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Building a new home is a large undertaking. If this is your first major project, here is an overview of the major steps in the process and some things that you need to expect along the way.

First, we will go over your plans with you and discuss changes you want and areas for potential cost savings. If you do not yet have plans, you can select from the sets we provide.
Next we provide you with a firm project cost, estimated schedule, and contract. This is naturally an important step as we define your project.
Then we start on the project. A building permit is obtained along with other permits that may be required for you driveway, water service, and sewer service. At first it will not seem like much is happening on your project - there is a lot of planning, scheduling, and ordering. Also we understand that you are excited and impatient to see progress. As soon as the foundation is completed and the framing starts then things start to happen quickly.
We meet with you regularly to select the type and style of materials to go into your house as they need to be ordered. This includes all the doors, windows, roofing, siding before construction starts, and all the walls, floors, finishes, cabinets, and fixtures later in the project. We estimate you will have about 120 decisions on materials or colors for your house. It is recommended that you have a 5-10% contingency fund for changes/upgrades that you will want to make during construction.
As each major item is completed, we will review it with you during a regularly scheduled project meeting. At these meetings we also review any schedule changes and costs/savings for changes you make during the project.
After construction, we review all your warrantee items with you, and discuss maintenance requirements. We also ask you to evaluate our work and let us know what we did that you liked most and where we can improve.