Once you have decided on the site, design type and budget parameters of your custom home you can begin the drawings.
The architect uses your ideas and suggestions to come up with rough sketches of floor plans, levels, room placement and orientation on the site.
With this basic start the custom home builder can now guide the project toward plans that fall within your budget.
Working Drawings- Custom Homes
Once you have approved the preliminary drawings the architect can create the working drawings that will be used to make the blueprints.
They include details right down to the number of door knobs needed. Depending on the detail of the drawings there may be twenty pages.
Final Specs- Custom Homes
This part of the process outlines,in detail the finishes and features. The quality of the parts listed in the working drawing are detailed in the specifications from floor finishes to door handles.
You may also want to discuss the addition of soundproofing and extra insulation for specific rooms at this time. A music room or family room for instance may have extra soundproofing added to ceilings or walls.
Now is the time to make sure that you have absolutely no second thoughts about the plans before construction begins. Making any changes after the job begins can be very costly.
Something that appears to be a simple change in your eyes may in fact result in extra costs, time delays waiting for new materials and tearing out work already completed. The final specs handed to the custom home builder must be as accurate and complete as possible.