Preliminary Work for New Custom Homes

If you can produce a sketch, similar to the Client Sketch below, you do not need to go through this process and you should start here. Otherwise preliminary work is required and you should fill out this form to get started.

Client Sketch For Estimating

Example of when a client produces a sketch as a starting point for the custom home design process.

Preliminary Work For Estimating

Please see the pdf Preliminary Work Area Plan Example

The only goal of preliminary work is to create an area plan with room sizes within the square footage you want to build. *

I understand

Permits

Who will be pulling permits? *

General Contractor

Home Owner

Unsure

Building Your Own Home

Building Your Own Home *

I have read and understand the "Building Your Own Home"

Design Build Process

Design Build Process *

I have read and understand the "Design Build Process"

Building Site Address

Contact me if you do not have this information

Property owners full name *

Address line 1 *

Address line 2

City *

State *

Zip code *

Billing Address

Is the billing address the same as the building site address? *

Yes

No

Billing Address

Billing address line 1 *

Billing address line 2

Billing City *

Billing State *

Billing zip code *

Terms

Download Printable Terms and Rates For Your Records

What is required:

The maximum square feet you want to build for the conditioned area
The maximum square feet you want to build for the non-conditioned area
A wish list for each room in the house (size & features)
Survey or accurate lot size
Lot restrictions and setbacks
Pictures of home exteriors that you like

What is included:

Pdf files
Area plan with room sizes
Area chart

What's not included:

CAD files
Windows or doors
Cabinet or fixtures
Schedules and notes

Process:

Prepay the estimate area times the rates listed below for each set

Preliminary Work (set 1):

$0.10 S.F. - One story
$0.15 S.F. - Two and three story
Minimum fee $200.00 for set 1

Preliminary Work (each additional set):

$0.05 S.F. - One story
$0.08 S.F. - Two and three story
Minimum fee $100.00 per each additional set

Engineering

McConnell Custom Design does the Design Drawings
A Structural Engineer does the Structural Drawings
A Truss Manufacturer does the Truss Drawings
They are all separate companies and are all required to get a permit
If this is confusing, please see the Design Build Process

Additional Terms

All Payments are Due Upon Receipt (no terms)
No refunds.
The use of copyrighted material without permission is punishable by law. Client assumes all responsibility, liability and damages that may occur by providing sketches, plans, pictures, ideas, material or communications to Tom McConnell of McConnell Custom Design. It is the clients responsibility to obtain and secure permission for modifying, copying, transferring or altering in any way protected intellectual property provided to Tom McConnell of McConnell Custom Design.
Client agrees they are hiring Tom McConnell of McConnell Custom Design to provide graphic design drawings. Client assumes all responsibility, liability and damages that may occur from the use of graphic design drawings.
Rates are subject to change
The owner/client agrees to pay a service charge of 2.5% on past due amount per month (or the maximum allowable by law, whichever is greater). If it is necessary to place the account with an attorney for collection, McConnell Custom Design is entitled to recover all attorney fees, court cost and current hourly rate for all time collecting outstanding monies owed.

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