by Julie | Feb 17, 2025 | Articles
How Floor Plans Can PREVENT Mistakes When house plans are drawn to the homeowner’s actual selections, then mistakes are prevented. That sentence may not make sense to you. Aren’t house plans drawn based on what the owner wants anyway? During discussions and plan...
by Julie | Jan 8, 2025 | Articles, Contracts-all, Cost Controls, FeaturedHome3
The typical home building process is broken in many ways, from the homeowner’s perspective. The broken parts of the process cause stress and issues for owners going through a custom home build. In this article, I’d like to bring to your attention 2 areas (of many)...
by Julie | Dec 27, 2024 | Articles, Design, FeaturedHome2
Perhaps I should say: What a homeowner truly wants for their kitchen layout should drive the design decisions for the entire house. The kitchen is the heart of the house and should be treated as such during design. Meaning, it comes first. Find out what you really...
by Julie | Mar 27, 2024 | Articles, Contracts-all, Cost Controls
Allowances are the #1 key to control costs when used the right way. Notice that I did not say reduce costs or manage a budget? The reason is that allowances are a strategy to employ, not just a list of items with a price. When used the right way, the owner can...
by Julie | Feb 27, 2024 | Articles, Contracts-all, Cost Controls, Home Build Process
To ensure that your money stays safe and the project moves along smoothly boils down to this: use a proper Schedule of Values when paying your builder. It’s a standard that investors and residential developers swear by, but homeowners often miss out on. In this...
