The home construction process:

Your home is much more than a structure. It's that special place where you and your family live, that place where you are nurtured and seek refuge from the world. And so planning and building a home for you is a personal venture into the specific needs and wants for your family.

How does your family live? How do you enjoy and use your home? As we help you explore these and other questions, your thoughts and desires begin to take shape. From concept to design to construction and completion we work hand in hand with you in making your new home that special place of refuge and nurturing. What's involved? In broad terms, there are a number of stages to building your home. The following list of stages and items for each stage, will help you better understand the process.

Planning

• How large is your family?
• How many bedrooms?
• How many bathrooms?
• Single story or two story?
• Site and location considerations?
• Front Elevation?

Financing & Approval

• Final plans and finishing schedule
• Submission to a lender and qualification
• Submission to the subdivision architectural approval committee
• Appraisal and loan approval

Foundation

• Site preparation, clearing, engineering
• Permitting with governmental authority
• Forming of foundation
• Installation of plumbing and electrical slab components
• Pouring of foundation

Framing

• Construction of exterior and interior walls
• Roof
• Exterior windows and doors
• Rough in of mechanical (plumbing, electrical, Htg. and AC)
• Insulation (exterior walls)
• Brick and exterior siding

Preliminary Finishing

• Hang sheetrock (ie, drywall) tape and finish walls
• Install cabinets
• Install interior trim (crown mold, baseboard interior door units)
• Install ceramic and wood flooring
• Painting
• Marble vanities

Trim Out and Completion

• Form, grade and pour walks and drives
• Sod and landscape
• Mechanical trim outs (plumbing and electrical fixtures installed)
• Carpet and final floor installation
• Hardware installed on cabinets, doors, etc.
• Final house cleaning
• Utilities on
• Move in to your custom-built home