by Julie | Feb 27, 2024 | Articles, Budget+Financials, How to Control Costs, How to Navigate a New Way, The Home Building Process
To ensure that your money stays safe and the project moves along smoothly, it boils down to this: use a proper Schedule of Values when paying your builder. It’s a standard that residential developers swear by, but most homeowners often miss out on. In this...
by Julie | Feb 27, 2024 | Articles, Budget+Financials, Homeowner Mindset, How to Control Costs, How to Navigate a New Way, The Home Building Process
Here’s a look at the nuts and bolt of employing the Schedule of Values as a STRATEGY to control costs in your home building project. You’ll want to read The Only Way to Pay Your Builder for context and definitions, before the strategy training that this article...
by Julie | Feb 27, 2024 | Articles, Design-Selections+Specifications, Designing, Homeowner Mindset, The Home Building Process
One principle that underlies great design is that all the elements are consistent or congruent, which creates a cohesiveness to the total picture. This is not so much about symmetry but whether the elements are cohesive (unless there is a purposeful break to said...