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Home warranty is meant to cover defects, which typically means items that fail once you are in your home. It is very important that you understand your warranty early, before you need it. We recommend that you take the time to read your specific warranty policy in full to understand what is covered, understand what limitations and exclusions there are, and become familiar with your policies expiry dates. Home warranty is unique in the fact it has different coverages expiring at different times depending on when you take possession of your home.  

After we have a permit issued and a start date, new home and addition projects take anywhere from 6-12 months to substantial completion for typical sized moderately custom homes.  Larger and more custom new homes can take a bit longer.  Renovations will vary depending on the scope.  In all cases, there are milestones.  We progress through these in sequence.

1. Site work
2. Demo (renos)
3. Foundation
4. Framing
5. Trades
6. DIP (drywall, insulation, paint)
7. Finishing
8. Punch List

This question makes most contractors visably cringe.  This is not how projects are costed.  We can give you a wide, very wide, range based on recent projects but the reality is much more complicated. We strive to get you a ballpark range for your project before diving too deep into a costing exercise.  This saves time and effort on both sides.  

Costs change constantly and every project is unique so until it is costed in detail we cannot get an accurate budget for you.  Our approach is to try to ensure that you are able to get the home you want for your budget before we get too far down the road on costing.  We will be frank with you about at the very beginning of the process.

We have a rule of thumb for major renovations.  If you do an extensive renovation or addition, plan to stay for five years.  In this time you will get to enjoy your new spaces, the value of your home on the market will likely increase by 50%, you will have the chance to pay off the improvements, and the work will still be relatively modern for the market.  

Another factor with renovations is that you may love where you live but the home is just not quite working.  There are few homes that we cannot get into and improve upon.  If the lot is larger you have room to expand.  If it is a newer home we can possibly build up also.  

Costs for renovations always seem high at first glance.  It is costly to demo and tie a new space into an existing space.  However, if you spend time looking at homes on the market, you may find that you will be spending that additional money to get into the home that you need if it even exists.  New homes are getting more and more out of reach as costs continue to increase, good land is harder to find, and building codes make it more expensive to build.

For new constuction, we find that if you build and sell within 2-3 years, the home will fetch a premium on the market.  A home this age is still considered new. If it is built to a high quality with great design, the market will not have a comparable new home for sale without the buyer needing to build it from scratch, but they cannot build it for the cost you are selling it for if they can even get a great lot like yours.  So, form our experience, your custom new home will be worth what a new home will cost to build 2-3 years down the road.

One thing that we can tell you from experience, is that whether you are building or renovating, it can get a very exciting and rewarding experience.  We work with you to design something that you will love.  Most times this is a financial investment that will pay dividents when you sell your home, but the value of living better in a space you love while you are in the home is something people forget to consider.