Building Process for New Home Construction
- Select your floor plan
- Select a building site
- Select your lender for construction and permanent financing
- Redline meeting with builder to review and sign blueprints
- Receive loan approval and appraisal
- Lot surveyed and staked indicating excavation lines
- Receive plot plan and survey
- Excavation of basement/foundation
- Pouring of footings, stem walls, foundation walls
- Sewer lines and drain tiles placed; basement floors poured
- Framing and roofing
- Windows and doors installed
- Siding and bricking
- Mechanical system rough-ins completed: HVAC, plumbing and electrical
- Walk-through with builder to make sure mechanicals are located where desired
- Sheetrock installed, mudded and taped; ceilings blown
- Driveway and flat work poured
- Back fill and rough grade work completed
- Cabinetry and trim installed
- Wood floors installed, sanded and stained
- Trim painted and/or stained
- Walls painted
- Tile flooring installed
- Countertop materials are installed
- Plumbing fixtures installed; HVAC system completed
- Lighting fixtures installed and electrical work finished
- Details completed: mirror installation, plumbing faucets, door and cabinet hardware, etc.
- Carpeting and vinyl flooring (if used) laid
- Construction grading of lot completed
- Lawn and landscaping installed (if included in building agreement)
- Buyer does a “punch list” walkthrough and notifies builder of details that need to be completed
- Builder details and cleans the home
- Buyer does a “final” walkthrough to give final approval
- Closing – We pass the keys...Welcome Home!