Building Your Dream Home at The Foresman Glenview
The Foresman Glenview is a highly-coveted residential development where buyers can choose from a selection of gorgeous lots and then build a custom home with their selected team. With a range of lot sizes and the flexibility to create a home tailored to your family, The Foresman offers a unique ability to build in a sought-after community.
About the SSDB Team
SSDB is a North Shore design-build firm that has been creating custom homes for more than 30 years. For buyers interested in building at The Foresman Glenview, SSDB is available to partner with homeowners as their design-build team, guiding the process from initial design conversations through construction. With architecture, design, and construction working together from the start, the team helps homeowners explore the possibilities of their lot and create a home that reflects their lifestyle, priorities, and vision for the future.
Starting with a Lot Versus Buying a Home
At some point during the initial decisionmaking process, many of our clients have considered buying a home instead of building one. Buying can often feel less daunting than building, and we completely understand that. However, we’ve found that building a custom home is the perfect option for clients who identify with any combination of the following:
- They are looking for a home that truly fits their lifestyle, rather than trying to make an existing floor plan work.
- They are ready to build for the long term and want to thoughtfully plan for how their needs may evolve over time.
- They are intentional about design and details, from the overall architecture to the finishes, materials, and millwork.
- They are confident in a location they love, but haven’t found the perfect home there.
- They are excited to create something that feels uniquely theirs with a team of experts.
Building from scratch allows you to achieve these goals in a way that’s unique and customizable to you and your family, and a gorgeous lot in Glenview is a fantastic place to start.
How the Lot Affects the Home
As a design build team, the lots our clients choose end up truly inspiring the process and design for their homes. On lots like those in The Foresman Glenview, generous 7,500 to 21,000 square feet sizing gives us plenty of potential and possibilities. From there, the shape, views, and topography of the lot impact how we think about home orientation, circulation, window placement, natural light, privacy, outdoor connections, landscaping, and interior/exterior material relationships.
Designing a Home Around the Way You Live
Designing a home based on your lifestyle looks different for every homeowner. For some, it might mean a spacious kitchen designed for hosting family and friends. For others it could mean a dedicated home office, a quiet space to unwind at the end of the day, or a first-floor primary suite that makes the home more comfortable over time.
The same thought process extends beyond individual rooms. How do you want to move through your home? Where do you naturally gather? Do you want your backyard to feel like an extension of your living space? Would you benefit from a flexible room that can evolve from a playroom to a home office or guest space over time?
From there, our team combines your family’s preferences with the guidelines of the lot to create a plan designed for you to enjoy for years to come.
Why Design-Build is Valuable When Building on a Lot
With custom homes, the design and construction are closely connected, which is why involving your builder early, rather than waiting until the plans are complete, can be incredibly valuable.
Design-build brings the homeowner, the architect, and the builder together from the beginning, which allows the team to consider the design, site, materials, and construction process together from the start. Early conversations with your builder and architect together can help you understand how the lot may influence the home’s footprint, orientation, outdoor spaces, and overall design.
Perhaps most importantly, early collaboration allows the homeowner’s goals to remain at the center of the process. As ideas evolve, the design and construction teams can work together to find thoughtful solutions that align with the vision for the home.
From a Lot to a Legacy
The Foresman Glenview presents a truly rare opportunity to select and purchase a gorgeous lot in a prime Glenview location. Glenview is one of Chicago’s most beautiful suburbs with gorgeous lake views and charming downtown shops and restaurants. Located within the nationally-recognized New Trier High School District, this is a fitting location for families who want the opportunity to live in a well-established North Shore suburb.
Once you have the perfect lot selected, every decision can be made with the property, your lifestyle, and your vision for your home in mind. The placement of the home, the flow between spaces, the connection to the outdoors, and the details that make a house feel personal all come together to create something that is uniquely yours.
For many homeowners, that is the unique appeal of building; instead of looking for a home that checks all of the boxes, you get to create the boxes that you want to check. At The Foresman, a lot can be the starting point for a home that becomes a legacy for generations to come.
Have questions about what building at The Foresman could look like with a design-build firm? Reach out to SSDB – we’d love to discuss your family’s vision together.