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be your own builder

Welcome to our consulting service, which is designed to assist you in building your own custom home by acting as your own project manager.

You can build your own custom home by retaining our consulting services which are designed to help you from the conceptual stage of the project to the final levels of completion.

For a varying fee schedule, our service plans are available as follows.

PLAN 1:

Under this plan, we will provide you with a comprehensive roadmap of building your own home under your supervision. The services provided under PLAN 1 includes the following:

  • Review of your house plan,
  • Cost Estimate,
  • Budget Plans,
  • List of Sub Contractors,
  • List of Vendors,
  • Step by Step Roadmap outlining all the processes in sequential order necessary to complete the project,
  • Builders risk policy availability, and
  • Any other 3rd party compliance requirements.

CONSULTING FEES:

This is a fixed fee service and the fee ranges from 3% to 6% of the total cost of the project excluding the cost of land.

Pros and Cons :

Pros

Cons

PLAN 1 fee is relatively modest and saves you substantial sum of money.

Due to the nature of the home building project, there is lot of headaches and surprises associated with the project. By the time you finish building your house there is a good chance you will be required to interact with between 70 to 80 vendors and sub contractors (varying degree of professionalism) and each one of them will have their own sets of question or problems related to the project. In addition, there are compliance issues that must be addressed. This requires tremendous amount of time and patience not only during daytime but also during family hours. If you are a professional with a lot of responsibility with your existing career and value your family time, we do not recommend this service.

Comprehensive roadmap provides you with ample resources to manage this project.

If you have time and project management experience this service is most effective.

If you feel unto taking on a new challenge in your life then THIS IS THE WAY TO GO.

PLAN 2:

Under this plan, we provide you with a complete project management services on a turnkey basis. This plan encumbers all the services provided under plan 1 plus complete management of the project. No more day to day headaches of interfacing or solving any project related problems with sub contractors, material suppliers, day laborers, city officials, utility companies…You interface with us ONLY and we do the rest on your behalf. No third party interfacing required on your part. We keep you apprised of project progress and upcoming developments. We send you an updated cost to date project report, so you know how and where the money is being spent and allows you to compare with the budget. Under this plan, we take charge of the project from conceptual level to final completion levels thereby freeing you of all the day to day responsibility

CONSULTING FEES:

This is a variable fee service and the fee ranges from 15% to 20% of the total cost of the project excluding the cost of land.

Pros and Cons :

The pros and cons about selectingPLAN 2 are:

Pros

Cons

Projected savings between 15 to 20% over turnkey builder’s cost

Little pricier than PLAN 1 fees, but benefits tremendously outweigh the additional cost.

Peace of mind to know that the project is managed by professionals experts.

No more burden of interfacing with sub contractors, vendors, day laborers, city officials, insurance companies…

You know the quality of the workmanship is duly managed

You allocate and prioritize your time to your own needs and visit job site at your convenience.

Relax and see the progress being made while under construction


 

 
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