Our Custom Design Process

How Does our Process Work?

Initial Consultation

TIMELINE: Within A Few Days

The process starts with a free consultation meeting to help us solidify your vision.

How To Proceed

On a custom home design, we can either look through our existing book of plans and pick one to modify and create your custom home. Or we can start a plan from scratch using ideas , bubbles sketches, and pictures or images. The process is collaborative based tailored to your individual tastes and needs, creating a unique custom home that’s timeless, buildable, and beautiful.

Agreement

TIMELINE: Within A Week

From our consultation and by gathering some additional details we can now determine a recommended way forward, we go over the next steps with you. You put down a deposit and we move forward based on an agreement

Designing a Draft

TIMELINE: Initial plans within 2 weeks

We begin to sketch your project. Depending on your needs we can meet in person to go over the design and fine tune things until your vision comes alive.

Schematics

TIMELINE: Within 2 weeks

Once you are happy with the design we create full schematics which can be used for engineering, permits and contractors to establish a budget.

Permits, Construction, and Finalization

TIMELINE: Depends on your contractor and various other factors

With the working drawings you will be able to get permits from the city you are in, calculated a budget, get a structural review from an engineer.

Construction of the project begins. At any point in the process the plans can be modified and changed.

Additions And Remodels

Creations West has been modifying existing homes since our beginning. We appreciate that some families value their homes, neighborhoods and want to stay in their space. But that they need additional space or they just want to update their homes. During a site visit, we look at existing plans, if available, or we measure, sketch, photograph, and create “as-built” drawings that are then modified per our collaborative creation. Let us help you as “Even the best dream need a plan!”