Our Building Process

01: The home and homesite that fit your lifestyle:
This is your dream and our team will work with you to make it come to life in one of our well-planned communities. We will explore the many home designs in our collection to find the perfect plan—or modify a plan—to meet the way your family lives its life. Our Lifestyle Home teams will help you find the homesite that makes your family’s vision come alive. You have a vision; we are here to create it. We have strong relationships with many lenders who will make the financing process fast, easy and at low rates. Choosing your home and homesite may take a day—or a few months–to complete depending on where you and your family are in the decision-making process. After your decisions are made, we’ll be completing paperwork so that you have a clear idea as you begin design selections for your new home.

02: Design and Finish Selections:
Whether you lean toward traditional, modern or farmhouse, you’ll have the opportunity to choose from multiple exterior designs as well as brick, stone, hardiplank, hardishake, and exterior colors. The interior of your home can be finished in traditional wainscoting and deep crown molding, a shaker-look, or even ship lap—the decision is yours. Choices in flooring, carpet, tile, backsplash, lighting and plumbing fixtures, cabinetry and appliances are all available. Don’t want the work of choosing? The Lifestyle Homes team will be happy to do it for you. This process can take a day or two—or stretch over a few weeks—but the sooner your family makes it’s decor decisions, the faster we can get started on your home.

03: Beginning Construction:
Once your choices have been made the Lifestyle team collaborates with the various community Architectural Review Boards to ensure that your new home meets all their requirements—no surprises! Of course, we manage all the permitting through the County and when everything is approved, the Lifestyle Homes team starts laying the foundation of your new home. It takes about a month to clear the homesite, stake out the house, then lay a foundation (crawl space) or prepare for a monolithic or raised slabs. Of course, a home with a full basement will be more time-consuming. The under-slab preparation for pouring concrete is similar for a slab or a basement, once complete, framing can begin.

04. Wall framing, roof structure and windows are the next steps after the County has approved the foundation of your new home.
 You’ll be delighted to see your home take shape as it “comes out of the ground” within a few weeks. Your home will be under roof in about two months after the foundation is complete! By the way, that roof sheathing is TechShield— energy efficient panels that keep the summer heat out and retain warmth in the winter. Energy efficient windows and doors deliver the crystal clear vistas you want along with the energy savings you need.

05. Inside the Walls:
Your home will look like a beehive of workers who are busy installing plumbing, heating and air conditioning ducts , electrical lines and all the piping and boxes that are securely fitted behind your walls. Your home will be insulated (at greater than State requirements)—walls, attic, ductwork—creating energy efficiency for your future. This phase takes about a month to complete and, like every other part of this process, is heavily monitored by our own Quality Control as well as County building inspectors.

06: Bringing the framing to life:
This is when your house becomes a home! The drywall is hung, taped, and then finished, the cabinetry is installed, and next the wood trim packages you’ve chosen are carefully crafted. This phase takes about three weeks.

07: Finishing the Exterior:
You’ve made your choices for stone, brick, hardy board, board/batten—whatever you envisioned as your perfect showplace. Whether it is cedar columns, large open and vaulted porches, cozy screened in living, an outdoor kitchen, the Lifestyle Homes team makes your dream come to life during this month long process.

08: Colorizing:
Now we are really beginning to feel at home! The walls, ceilings and wood trim in every room (including the garage) are painted to your specifications. Next, the team tackles exterior paint and installation of trim (facia and soffit). It will surprise you to see this process fly by in about two weeks.

09: Final Interior Finishes:
Next, the flooring and tile you’ve selected will be carefully installed by experienced craftsmen. Plumbing fixtures, mirrors, handles, towel racks, shelving, lighting (inside and out) and gutters are installed during this three to five week period.

10: Driveway and Landscaping:
Now that the interior is completed, the Lifestyle Homes teams will focus on your driveway and the landscaping for the last two weeks. You’ll have an opportunity to work with the landscapers to discuss changes or additions you may want to make. Landscaping can include sod, mulch, shrubbery, trees and irrigation, depending on your community preferences. Additionally, we can create hardscape designs including outdoor fire pits, built in outdoor kitchen and more. The options are endless and we will work with you and our vendors to create the vision of your dreams.

11. Walking through your home with the Lifestyle Homes team:
About a week to 10 days prior to closing, the Lifestyle team will invite you to walk through your home with them to review the construction, inspect the installations and have an opportunity to voice any concerns you may have. Lifestyle Homes takes pride in delivering your home in beautiful, well-constructed, clean condition.

12. Orientation and Final Inspection:
On the day of closing, your Lifestyle Homes team member will take a couple of hours with you to teach you how to operate everything in the home, to go over your 2/10 Builder Warranty and to ensure that all of your concerns have been addressed, and if not, what will be done in the next days to ensure that all of your concerns are addressed and completely satisfied.

Please take a few moments to review our 2/10 Builder Warranty information.