The process of building a custom home comes with a lot of steps! So far we’ve covered the following: Finding the Perfect Lot The Study Period Choosing Your Home Design Financing Your Custom Home Project Site Development Hiring Your Site Engineer Now that you have your site engineer working on the grading plan, it’s time to finalize your house plans.
August 5, 2014One of the first tasks you’ll have after your lot is secured and you’ve selected your home design is to hire a Site Engineer.
August 1, 2014Building a custom home isn’t all about designing that perfect kitchen and waiting to breathe in that new carpet smell.
July 28, 2014Money. This isn’t everyone’s favorite topic but when it comes to building a custom home, it is one of the most important conversations you will have.
July 10, 2014I don’t know about you but I LOVE looking at house plans. I can sit down with a set of plans and know within 30 seconds if I could live in it.
July 8, 2014The lot contract is ratified! Now what? Once the contract is ratified, I always go through the following steps before removing the study period contingency from the contract.
July 2, 2014Looking for the perfect lot? Finding good building lots in Northern Virginia is not easy. If you already own a lot or an older home you plan to tear down, that is great! If not and you need some assistance on what to look for, here is our process of finding lots.
June 30, 2014I thought it would be helpful to someone considering a custom home to have a resource (this blog) for the process from start to finish. Building 40-50 homes a year for our clients, NDI clearly knows how to build a house. What you may not know is that we also build 3-5 NDI spec houses each year, for which we source and buy the land, get the permits, design the house and then build. We go through what our clients go through and, in doing so, have acquired a ton of knowledge to share--which is the main reason for starting my blog.
June 6, 2014
