How a project runs.
Design-build means one team owns the drawings, the budget and the construction. Here is what that looks like from your side of the table.
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The first conversation
You talk to Emilio, the owner, not an intake team. What you want to build, what the property allows, and whether the budget and the brief belong together. If they do not, you hear that in the first meeting, not the tenth.
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Design and budget, together
As a design-build firm we shape the drawings and the number at the same time, so the design never runs away from what you meant to spend. You see where the money goes before anything is committed.
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Permits and approvals
Zoning, building permits, and on waterfront sites the shoreline approvals, scoped early and handled as part of the job. The permits page explains what applies where; the point is that it is our paperwork, not yours.
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The build
A schedule you can see, one point of contact, our own crews on the structure, and a site kept clean enough to walk your family through. Decisions come to you with options and prices, then get documented.
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Handover
A full walkthrough together, a punch list worked to zero, and the paperwork, drawings, and finishes documented so the house is as easy to live with as it is to look at.
How long does it take?
Honestly: it depends on the design, the permit path, and the site, and a builder who quotes months before knowing those is guessing on your behalf. What we commit to is this: the schedule is drawn up with the design, it is written down before construction starts, and you can see it for the whole life of the project. Ask us about your specific project and you will get a real answer for your specific project.
Waterfront work adds a season logic of its own: ice-out, water levels and township timelines all get planned around, which is covered on the permits and approvals page.
One number to remember
Every project has exactly one point of contact: Emilio Dumesedundo, the owner. Questions, changes, and the hard conversations all go to the same person who gave you the price and will hand you the keys.
Start with the first conversation.
A first conversation costs nothing and settles a lot: whether the site can do it, whether the budget and the brief belong together, and what happens next.