Does Your Builder Have a Plan??

I hear this too often in our industry through sub contractors, homeowners, and vendors alike.  Many of the builders in the area seem to fly by the seat of their pants and don’t have an accurate way to let you know when they might be completing your new home.  Or worse yet, they follow the timeline given up front and push all of the important finish work in the end into a cluster.  Throughout the years, I have along with the help of my employees a very detailed process that allows everyone involved to be more organized as well as comfortable.  Many people don’t understand the importance of this, but I truly feel it is one of the most important components of building a new home.  I push very hard to get our homes “shelled out” to get the exterior elements out of the equation, but it is only part of it.  By getting the home protected, we can then begin the important process of drying the home out from the exterior in. When my homes are almost done with the setting of the trusses, I write a comprehensive schedule that carries this project all the way to completion.  While some builders do this as well, very few manage that schedule to keep in on track.  Hundreds of thousands of parts go into the home after the walls go up and many things can alter the timelines.  It is the general contractors responsibility to inform the trades as well as the owners of potential glitches soon enough to get the project back on track.  I feel this is the biggest hurdle in all home building.  The simple act of writing a schedule also allows you the homeowner to enjoy the process as well.  If you are building several miles away from where you are living there is no reason to stop by the job site on a day where we maybe only had inspections occurring.  I have built cabins and homes outwards of 180 miles from Rochester and this is something the owners can attest to with my company.  The bottom line is to interview your builder if you are concerned with any of this.  Regardless of the price range this makes no difference on how I operate my schedules.  Obviously the larger the home the longer it can take, but it is up to your builder to figure out how to handle each situation.  As always feel free to drop me an email or a call if you have questions.  I build 90% of my homes on referrals, so you can rest easy knowing Med City Builders of Rochester is one of the builders following what I’ve discussed above!!