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Chapter Eleven The Timeline

How long it actually takes

Most builders answer this with a number they hope you forget. These are the durations we work to, phase by phase, with the things that stretch them named honestly.

A schedule you can plan a life around.
Two Questions

Your rough timeline

Two things move the number more than anything else: whether you start from a plan or a blank page, and how large the house is. Pick both.

Where you are starting
Roughly how large
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The Three Phases

What each stretch is for

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Month By Month

What happens on site, in order

Construction is the part you can watch. The sequence rarely changes; only the pace does.

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Being Straight With You

What adds time

Every one of these is survivable. All of them are cheaper to plan for than to discover.

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Questions We Get

About the schedule

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Ready to start the clock?

Send us the address or parcel ID. We will tell you what we see, what it will likely take, and roughly when you would be moving in.