Building Process
Our Process
We believe in extensive and thoughtful advanced planning. Experience has show us this is key to completing projects on time and on budget. As a result, we go through multiple drafts when putting together a final budget. Each draft is reviewed with our clients during planning meetings. During these meetings, material choices and design elements are discussed and finalized. Our goal is to identify exactly what our clients want and how to best utilize their budget. We find that with people one size doesn't fit all. When estimators try to paint with too broad a brush, they get innacurate numbers. We aim to avoid that.
Your project will be overseen and directed personally by Jerry Swanson and Jordin Swanson. It's important for us to be present on our jobsites. We're not the sort of builders that drive by the job, look out the window, and call it a day. We step foot on site every day. We are never "too busy for our own jobs" because we limit the number of projects we take on. It's about quality not quantity with us.
Consultation
We don’t charge a fee for a consultation. In fact, we don’t get paid until we break ground on your house. We put together a preliminary cost estimate based off what you want. We also help you find a lot if you don’t already have one selected. After that, we sign a contract, collect an initial deposit, then begin designing the final set of plans with our preferred architect. If you end up not building the house, we return the deposit minus the cost to produce the plans.
Construction Begins
Once construction begins, you will get draws to pay based off how far along the project is. We aim to be as transparent as possible. As a result, we submit every bill to our clients, so they can see where every penny is going. Additionally, we pass along to our clients every discount we get from our suppliers.
We reserve the right to charge additional fees for change orders if they add time and money to the project. However, we don’t like to charge extra money for our time. We only charge for our time if a good amount of time or difficulty is added to the project. This must be agreed to in writing to avoid miscommunication.
