The Strait Gate Homes Design Process

DESIGN | BUILD PROCESS

Our Approach to Building Custom Homes

Our passion is to design and build your ideal home. The Strait Gate Home Building Process ensures your experience is never intimidating or overly complex. We are committed to guiding you through every step of the process in a way that makes sense to you and nurtures your vision. Our team-centered approach encourages open communication, ensuring satisfaction and success before, during, and after the construction of your Strait Gate Home.

The entire Strait Gate Team is invested in learning what you envision your new custom-home to be. We balance our experience and creativity with your vision and offer guidance to safeguard your peace of mind and satisfaction, honoring your deep investment of time and money. We are a proactive home-builder and we will keep you informed through every step of our process. You can count on up-to-date, accurate communication regarding your home’s progress, including weekly phone calls, e-mails, and face-to-face meetings. We make sure your custom building experience is smooth and enjoyable.

We take pride in making sure we’re always available to answer any questions or concerns you may have at every step of the process.

Points to Consider for Your Building Lot

and At Strait Gate Homes we go out and walk the home site with you. We carefully consider everything from tree clearing, sun orientation, topography etc. We help you understand how your home design will work with the characteristics of your lot.

We help you understand the hard costs such as purchase price, utilities, property taxes, topography and associated building costs, architectural restrictions and subdivision related costs. We also look at the “intangible” lot costs such as the view, location, schools, amenities, etc. By analyzing the costs associated with a lot we are able to present a realistic estimate on the true costs of building on a given site.

Oftentimes, a lot that may be less expensive, can be significantly more due to additional foundation costs caused by the topography (rise or fall of lot), septic issues on larger plots. By performing a lot analysis we are usually able to save our clients many thousands of dollars, and help them find a site that is best suited to their home design and lifestyle.

The combined years of experience Strait Gate Homes brings to the process of choosing a lot is so beneficial and critical to the overall success of the construction of your new home.  We have encountered underground springs, home sites that years of silt from waterways required almost 10 foot deep footers, organic fill, and the list goes on with clients who chose their lots without consulting Strait Gate in the beginning. Many times, these situations can be prevented by having a proactive home builder like Strait Gate Homes that considers these variables up front and educates their clients.

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