So you’re planning your new custom home and you have found all of these wonderful ideas and designs that are going to be put together for a beautiful finish. You see other product materials in stores for much higher costs than what you’re after, so you must have modest tastes. With this association and the average price per square foot numbers you hear on TV, you decide to start drafting your new custom home with a professional.

You are enjoying this exciting process all the way through, and between the two of you, there is a great set of plans ready for construction. So off to talk to the builder, ready to break ground, and the reality of your budgeted build hits. Although some people have anticipated properly, this situation happens a lot.

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I can’t stress enough the importance of starting the exploration of your build within a budget. We’re not talking about a rock solid type of price, but an intelligently estimated and thought-out budget. We all have big dreams, but we also all have limitations too. By looking at the costs before beginning to draw plans, a builder will have some insight into the personal goals you are wanting to achieve.

The biggest factors are square footage or footprint and quality of finishing and design. Knowing how to alter the cost factors of your build can be fairly easy with the right process.

Our transparent budgets start right away in the estimating stage. This allows the opportunity for the give and take relationship of your wants and needs of the build.

The last thing you want to do is the typical process I described at first – spend $3000 on plans that are out of your budget, and then proceed with them anyway to stay on schedule and not have to redraw, then sacrifice all quality to your finishes, and put yourself in financial burden. I promise you that this will be an unforgettably frustrating point of your life, and in no way turn out the way you hoped.

The suggested route of designing and estimating is this:

1. Do your homework and compile as many ideas as you can before you ever start
2. Speak with a builder and put together a budget based on these ideas with square feet in mind
3. Start drafting with some line drawings and exterior elevations with a professional
4. Back to the builder to make sure your budget is relevant or alter either as needed.
4. Finish Drawings and get fixed price quotes in relation to the products you will be using
6. Finish your build on budget as expected and have enjoyed the experience

If it seems simple – that’s because it is, but it’s important!!! The “Key” step here is #4. If you don’t reflect back at this point, your excitement may lead you again down that wrong path. Trust and rely on the right builder from the very beginning in order to have a great ending!