Design Process

Building your dream home should be a wonderful experience. It’s amazing to see the progress of your home from start to finish. The first step in building a home is to find a builder who is personable, who you feel you can trust, who will build a high quality home, and who will always be there to answer questions along the way.

Casey Bros. Custom Homes knows that building a home is a big expense. While building a home can be fun and exciting it can also be intimidating and sometimes stressful. It is our goal to help make your experience exciting, enjoyable and less stressful.

Making the decision between your desires and cost can be stressful. We will help you get the appropriate information and pricing to help you decide on the finishes on your dream home that will have the best long term value.

Phase 1
Initial Meeting

During this phase, we get to know more about you, your family and your lifestyle needs. Tell us your hopes, ideas, and thoughts. Bring pictures,clippings, drawings, and your Houzz ideas and Pinterest boards.

We want your new home to exceed all of your expectations, so we take this time to ensure that we understand not only your budget, but all your needs and desires from a quality-of-life standpoint.

Phase 2
Initial Ideas and Planning

Once we have an idea of the type of home and the lot you are desiring, we define high-level specifications for the home, which drives a preliminary budget range.

During this phase, we continue to listen to your needs and desires. We determine the project scope with you and may share examples of homes and ideas that fit your desires to help define specifications and budget.

With the budget range established, it is a good time to check on financing. We have several lenders and will match you up with one to fit your needs.

Phase 3
Designing Plans

Our design process takes our customers from general ideas to a fully custom designed set of plans. We will work with our architects and designers to put together a set of plans that fits your property and your needs.

The design stage can start either from an existing plan or home you’ve seen or completely from scratch. We will work in stages from preliminary floor plan layout to custom exterior elevation design and finally a full construction set of plans. You will have complete design control, working hand and hand with Casey Bros. Custom Homes, our architects and designers.

If you have already acquired a full set of construction plans from a third-party architect or online resource, we are more than happy to work from that point. Depending on your current status of selections and specs, we will create a plan to allow us to work with you to obtain all the information needed.

Phase 4
Selections

We know from experience that these selections are critically important in making your custom home yours. Thus, we work with you to set up a selections schedule that will include a timetable for when certain selections are due.

One of our designers will help work through the selection process with you. In addition we have a strong relationship with our vendors and they are available to assist during the selection process and help make this time both fun and easy. You are never on your own during this process. We know that while exciting and fun,the selection process can sometimes be overwhelming without experienced help to guide you. As we are a custom builder, we work with you to pick out sections that meet your desires and budget. While our homebuyers have the option to pick any selections, we also know that not everything fits into their budget, so our experienced personnel work with you to find the “look” and “feel” within your budget.

Once the selections have been made, both the builder and client will date and sign the specifications sheet acknowledging that both parties are in agreement. As a custom builder, we know that selections can change during the construction process. When a final selection changes, we have a client sign a change order to ensure that both the builder and client are on the same page. The timeliness of these selections is imperative so that the construction process is not disrupted.

Phase 5
Approval and Pre-Start Activities

Once you approve the architectural plans and the selections, we will then be ready to finalize the contract price. The contract will include the specifications, time to complete the home and the contracted price.

There are several items that need to occur before construction can begin:

  • Ensure that financing for the project has been secured
  • Septic engineering and permitting (if applicable)
  • Acquire necessary building permits
  • Have design approval by Architectural Control Committee (if applicable)
  • Site meeting with your construction manager

Phase 6
Construction

Now that all the preliminary work is done, the excitement can begin.

Our construction team will meet with your prior to start to share the construction schedule, to ensure you have online access to our construction software, and to open communications to the team. Each of our homes has a dedicated project manager so you know exactly who is managing your home’s construction and who is working with you. Our team will be in constant communication with you throughout the construction process.

While selection changes after the start of construction usually cause time delays and/or additional expenses, we understand that with custom homes, often the homeowner will make some changes. All of this can be tracked within our online system so that you can request the change and approve the price and time changes. Casey Bros Custom Homes is dedicated to delivering your dream home with quality.

Phase 7
Welcome Home

We take great pride in our homes and want you and your family to be as proud of your new home as we are. Prior to completion of your home, we will perform a final walkthrough with you to ensure that the level of craftsmanship meets your expectations. Additionally, all of our homes come with a 2-10 warranty.

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