Our Design Build Process
John Merrill Homes designs and builds unique and fully custom homes tailored to meet our customers’ goals, whether building new construction from the ground up or large scale renovations and additions to your existing home. Over years of experience designing and building custom homes in a wide range of styles and concepts, we have developed and refined a systematic process to help keep the project on a course toward successful completion.
Using our time-tested process, we can deliver the same quality workmanship and outstanding service to each customer and bring you to your end goal in the smoothest and most cost-efficient manner possible.
Our process ensures an open line of communication the entire way, resulting in your dream custom home being delivered on time and within budget. Learn more about our design build process below.
Consultation
- Listen to your goals to help formulate a solution
- Ask the right questions
- Establish a scope of the project
- Understand the budget
Design
- Site analysis: Review site for constructability, establish footprint maximums, create a rough fit of home (or home additions) on lot
- Draft preliminary plans: After understanding your goals, we can put pencil to paper to create a floor plan, exterior elevations, and site plan
- Write specifications: We specify all products and materials going into the home to create clarity
Present the Design
- Custom-designed home plans
- Specifications created around the customer's budget
- Site costs
Contract
- Floor plan
- Site plan
- Specifications
- Building agreement
Planning
- Structural engineering
- Systems engineering
- Final finish selections are made
- Obtain necessary permits and approvals
- Build a custom schedule for the home to execute efficiently
Construction
- Build per your approved plans and finishes
- Provide regular updates via BuilderTrend
- Maintain an open line of communication at all times (we encourage all communication, positive or negative)
- Quality control is ongoing; punch items are handled as they happen
- Maintain a clean and positive work environment on our job site to promote the highest quality from our vendor team
Present the Home
- Ensure the completed home is delivered on time
- Walk-through and inform you of the operations of the home
- Review the warranty process and expectations for the first year of new home ownership
- Celebrate with you for achieving your goals!
