Custom Home Building Process

DISTINCTIVE DESIGN + BUILD OF NORTH SHORE CUSTOM HOMES

Committed to A Seamless Architecture-Construction Process

The journey is just as important as the destination – and we love a good journey.
Our unified team of custom home architects and skilled builders will guide you through every decision needed to transform tracing paper sketches
into a home that will bring you a sense of joy and well-being every day.

PRE-DESIGN

We start one-on-one with you, looking at your design inspirations as well as reviewing your practical needs. From there, our custom home architects will visit your current home to understand your personal taste and determine the project’s final scope.

SCHEMATIC DESIGN

After the initial discussion, we create project concepts. Each unique solution includes site development to best capture views and light, and floor plan options to maximize sightlines and flow between rooms.

DESIGN DEVELOPMENT

We believe exteriors are as important as interiors so we’ll explore exterior proportion, roof lines and window locations as we refine the floor plans. Then we’ll visualize and tackle kitchen design, cabinetry selections, stone, tile, trim, plumbing and hardware.

CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS

Construction documents and project specifications are the culmination of our hard work and all of the design development decision-making. We use these documents to obtain a building permit so that construction of your home may begin.

CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION

We regularly meet at the job site with our construction team to answer any questions and address any concerns. With both design and build disciplines in-house we are able to anticipate and react in ways that expertly protect the budget and timeline.

Amy Mangold, Architect Scott Simpson Design + Build — Amy Berka

PRINCIPAL ARCHITECT

A single vision under a single contract with a lockstep workflow and a constant perspective of the “big picture” opens the door to:

cross-discipline insights that save money
concurrent productivity and advance information that save time
open-book information that solidifies expectations
focused expertise that promotes innovation and inspiration
higher responsibility that elevates standards

INTEGRATED TEAM OF ARCHITECTS AND BUILDERS

Offering design and build skills under one roof allows us to tackle the most challenging luxury home projects on the market. It is the best way we know to ensure your goals are supported by beautiful, realistic and cost-efficient design and construction plans – made even better with our three-year warranty.

Each home we design and build is completely custom. Our collaboration will bring the best of our 30+ years of expertise to a home that will specifically deliver on your family’s needs. And our design-build process will ensure it happens in the most efficient way possible. Learn more in our FAQs.