Generally this meeting occurs at our office. You’ll meet with a builder’s representative to discuss your particular needs about your future home. Bring us ideas, drawings, and photos to best describe what you want in your new home.

During this meeting, you’ll view floor plans, discuss included features and consider the feasibility of building on the property. We will show you examples of our past and current work, introduce members of our management team and offer suggestions to help you with key elements of your project including design, budget, timing and finance options.

We talk you through the building process and show you how we plan for your construction, making it cost effective and eliminating challenges and surprises along the way.

Once you become serious about evaluating a specific property to build your home on, Rhombus Construction will take a fully refundable feasibility deposit (price will vary depending on the scope of work). A Rhombus Construction representative will meet you onsite to walk the land and discuss the placement of the home.

The representative will assess soil, grading issues, paving needs and other site constraints. They will use their observations to develop a preliminary budget including soft costs for permitting, wells, septic and utilities. They will also review the applicable development and zoning code issues that may affect the property. All of this information will be presented to the customer at the next step.

This meeting occurs within 10 days of the feasibility meeting. This meeting is a candid discussion that will uncover challenges and risks of building on your chosen site. You will meet directly with the Project Manager and the builder’s representative, to discuss the site’s feasibility for building. At this point, we will give you a preliminary cost analysis for your review.

If the preliminary cost of construction is acceptable to you as the buyer, the design work will commence. We require a signed Design Contract and a non refundable deposit at this point for design services (price will vary depending on the scope of work). The Design Contract engages the services of our design team.

Alternatively, if you are already working with an architect, we can work in conjunction with you and your architect to perfect your plans and provide all possible cost saving options.

If you have decided to use our design services, we will provide you with full design consultation, construction plans and coordinate engineering services.  You will have the opportunity to choose structural configurations, including fireplaces, lofts and bedroom options, windows, doors and types of bathtubs and showers. This phase generally concludes with a Fixed Contract agreement between you and Rhombus Construction, Inc.

Once the design is completed and ready for permit submittal, we provide a lump-sum Fixed Contract. The Construction Agreement/Contract states our intention to do business together and outlines the basic scope of work to be completed, a detailed set of specifications, allowances and cost for your home. From there we are ready to begin construction.

If you already have architectural and engineered plans including specifications, we provide the lump sum proposal, sign the Construction Agreement/Contract and begin construction.

Your dream is about to become reality, during this meeting with your Project Manager and the builder, you will have the opportunity to see the permitted construction plans of your home and clarify how your options and upgrades will be executed. Rhombus Construction will review the construction process with you. We will also have a preliminary construction schedule available. This will be the final point at which you can make any major plan or design changes.

• Site Preparation
• Foundation
• Framing
• Exterior Envelope (Roofing, Windows, Doors, Siding & Masonry)
• Rough In (Plumbing, Electrical, Security & HVAC)
• Insulation
• Gypsum Wallboard
• Painting

• Final Grade and Exterior Amenities
• Interior Trim
• Hard surfaces (Tile, Vinyl, & Countertops)
• Fixture Trim Out (Plumbing, Electrical, Lights, Security & HVAC)
• Hardware
• Landscaping
• Carpet
• Punch List

The home is nearly complete at this point of the process. Your Project Manager has ordered the final inspection of the home. Once the final inspection is approved, the local building jurisdiction generally issues a certificate of occupancy. Typically, the escrow or closing company will be required by the buyer’s bank to supply a copy of the final inspection or certificate of occupancy prior to closing the transaction. You will also meet your Project Manager at the home for a final walk through at this point. This is the time to voice any concerns you may have about the construction or finished quality of the home. They will write down a detailed punch list of any items that need attention. We will make every effort to complete these items before your scheduled move in date. However, due to circumstances out of our control (i.e. material and subcontractor delays, conflicting schedules, the homeowner move in date is moved up), the punch list may not be completed until after you have moved in.

We want you to be comfortable in your new house, so we are there to walk you through your home at its completion. After the final punch list is completed, our Project Manager will give you a complete orientation of the home and how the systems work. They will review walk trough items. They will also give you the Homeowner’s Manual and Limited Warranty. This manual gives detailed instructions on the warranty, care and maintenance of your home including the structural, HVAC, electrical and plumbing systems. At the conclusion of the new home orientation you will be given the keys to your new home.

Our lines of communication reach beyond the day you move into a Rhombus Construction home. In addition to our one-year limited warranty, we offer, in writing, our “30-day” service. At Rhombus Construction we will respect and appreciate your interest and attachment to your new home. Your input will always be welcome. It is your new home, and you are the customer. Accordingly, there are no dumb questions. Contact us if you have any questions at all!