Committed to A Seamless Design Build 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.
Q + A TEAM MEETING
We will meet with you to talk through your ideas and weigh the opportunities of your lot, at no cost. Here, we’ll share our portfolio of experience and can take you through similar projects to help solidify concepts for your unique custom home. We will get realistic budgets, help you secure financing and prepare to formalize our understanding with a contract.
ARCHITECTURE + DESIGN
From your design inspirations and practical needs as a family, our architects will then design your home in collaborative steps: sketches, renderings, 3D floor plans and, finally, a design that makes sure the space is as harmonious as it is functional. More detail on the design process and our architects is here.
PERMITTING + SITE PREP
After obtaining a building permit based on the construction design documents we will prepare your lot for building and schedule all the trades that will support the process: foundation, framing, electrical, plumbing, A/C and heat, appliances, cabinetry, flooring, drywall, trim carpentry, tile, paint and landscaping.
INTERIORS + SELECTIONS
Our team will help you visualize the look of each space with our in-house expertise or your interior designers. We’ll guide you through selections to get materials like counters, light fixtures and appliances ordered in enough time for the construction schedule to begin. Here’s a video that explains this fun part of the process.
CONSTRUCTION + MOVE-IN
Our open-book expertise will be in full swing as we bring your home to life. We will manage each contributor, supervise inspections, oversee the supply chain, coordinate any change orders/design updates and meet with you regularly to answer any questions and address any budget or timeline concerns. And we’ll back it all with our three-year warranty.
Design Build Process Vision
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
Read more about the benefits of the design-build process.
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 a design-build process complete with an in-house team of architects and designers will ensure it happens in the most efficient way possible. Learn more in our FAQs.
Design Build Process Video Timeline:
Have a look Behind a Build
Architecture + Design
Lakefront Architecture
Deconstruction
Foundation Recycling
FAQs About the Design Build Process
Choosing a design build process allows for better communication, faster decision making, and a highly-cohesive, thoughtful finished product. Our team collaborates from day one, combining design creativity with construction expertise to deliver a home that meets your goals, budget, and timeline.
During our Q&A team meeting, we’ll discuss your ideas, evaluate your lot’s opportunities, and provide guidance on what budgets and financing will look like. This helps lay the foundation for a successful design build process. Not to mention – our team looks forward to getting to know you as a person!
We handle everything – all permitting, lot preparation, and scheduling of trades. From foundation and framing to plumbing, electrical, and HVAC, our integrated team ensures the process flows efficiently. Our clients find this to be the highly-advantageous part of working with a design build team.
By combining design and construction under one roof, the design-build process allows for cross-discipline insights, concurrent productivity, and open-book budgeting. This can reduce delays and result in cost savings for clients. For more detail – have a look at our long-form thoughts on the advantages of the design build process here.
Simply contact us to schedule a consultation. We’ll discuss your vision, review your lot, and explain how our design build process can bring your new luxury home to life.