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How Do I Make Sure Construction Actually Matches My Approved Plans?
You shouldn’t have to watch every pour yourself — that’s part of what construction administration and regular site visits are for. But if you want ...
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Can I Fire My Builder in the Middle of a Project?
If there’s real cause — a builder deviating from your approved, permitted plans, for example — you have legitimate grounds to end the contract. But ...
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My Builder Skipped Something in My Approved Plans — Is That a Red Flag?
My builder skipped something in my approved plans. Is that a red flag? Yes — it’s one of the clearest ones there is. Once your ...
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How Complete Should My Plans Be Before I Get Pricing?
Source: Home: The Second Story podcast, Mailbag 3 episode — Sheri Scott (Springhouse Architects) & Marilyn Moedinger (Runcible Studios) How complete should my plans be ...
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When a 160-Year-Old Church Becomes a Home: Lessons in Adaptive Reuse
There’s a remarkable property at the corner of Baymiller and York streets in Cincinnati’s West End that stops people in their tracks. From the outside, ...
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What Most Architects Won’t Tell You About the Custom Home Process (We Tell You Everything)
The custom home process has a reputation problem. It is commonly described as expensive, slow, unpredictable, and exhausting. Projects run over budget. Timelines extend. Clients ...
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After 20 Years in the Military, They Finally Built the Home They’d Been Planning for Decades.
Paul and Rebecca had been planning this home for a long time. Not in the passive, someday sense. In the active sense — the kind ...
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She Kept a Journal for 10 Years. Then She Found an Architect Who Could Create What She Saw.
For ten years, Cindy kept a journal. Not a mood board. Not a Pinterest folder. A real journal, with specific notes about materials she had ...
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They Started Building During a Pandemic. Here’s What Happened When They Trusted the Process.
Spring 2020 was not an obvious time to begin building a custom home. The country was shutting down. Supply chains were uncertain. Nobody knew what ...
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