Custom Homes
The budget conversation happens before the drawings
The most expensive mistake in mountain custom building is designing a house you cannot afford to build, then paying to redesign it. We do feasibility first: walk the lot, talk honestly about what your number actually buys at 6,000 feet, and tell you if the two do not match. That conversation is free and it has saved clients tens of thousands.
What's included
- Feasibility and budget reality-check before you commission drawings
- Site, geotech, and access review, including what winter does to your driveway
- Permit strategy for the specific agency governing your parcel
- Open-book subcontractor bids and material invoices, our fee as its own line
- Weekly photo updates whether or not the news is good
What most bids leave out
Ask any builder what happens when a number changes mid-project. If the answer is not a specific week and a specific document, you are going to find out at the end.
★★★★★
“They talked us out of the design we came in with, showed us the math, and the house we actually built came in under the original budget.”
Open books, both directions
You see every subcontractor bid, every material invoice, and our fee as a separate line. When a number changes you find out that week, not at the end. Nobody has ever been surprised by a Stonepine invoice, and that is the whole point.
Thinking about custom homes?
We walk the property with you, talk budget honestly, and put the assumptions behind every number in writing.