The Buy Direct Program
The Buy Direct Program
Not sure what you are looking for? Our only limitation is the breadth of our collective imagination. Our design team has experience that spans city/urban lots, traditional homes on suburban lots, and even off-grid builds utilizing solar power. Our talented team can design your dream home from scratch. These fully custom plans are developed through our collaborative design build approach. Be a part of the construction process. You set the goals, budgets, and design criteria. Our team will develop and manage the entire project from start to finish. We build the home, you supply the memories.
It all begins with the land, and at EcoCraft Homes we understand the power and emotion held in landscapes. We build each structure flexible enough to exist in tandem with its natural surroundings while also supplying your family with all the luxuries you desire. EcoCraft Homes offers the foremost sustainable modular construction method customized to fit your needs. From modern contemporary designs to more traditional styles, EcoCraft is the premier custom home builder you need. Whether you desire a luxury home build, or favor a more traditional design built on your own lot— our optimal and advanced construction techniques can usher a new home from your dream, to our factory, to reality. Do you own a property on which you are looking to build? Have you identified the type of property you are looking for? Do you have an accurate, digital, topographic survey to help us develop exact pricing?
Once you have a lot it is now time to schedule a remote or in person consultation. At this stage we will discuss your unique project goals and design aspirations. During the initial free consultation we aim to determine the feasibility of the project, as well as determining whether your project fits well within our design build process or whether it will require the use of a third party design professional. This is a great opportunity for you to ask our team questions about our home building style and construction process. We believe in developing strong open communication early on with clients and building long term relationships based on mutual respect.
Once we have established the goals of the projects it is time to enter into the pre-construction service phase of the agreement. The pre-construction agreement will outline the upfront consulting process in more detail, and it will provide the information needed for our team to issue you a fixed cost construction contract. Together we will review architectural styles, home size, options, and the overall project budget. From here we will begin our design process and work together to provide a proposal for services that closely maps the requirements of the project. After you sign the pre-construction agreement- based on the scope of work that has been outlined— we will begin the process of designing your home through our in house design build process. It is in this phase that we will begin to produce the construction documents. A typical retainer ranges between $5,000 and $15,000.
At this stage, we have all but completed the construction documents and we now have the core components needed to provide a fixed cost on the prefabricated building components. With a thorough understanding of what we are building, where it is being delivered, and how it is being constructed, we can now offer you a price with confidence knowing you will get everything you want and need to be completely satisfied with your new home. We will review the entire pricing proposal in detail so you can be clear on exactly what you are getting with our buy direct program.
If you plan on getting a loan for your home, you will now take all the construction documents and specifications to your lender. This process typically takes 4-10 weeks depending on the lender. We will clearly itemize our scope of the project any items you have specifically chosen to exclude. After our contract is signed and a down payment has been secured, we will schedule home production, and provide an estimated delivery timeline.
Having experience building in numerous states and municipalities we understand the intricacies and importance of providing thorough and complete permit document sets. Our team will handle all state approvals for the prefabricated components of the home. It will be on the customer or local GC to secure a building permit for the project.
Once construction starts the production and delivery process takes between 5 - 8 weeks depending upon the size and complexity of the project. Our team will coordinate the delivery and assembly of the building before handing over the project to your team for completion.
If you are working under our buy direct program, EcoCraft will provide construction administration services to answer local questions and ensure proper finish of the home. This may include reviewing shop drawings and submittals.
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