From drawing up initial plans to handing you your keys after making the finishing touches, our new home design and build contractors will be with you every step of the way as you create your dream home in Columbia.
Working with our team for your new home design and build in Columbia will give you access to experienced professionals who can oversee and handle virtually all aspects of construction. This helps ensure smooth, efficient new home builds generally finishing within a year with the timeline depending on the size and scope of the project.
On average, our crawl spaces or raised slab homes take 7 months to complete from the time of permit. Most homes with a basement take about 10 to 11 months to complete from the time of permit. Sometimes we have more complex homes that take longer in all three foundation types (slab, crawlspace, basement), as well. We’ll be able to give you a more exact estimate of the timeframe required for your particular home as we work with you on your home plans and unique lot.
We can also facilitate design changes while keeping in mind the target budget by finding creative solutions to issues that might arise during construction, like delays due to weather. We can stick to your targeted budget and timeline for the build, keeping you updated on what is happening at the construction site and handling the day-to-day events there.
To get started working with our new home design and build contractors, to build a custom home with us, or to find out about our available luxury spec homes at Blythe Custom Homes, you can reach us on our contact page or by phone at 803-749-2112.
Designing and Building Your New Home with Our Contractors in Columbia, SC
As a full-service solution for hopeful homeowners looking for a unique house, Blythe Custom Homes oversees all aspects of the build, from ensuring the lot itself is suitable for construction to securing the appropriate vendors to get the job done.
Here’s what our process looks like:
Step One: Initial Consultation
At this meeting, we get to know each other and discuss the goals of your project. We’ll answer any questions you may have about our design and construction process. We’ll see if we are a good fit for your home-building project, and if we are, we’ll work together to establish a targeting budget.
Step Two: Plans
We can help you design your dream home (doing both the design and build), let you choose one of our customizable home plans, or we can work with plans you already have.
Step Three: Vision Meeting
This is the fun stuff. We go through a questionnaire and interview so that we understand your vision, style, wants, and needs. We want to look at homes you found online, pictures of features you love, and discuss anything else that helps us meet your goals during the building process.
Step Four: Specs and Building Costs
In this step, we will get to detailed specifications and a budget that outlines all the aspects of construction. Realistically, it’s difficult to make all decisions at this point and we understand that. In those situations, we can help determine allowances for those items.
Step Five: Preconstruction Meeting
This meeting is done at the home site. We’ll discuss the orientation of the house and conduct a land evaluation — deciding what trees need to be taken down and other prepping. We’ll also compare the plot plan and show you the future home on the property.
Step Six: Construction
During construction, we’ll have multiple walkthroughs with you. You’ll meet with our team to make all your selections: from plumbing to lighting to cabinets and paint. Once we have completed construction, we’ll do a final walkthrough to inspect your new home and then, it’s move-in day.
When you design and build your home with us, you can rely on open communication from us. While your lot is still an active construction site, we send updates to BuilderTrend, an app our clients can also download to see what is going on at the site right from a phone or computer. This keeps communication open throughout the build so you can know your home’s progress each step of the way right from your phone or computer. We will provide pre-scheduled site visits/walk-throughs so that you can keep tabs on how things are coming along and ask any questions you may have.
Making Design Decisions with Our New Home Build Contractors in Columbia, SC
While making as many preconstruction decisions as possible will help ensure you stay within your desired budget for your new home build in Columbia during step four of our process, we can facilitate design and finishing changes you might need make along the way, which is why we make allowances in your budget.
For example, depending on the amount of land improvement we must do to prepare the lot for building, you might hold off on choosing some finishes until you get further into the build. Some lighting, cabinet, and painting decisions will depend on spending throughout the project, and we can make allowances from your budget for certain aesthetic preferences that you voice at the start of our partnership together.
The ideal scenario for your budget and timeline is that you make as many choices during the design phase as possible. Accommodating design changes during construction is a possibility when working with a full-service firm like Blythe Custom Homes when the need arises. And with us having everything in-house start to finish, you can stay in contact with the architect who designed your home and our building team who is working on it daily, making alterations in real-time, if needed, so that the final product is the home you dreamed of.
Meeting Targeted Timelines and Budgets with Our New Home Design and Build Contractors in Columbia, SC
Building a one-of-a-kind family home in Columbia requires confidence in your contractors — which we can provide. From your initial consultation with us, we take your budget and desired timeline seriously, answering any questions or concerns you might have to ensure we are a good fit for your project.
Targeted Timeline
Confirming the timeline and budget are two of the top priorities for clients. Generally, we aim to finish basement homes within ten to eleven months and crawl space homes within seven months from the permit date. Major weather delays, complex designs, or unforeseen hold-ups could extend this timeframe, which is important to keep in mind. We can draft a schedule with you from the beginning so that you have a general idea of your move-in date, and you can keep track of that schedule on BuilderTrend. We’ll also set up pre-scheduled site visits and walkthroughs. We will also keep the lines of communication open, notifying you of anything that could delay the construction of your new home or when you will get the keys.
Targeted Budget
One of the most important things for clients to feel comfortable proceeding is having a targeted budget that everyone is committed to respecting. Through our established relationships with subcontractors and vendors, we can offer more transparent pricing at the start of projects after reviewing clients’ budgets and their design or architectural preferences. We will keep this budget in mind as we continue to discuss your vision and pin down how you want the final product to look, down to the finishes you choose.
At Blythe Custom Homes, we create a fixed budget that moves forward unchanging unless you decide you want to make a change or if there is an uncontrollable market deviation creating a drastic change in material costs like what happened with lumber prices during COVID. So we are right there with you, every step of the way, making sure we stay true to your budget and keep things on track so you don’t have that worry hanging over your head.
Visit Us Online for More About Our Columbia, SC New Home Design + Build Contractors
We invite you to visit our projects, home plans, or process to get to know us and our work better.
Please contact the new home design and build contractors at Blythe Custom Homes to learn more about our services at our contact page or call us at 803-749-2112.
