Save Money and Time with Experienced Lexington Home Builders

Building a new house is an exciting endeavor! After all, the thought of new construction opens abounding doors to create a custom home – made just for you. The thrilling opportunity of building this dream home comes with many possibilities and options. These possibilities and options require decisions. Lots of decisions. Often, these decisions require experience and expertise. If you’re searching for Lexington home builders to help provide that, you’ve found your solution!

Clear-Cut Building has decades of experience in residential and commercial construction projects. Included in that experience are custom homes, Airbnb Rental Homes, free-standing commercial buildings and more. With that expertise, we will guide you through every step of the construction of your dream home. From the planning stage to overseeing craftmanship, we aid you with your house plan project from start to finish. Furthermore, with our guidance, you no longer require a general contractor! We take you through the process and assist you at each step, so that your savings can be put to better use.

10 Steps to Building a New Home

Speaking of helping you with every step, it’s important to be aware of the construction process in general. Let’s go over that a bit and then explore how Clear-Cut Building assists you in your new construction.

1. Land the Land! Obviously, you need a place to build the home you dream about. The Lexington area and beyond have fantastic spots for new construction. As you search for land, think about the size of your floor plan and consider your overall house plan in general. Finding a spot that fits the square footage best is imperative. Moreover, this is an essential step to finding the perfect community or acreage.
2. Take a Grand Tour of Homes. You can do this step before or after you find land. Taking the time to tour Lexington homes or others in your area is a great way to spark ideas for your custom home. If you’re not comfortable with taking a physical grand tour, consider browsing some model homes online. A local home builders association may provide a virtual tour for their community to view what each home builder offers in your area. Additionally, feel free to peek at our Inspiration Gallery for ideas.
3. Compile a List. As you view home design, create a list of your favorite aspects of each home. Perhaps, you really like a great room in one house, but fancy the bath of another. Browsing through remodeling ideas helps compile your list as well. Since you’re sorting through tons of ideas, being organized in the first place is imperative. In fact, viewing homes online makes this step even easier. Simply create folders in your browser to save links of your favorite aspects of each house that you see.
4. Develop Your Design. Once you have an idea of the features you prefer, it’s time to create your floor plan. Often, people use an architect or home builder to develop their house plan. A professional understands what will and won’t work structurally and can grasp where peripherals need to be such as plumbing and electrical connections. They know where it makes sense to put a laundry room or how to design the master bath that you dream of lounging in.
5. Find a Custom Home Builder. Depending on how involved you wish to be in the design process, you need to find a custom home builder willing to work within your parameters. Many can help with several of the steps above. Ultimately, this step is critical because the design of your house is in their hands.
6. Locate Subcontractors. Next, you need to address those pesky details of plumbing, electricity, HVAC and the like. A contractor will handle these details for you but it comes at a price. In fact, the price can be as high as 28% of your home’s value. However, don’t fret yet at that costly figure. Our team at Clear-Cut Building can help you cut that cost considerably!
7. Negotiate and…Negotiate. This is another time-consuming task to conquer. Once you find subcontractors, you must negotiate their costs. Plus, you need to negotiate nearly everything that you incorporate into building your home. Flooring, paint, fixtures, the exterior, the roof…the list seems endless. Again, don’t worry over this yet. We have answers to help you with this as well!
8. Set Up a Schedule. Once you get into the actual building process, you will need to schedule each subcontractor as your house grows. It would be fabulous if everyone could just show up at once and do their stuff. Unfortunately, it doesn’t work that way. Therefore, you need to keep the schedule tight and clear with all parties involved.
9. Obtain Licensing. Similarly, you need inspections of each installation, permits and licensing to gain permission to continue your construction. This step requires knowledge of permits needed and the means to access local regulatory departments that will perform required inspections. Without each permit checked off the list at the appropriate time, you cannot continue building your house.
10. Close Out Your Final Project. This is where you get to take a breath. A short one. At this point, it’s time to look over the finished product, your dream home. As you close construction, you will need to walk through and make a punch list. This list specifies the items that each contractor needs to adjust, fix or change. Once you sign off on this list and make appropriate final payments, the home is yours! Then, you may breathe a resounding sigh of relief!

