Looking for a custom home builder or renovation contractor in and or around Okotoks? Need
to know how to find a quality custom builder? Don’t know where to start? Here are a few
things to consider when starting your search for a good quality builder or renovation
contractor:
Do they offer full design-build services?
Meaning they have “afully qualified in-house architectural design team”. At Landen Design Build we offer a complete one stop architectural design, and construction shopping experience. We
handle everything from starting with a blank page to a full set of building plans, handling
all building permits, tendering and cost estimating of a project, so that you can then
take our finished construction plans, specifications, and construction details to any
other builder to get completive construction pricing. This way you will know that we at
Landen Design Build are very competitive with our construction pricing.
Do they provide a no obligation design consultation?
And if they do, what is included in their no charge design service. At Landen Design Build we offer a
completely complementary preliminary design service with absolutely no strings
attached! (Call us for details 403-619-4734 or see our website for more details at
landendevelopment.com)
Ask other builders, if they provide up to 30 hours of design time creating a complementary absolutely no charge custom home design planning service?
Where you the client end up getting a set of preliminary floor plans and elevations, all done to
scale, including full 3-D rendering views of your proposed project, and all this with no
obligation to move forward with that builder. At Landen we provide this unbelievable
no charge design service! (See details and conditions on our website at
landendevelopment.com)
How long they have been in business, and what experience they have in designing and building custom homes and renovations?
You will want to deal with someone like Landen Design Build that has over 40 years of design and custom building experience. Designing and building some of Calgary and surrounding areas
most prominent homes, with a very long list of very happy client referrals to verify the
transparent way that we at Landen do business.
Does builder provides a virtual 3-D walkthrough of your proposed project?
At Landen we provide you with a complete 3-D virtual walkthrough of both the interior
and exterior of your home, as if you are walking through your new home before a single
nail is ever driven. See your kitchen cabinets, bathrooms and other millwork details
before it ever exist, and all this being included in our standard home or renovation
design packages. (See also sample videos of our virtual walkthrough’s on our website at
landendevelopment.com)
Ask other builders, if they credit back their architectural design fees if you also build with them
At Landen Design Build we fully credit back ALL architectural design fees
if you also build with us. (ask for details at 403-619-4734 or visit our website at
landendevelopment.com for more details)
Then ask, if they have any references to check with.
At Landen Design Build we have
literally many hundred’s of references for you to follow up with, many of which would
be happy to show you their home that we designed and built for them! See also our
many Landen Design Build Google reviews!
Are they are fully licenced, with verifiable liability insurance, and new home warranty. With Landen you get a full 5 year home warranty?
Do they also offer a full 10 year structural warranty and up-front verifiable proof of liability insurance!
If the builder or contractor you are inquiring about can’t answer these basic questions, or can’t
offer you all of the above mentioned services, then you might want to think twice about
engaging them. Or simply start your search with Landen Design Build and save yourself time
and money and possibly save yourself a bunch of future problems. At Landen we don’t ask you
for any upfront deposit, nor ask you for any upfront signed commitment to start our no charge
design process.
However, we do have a few upfront conditions, first, we need to know that you are serious
about building or renovating your home, we need to know that you have secured your building
site. Second, that you have first filled in our standard wish list specifications form, so that we
know upfront what you are looking for. (You can download this form, or ask us to e-mail one to
you). Third, you need to demonstrate to us that you have a realist building budget. We need to
know this budget range before we start any design work for two reasons. One, so that we don’t
over design and get your expectations up, only to find out later that your budget won’t cover
the build cost. Second, if your budget is unrealistic we don’t want to waste your or our time
getting everyone all excited about a design that will most likely never get built!
On a side note: We at Landen Design Build book-up early for our complementary design
services, and as we can only offer so many FREE design spots per building season we reserve
the right to be able to turn down our services once fully booked –up. You should note that our
spring and late fall seasons book up fast.
Let us at LANDEN DESIGN something for you!
