NEW CUSTOM HOMES

Pink Boots Custom Builders & Renovators’ process is an important and efficient new home building method for the construction of your new custom ‘one of a kind’ home. This process starts when you engage us as your contractor and adviser to facilitate both the architectural design and the new custom home construction. As a comprehensive procedure, this method includes new custom home design, assistance in the financing package (if required), construction budget development, product selections and the construction of your new custom home project. If you already have your plans drawn and Council approved, you can also engage us just for the construction of your new custom home.

 

Benefits of Custom Design & Build Process to the Owner

 

• The builder is accountable for an effective collaborating design team

• The builder is accountable to the owner for keeping the design budget friendly

• The project will result in fewer design errors and omissions due to collaboration

• The project design phase results in less time to complete home building goals

• Provides the owner a professional adviser through the entire home building experience

• Will produce lower overall design cost and while creating more project continuity

• Often results in an overall lower total construction price due to value engineering

• Results in an earlier project completion of your new custom home

 

 

INITIAL CONSULTATION

 

The best time to engage your custom home builder is before you have made any major obligations and after you have decided that you are committed to building your new home. Your builder can be a major contributor in facilitating your entire project, providing due diligence in lot selection, developing the preliminary budget, managing and contributing to the design process, finalizing the construction budget, assisting in securing a financing package and building your new custom home.

 

By engaging Pink Boots Custom Builders early in the process you can avoid unwanted surprises and setbacks in the home building process. The early advantages are directly related to your builder’s knowledge and experience contributing to your selection of design best suited to your site. Pink Boots Custom Builders will review the title restrictions for design compliance, review the property survey for easements and setback limitations and assist in developing a financial feasibility study for your overall new custom home budget.

 

The early concept design discussions will contribute to the builders and owners ability to openly discuss how the owners’ preferred architectural style will fit with the block of land and neighbouring home styles. As these discussions and relationship develop, the home builders can better evaluate a potential fit for the design architect in the team. This is also a good period for the owners to collect design details and features that are priorities for them to incorporate into their custom design.

 

The real value in the design & build custom home process for the owner is to have the appropriate time to directly work with the builder to establish a trusting relationship. The owners will be spending a great deal of time with their builder and should have a comfortable working relationship with him/her. The second most important value to the owner is the financial accountability that the builder has to the owner throughout this method. As the design phases evolve, your builder is updating the construction budget, so by the end of the design phase the owner has a high confidence construction budget to build their new home. An additional benefit for the owner is their ability in moving forward free of concerns about design errors or omissions leading to costly variations. This process also eliminates the risk of designing a new home with an architect that ends up costing 25% above their initial budget.

 

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DESIGN & BUILD TEAM

 

The design & build process begins with the assembling of a professional team of experts. Your builder will arrange for the designer / architect and engineer to create plans with your participation. The scope of work for the project will dictate the service needs of the required licensed professionals to fulfill the project goals. Depending on the needs of the owners, the team may also include an interior designer and/or a landscape architect. Once these service professionals are selected, Pink Boots Custom Builders will enter into design agreements with all the design team members.

 

It is the responsibility of the design team to provide all the design goals, timelines and priorities. These goals include conceptual drawings that reflect the ideas, photos and expressed wish list items of the new home’s design features. The Pink Boots Custom Builders’ responsibility is to provide the leadership necessary to accomplish the goals of the design team in a timely manner and to communicate updating cost information that can critically effect the construction budget goals.

 

The primary goal of the design process is to develop detailed construction drawings that reflect the construction standards and owners’ specification preferences. These drawings should incorporate the dimensions and appropriate spacing for special product conditions, such as the required need of finished floor levels prior to building a set of stairs. (Not making the appropriate measurement adjustments can lead to uneven steps). The product selections may not be entirely selected by the time the construction drawings are ready for Council application. In these cases your builder should be able to provide you with a selection allowance schedule that reflects the class and category of the products that represent your wishes.

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CUSTOM HOME CONSTRUCTION PHASE

 

At this phase of the Design & Build process, the construction plans are complete and ready for Council application, a construction schedule has been completed and the construction budget is accepted by the owner. Depending on the flow of the design phase, the plans have been submitted for approval and long lead time items ordered.

 

It is essential in a project that the critical path product / materials be ordered or delivered wary of the construction schedule. It is in no one’s interest for significant schedule interruptions during the construction. This leads to another important point, although there are complete construction plans at this point, shop drawings may be required for special products being fabricated off site and installed on site. These tasks should be completed early in the construction schedule.

Although we make all efforts to reduce the need for variations, construction is an industry which is installed and interpreted by humans. This is why you as the owner want your builder to closely supervise and monitor all the onsite activities. It is a priority of a well managed project to be carefully scheduled and synchronized including the coordination of critical path material/products deliveries with corresponding work task phases. The handling and coordination of expensive materials and products can impact the overall cost and schedule of the project.

 

 

POST CONSTRUCTION AND WARRANTY PHASE

 

The homeowners are often eager to begin enjoying their newly built home at this point. The entire design & build process has taken somewhere from 12 to 24 months and the owners dream is finally within reach. It is in everyone’s interest to properly complete the process including post construction check list and final compliance inspections to insure the safe and comfortable use of your new home. This also reduces stress and confusion on the owner to continue to make arrangements for workman completing items. It is important to allow the trades to complete their detailed final finishing touches free of the possibility of damaging the owners personal items.

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Pink Boots Custom Builders offers a comprehensive 1/2/6  warranty program secured and underwritten by a Home Owners Warranty policy for newly constructed homes. Our program represents one year maintenance warranty on cosmetic home items, up to two years warranty on mechanical and electrical equipment (subject to Manufacturer’s Warranty) and six years of structural warranty.

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