From First Conversation to Final Walkthrough — You'll Know What Comes Next.

We learn why you're building, what you want from your home, your property situation, budget expectations, timeline, and priorities.

We establish a realistic project budget and confirm financing, available cash/equity, lender requirements, and appropriate contingency before moving too far into design.

We evaluate zoning, setbacks, utilities, septic/sewer, site access, permitting requirements, surveys, restrictions, and potential site-cost concerns.

We develop the floor plan, exterior elevations, specifications, site considerations, and revisions — while continually comparing design decisions against the project budget.

We develop the detailed scope of work, gather trade/vendor pricing, establish allowances and selections, build the preliminary construction schedule, and review the estimated project cost with you.

Once scope, price, and expectations are aligned, we finalize the construction agreement, draw/payment schedule, change-order procedures, communication expectations, selections deadlines, permits, financing requirements, and preconstruction meeting.

Your home moves through major phases in sequence — with quality-control checks performed throughout construction.

You receive consistent project updates every week. Communication is a major part of our process — never an afterthought.

A simple, documented path for every change.

True Cost performs an internal quality-control walkthrough first. We then conduct the homeowner walkthrough, document punch-list items, assign corrections, and track them through completion.

Final inspections, Certificate of Occupancy, homeowner orientation, warranties/manuals, final accounting, keys, and project closeout.

Our relationship doesn't end when we hand over the keys. We check in on a set schedule.