock or Don Niemiec to discuss and determine the specifications, pricing and goals for each new home.
2. Once we have a conceptual overview, Scott assists each
client through the design process with one of our select designers.
Throughout this phase, specifications are continuously examined and modified with careful consideration to meeting budgets and specific client needs or design features.
3. Once plans are completed (usually 6-8 weeks), a construction agreement is finalized, complete with detailed specifications, blueprints and pricing.
4. We then follow each client's preferred course of financing and may refer them, if requested, to finance professionals we have
interviewed and feel have our clients best interests at heart.
5. Once financing is complete (usually 2 to 4 weeks) and the interim construction loan closes, the interior design and construction begins.
6. Following a detailed schedule of decision milestones, each client will meet with Scott and the design center to finalize all aspects of construction design including floor plug locations, plumbing fixtures, light fixtures, flooring selections, cabinet designs, countertop choices, fireplace mantle details, backsplash layouts, wall textures, paint colors, moulding schedules, brick/mortar/stone
combinations, and more!
7. Scott will then work hand in hand with his contractors and each client to ensure that design
specifications and goals are met and client's expectations are
exceeded during the actual construction of the home.