Getting Started

If you are in the beginning stages of planning your new home, your first step should be to spend some time with photography.  Get a feel for whether you lean towards log or timber frame - or a mix?  This can best be done by looking at our 56-page Catalogue and going through our interactive CD-ROM.  Many of the plans on our CD-ROM can be edited using Broderbund's 3-D Home Architect®.  To order our Catalogue & CD-ROM, click HERE.


Once you get an idea about building systems and general aesthetic preferences, start preliminary work on your design.

All situations are different, but a very rough rule of thumb is to start designing a custom home about a year in advance of the start of construction.  Of course, we can move much more quickly than that (particularly with a standard plan) - and some projects take even more than a year of planning and design work.

Call us and our project managers will help guide you through the process.

Once design is finished and a Purchase Agreement is signed, final planning for your home is completed.  Your home will be crafted in Dandridge, transported to your site, and erected by one of our trained crews - or by your crew and our on-site technical assistance.  After the heavy timber and panels are erected (on the foundation that your builder has already installed) your builder takes over and finishes the home.

Find the home that is most appealing to you from a “look and feel” perspective.  Don't get too hung up on the particular floor plan that is presented; try to find the home that most appeals to you visually.
 

Don't worry if what you are looking for doesn't seem to be there.  Almost all of our work is custom.  What is in this guide is only a small selection of what we have done.  Call us.  If it can be done, we can do it.

There will be a featured floor plan for that home, but you need to know that we have several floor plans - of different sizes and layouts - for that basic “look” or “family” of homes.  Call us and we'll find the one that closest fits your needs, wants, and budget.  Then, we'll go from there to do final customization for your exact needs.

Remember . . . Spectacular homes are not the only things we create.  We have a wealth of experience in commercial structures as well as additions to existing structures.


Visit our Q&A section for more information....