If most of the steps on this list seem overwhelming, we get it. It’s a lot to think about and do. Precisely, that is why we are here. It IS what we do. We fill in the spaces where you don’t feel comfortable with your expertise. With intrinsic knowledge of each of these steps, we help Lexington home builders ensure that each task is done correctly!

What Do New Home Builders Do?

A general contractor does the lion’s share of many of the steps above. As mentioned, they deal with subcontractors and permits, scheduling and obtaining materials and keep your project in motion. Also as mentioned, this work comes at a steep price. Their time is not free. For instance, if you’re building a $350,000 house, the average builder’s profit margin could be $66,500.

Now, you’re likely wondering what if there were a way to save a little money on that cost? A portion of that $66,000 could go a very long way in upgrades, additional square footage or as a little equity in your property. The good news is that Clear-Cut has found a way to help you keep the majority of that expense, while they take on a huge share of those pesky tasks. Depending on your home size and features, we can help you save 25% or more on your dream home.

How Clear-Cut Helps Lexington Home Builders

Building a home is a lot like putting a puzzle together. All of the pieces need to not only be available; they need to properly fit. To help you make them fit, we incorporate 3 easy steps.

First, our experienced team reviews your plans and the feasibility based on your land choice. As Lexington home builders, we are very familiar with the Piedmont Triad area. Then, we go over material selections and overall design. With this information, we assess your budget and financing to ensure all pieces of this grand puzzle fit properly into place. During our plan review, we offer input on design and material choices, while we consider how each aspect impacts your budget and overall schedule. Our expertise saves you valuable time and money as it alleviates changes during the construction process.

Second, we prepare cost estimates based on decisions made during your review stage. At this point, we provide input on your material suppliers and subcontractor choices. With our vast knowledge of Lexington and Triad area vendors, we help you determine which one is best. Whether you select one we know or you have a new one, we will help you evaluate companies that are appropriate for you. This step can help you save on the typical general contractor markups and allow you to get the upgrades you desire. Often, it allows our clients to reach perks they thought were beyond their budget altogether.

Third, we provide direction and suggestions for permitting, scheduling, quality assurance and supplier/subcontractor relationships. This is an ongoing service as your construction evolves. We physically visit your site and keep communication open with all parties to keep things moving and heading in the right direction.

Why Should You Choose Clear-Cut Building?

In addition to saving you time, we have other ways to make this experience profitable for you. Our focus on details makes all the difference in a build’s success. We achieve this success by finding the opportunities for savings and efficiencies in the planning stage, not once construction has started. These saving opportunities translate into extra dollars in your pocket or the upgrades that you would like in your new home.

Moreover, we love what we do and love sharing our experience to make your build an enjoyable and profitable experience for you. We pride ourselves on our customers’ successes and empowering you with the ability to take control of one of life’s biggest investments, your home.

Our Clients Say It Best!

Furthermore, it helps to hear from the experts on us, our clients! Consider these kind words from Jeff and Stephanie:

“Clear-Cut Building has been an absolute pleasure to work with and allowed my wife and I to save money when building our dream home. We went to several builders to get quotes and each one had been more expensive for the same layout and finishes. Clear-Cut’s “build it yourself” process allowed us to save builder costs so that we could afford the finishes that we truly wanted. They helped us every step of the way and made the process very easy for us. With the luxury of using any subcontractor that we chose, plus the recommendations Greg gave us, made us feel comfortable using prior connections we already had. If I had to build another home, without doubt, I would build with Clear-Cut again. The transparency and knowledge they had made this an enjoyable process for the family.”

Saving Grace K9s Team also had some supportive words to share:

“We were extremely satisfied with every step of the building process. Greg genuinely cares about quality, timeliness and results. He kept us informed and we were never left wondering what was going on with the project. We highly recommend Clear-Cut Building.”

We truly appreciate the support of our loyal clients!

Meet with Us Today!

To get you started, we offer a no-pressure consultation to review your home plan or the concept you have for your new home.

We will cover the following topics:

• The building process
• Subcontractor selection
• Material selection and options
• Home financing options
• Typical timelines
• Costs and time commitments

After our meeting, if you feel we are a great fit, we will prepare a formal proposal for your review. Upon acceptance, we will proceed in getting your dream home project underway!

Today, schedule an initial plan or concept review with us and see why we are one of the most exciting options in the Triad for new-home construction. Give us a call at 336-793-6962.

We look forward to building better together!