Seven phases.One team.
We run every project through the same seven phases, in the same order, whether it's a $50,000 powder room or a $2 million custom home. The phases exist because the failure modes are predictable.
Discovery
We meet — at your house, on a site, or in our Modesto office. We listen first: what's not working, what you've already tried, what the house should do for you in five years. A first conversation runs ninety minutes. About a third of the time, we're not the right fit, and we'll say so.
Design
Three sub-phases: concept, schematic, and design development. Every wall, every cabinet, every fixture located on a drawing — drawn from your life, not borrowed from a catalog. Eight to twenty weeks depending on scope. We don't skip it — most horror stories were designed during construction.
Selections
Tile, stone, plumbing, lighting, hardware, paint, appliances — the textures of how the house will live. Sequenced to match what the trades need first. Each selection comes with a budget number attached. If something is over budget, you see it in the moment, not on a change order three months later.
Pre-construction
Permits go in. Subs are scheduled. Long-lead items — cabinetry, stone, plumbing, appliances — are ordered. We map every dependency into a week-by-week schedule and walk you through it. This is also when we set the rules for site communication and decision authority.
Construction
One project manager and one superintendent for the duration — uninterrupted from demo through punch. A weekly written update with photos, a running cost log, and a look-ahead schedule. Every change priced before the work is done, not after. We've never finished a project with a surprise change order.
Punch list & closeout
Two weeks before substantial completion, we walk the project with you and build the punch list together. Every item dated. Every item resolved before keys change hands. At closeout you get a binder: warranties, manuals, paint colors, tile lot numbers, a list of every sub who touched the project.
Warranty & follow-up
A one-year workmanship warranty handled on a single follow-up trip at month eleven. We also check in at year two — the long memory of a project is where the relationship lives. Most of our work comes from clients we've already built for. The warranty is designed the way we'd want it.
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