What it costs
Nobody can quote a house from a website, but you should be able to work out whether we are in your range before you spend an afternoon with us.
Working inside an existing structure
$180 – $260 per square foot
Our plans, adapted to your lot and your list
$310 – $420 per square foot
Your architect draws it, we build it
$450 and up per square foot
Ranges are for Sangamon County builds and cover construction only. Land, site services, landscaping and furnishings sit outside them. Your number comes from your lot and your drawings, and we give it to you in writing at stage two.
Why build with us
Most build stress comes from not knowing what is happening or what it will cost. We removed both by pricing everything up front and reporting every Friday.
Allowances are set at real supplier quotes, not lowball placeholders that blow up at selection time.
Framing, roofing and finish carpentry are ours. Only mechanical trades are subcontracted, and always to the same firms.
The contract carries a completion date with agreed damages if we miss it for reasons that are ours.
We come back before your warranty year is up and fix what has settled, whether or not you noticed it.
Before you call
If yours is not here, ask it on the phone. We would rather answer it now than have it turn into a change order in month five.
Ask us directlyPlan on four to six months for design, engineering and permits, then seven to eleven months on site depending on size and finish level. We give you a dated schedule before contract and update it every Friday.
Yes, and we will walk it with you before anything is signed. Setbacks, soil, drainage and utility runs decide more about the final cost than the floor plan does.
You get a written change order with the cost and the schedule impact before any work happens. Nothing gets built on a verbal, and nothing appears on the invoice that you have not signed.
We do. Drawings, engineering, submissions, fees and every inspection through to the certificate of occupancy are ours to chase. You sign the application, we do the queuing.
Your lender pays in draws as work completes rather than in one lump. We build the draw schedule into the contract, submit the inspection paperwork at each stage and hand over signed lien waivers from every trade before the money is released. We can introduce you to three local lenders who do this regularly.
Often. Bring us in during design development and we will price as the drawings evolve, so you find out what a detail costs while it is still cheap to change.
Tell us where you are up to and we will tell you honestly what it takes to build it.
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What actually drives the number on a custom home: lot work, framing, allowances, and the five decisions that move a budget most. Sent as a PDF, no follow-up call.
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