Step One: The first meeting
is an opportunity to get to know each other and talk about the many
issues of designing and building a custom home. Not everyone is
familiar with the process so we try to remove any questions up
front. We cover topics such as lot selection, house plan selection
from a plan service or starting from scratch, financing of the
construction process and construction contracts. The conversation
usually moves into more detail about the home, especially if you
have plan book pictures, which are always helpful. More talk about
room sizes, master suites, kids rooms and ages, home offices,
covered decks, room to store junk! The design brain kicks in and
develops a dialogue that begins to bring order to the arrangement of
rooms and space. We ask questions about your "wish list" that allows
us to get an even better understanding of your idea of the perfect
home.
Design Fee deposit due
at this time.
Step Two: We will provide
you with a Preliminary or Review Floor plan drawn to scale, which
will show room layout and sizes, kitchen and bath layout, decks,
porches and garage. From the Review Plan we can begin to record more
details about your home that will become part of the Specifications.
Specifications are the written description of materials to be used
in your home, many of which you will have choices as to brand,
model, color, design etc. In addition to the "Specs", we will use
$
allowances to establish cost budgets for certain items in the home
that will be selected by you during the construction process. This
is the best time to begin "budget shopping" for allowance items.
Step Three: Our next
meeting will be scheduled after you have had an opportunity to
thoroughly critique the Review Plans at which time we make any
changes or modifications necessary to the plans or specifications.
Once the floor plan is finalized & approved, the elevations can be
created showing views of the home from all sides.
Second Payment
design Fee is due.
Step Four: With the
approval of floor plans and elevations, Wasco Builders will prepare
a detailed job cost using your allowances and specific material
selections. All of this information will be combined into
Construction Contract Documents for your review.
Step Five: Working drawings
are finalized and ready to go through the City building dept
permitting process. At this time the final budget for the house is
put together. If there is no significant changes during the final
approval from the City and County, the Construction budget is
approved and construction is to begin.
Step One: The first meeting
is an opportunity to get to know each other and talk about the many
issues of designing and building a custom home. Not everyone is
familiar with the process so we try to remove any questions up
front. We cover topics such as lot selection, house plan selection
from a plan service or starting from scratch, financing of the
construction process and construction contracts. The conversation
usually moves into more detail about the home, especially if you
have plan book pictures, which are always helpful. More talk about
room sizes, master suites, kids rooms and ages, home offices,
covered decks, room to store junk! The design brain kicks in and
develops a dialogue that begins to bring order to the arrangement of
rooms and space. We ask questions about your "wish list" that allows
us to get an even better understanding of your idea of the perfect
home. 
