Designer Collection Standard Features
Craftsmanship that goes beyond standard is built into every American Heritage Home. We have partnered with local and national brands to provide a wide selection of quality, standard features in our Designer Collection of homes. As you review our DESIGNER COLLECTION’S standard features, please note that items noted as per plan differ by design. These items are specified on the rendering or floor plan shown on the brochure and are included in the new home price.
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Exterior Features
Contract to dig
- Professional design and customization services
- Site evaluation, lot walk, and home staking
- Building permit and site condition assistance
- Personalized preconstruction meeting
- Temporary electric pole installation
Excavation + Grading
- Excavation for basement
- Rough grading of disturbed soils with positive drainage away from the house
Foundation + basement
- Full basements or partial crawl (per plan)
- 8″x16″ concrete footers
- Interior and exterior drain tile tiled together, draining to sump or optional natural/gravity drain
- 8′ poured concrete foundation with engineered steel rebar reinforcement (per soil conditions)
- GMX black elastomeric membrane with 2-3/8″ drainboard applied to foundation walls
- Two white vinyl operable basement windows with screens
- Basement floor is 4″ thick concrete slab over 4″ gravel with a 6 mil vapor barrier
- Garage floor is filled with gravel (not soil), smooth troweled finish
- Unfinished or carpeted basement stairs (per plan)
Framing
- Treated sill plates with sill sealer anchored to poured wall
- 2×10 / 2×12 dimensional floor joists (sized per plan)
- 3/4″ OSB tongue-and-groove subfloor glued and nailed to reduce squeaks
- 2×6 studs 16″ on center exterior walls with double top plates and 3-ply headers (sized per opening)
- 2×4 garage wall studs
- 2×6 spf sub-fascia with full 12″ overhangs (per plan)
- Shingled eave returns with gutter wrap (per plan)
- Raised heel, engineered roof system with OSB sheathing and clips
Front Porches (per plan)
- Porches built on poured concrete walls, not treated posts
- 5/4”x 6” SYP treated deck boards over 2×6, 2×8 treated joists (per plan)
- 10″x10″ LP® SmartSide cedar texture trim wrapped posts below tall wood-wrapped traditional porch beam (per plan)
- LP SmartSide Cedar texture trim skirt board
Exterior Features
- Anderson® 200 Series or Andersen 100 series low-E glass and screens on operable sashes. Window series per plan.
- Internal grilles on front elevation (per plan)
- 9-Lite fiberglass door or Andersen 6′ PermaShield® Low-E sliding glass door (per plan)
- Jeld-Wen or PlastPro fiberglass insulated entry doors painted on site (per plan)
- 16’x7′ Wayne Dalton insulated overhead garage door (per plan)
- Maintenance-free HeartTech® .044″ thick Super Polymer® vinyl siding unless otherwise noted (per plan)
- Vinyl shutters or aluminum window wraps on front elevation (per plan)
- Aluminum soffit with 12″ overhangs (per plan)
- Perforated soffits at eaves for roof ventilation
- Aluminum wrap over 2×6 SPF sub-fascia (per plan)
- GAF® dimensional shingles over 15 lb felt underlayment with closed-cut shingle valleys
- Ice and water guard membrane at eaves to prevent ice-damming
- Seamless aluminum gutters and downspouts
Interior Features
Insulation + Sealing
- House wrap on all exterior walls and gable ends
- Premium air infiltration reduction package
- R-10 GMX Thermal Drain® basement insulation panels
- 4′ fiberglass drape basements/crawls (per plan)
- R-60 blown fiberglass attic insulation
- R-19 batt with kraft face barrier sidewalls
Electrical
- 200 amp service panel
- NEC-compliant wiring throughout
- Two waterproof GFI outlets located at front and back of home (per plan)
- Hardwired smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors with battery backup at every level and in each bedroom
- Circuits for well pump, gas furnace, and air conditioner
- Two GFI outlets in garage (per plan)
- Garage door outlet and opener sensor wire (per plan)
- Wiring included for front doorbell
- Light fixtures/lighting allowance
- Washer and dryer outlets
Heating & Cooling
- Energy-saving digital programmable thermostat
- Lennox® 14 SEER 14ACX air conditioner
- Lennox® gas furnace with Power Saver™ constant-torque blower motor design (93% AFUE rating)
- Custom-designed, hand-built mastic sealed duct work
- Whole house auto-damper fresh air ventilation system
- Exhaust vent for electric dryer
- Bath fans with metal vent duct directly to outside
Plumbing
- Pex water supply lines
- Ice maker outlet box
- 50-gallon electric water heater
- Sump pit and pump
- Two exterior frost-protected hose bibs
- Moen® 1/2 hp garbage disposal
- Plastic washer box and dryer vent duct
Interior Features
- 9′ ceilings on first floor
- Knock-down textured ceiling finish (except garage)
- Interior drywall is finished, primed, and painted
- Sherwin Williams® Low VOC paint (1 color throughout, flat sheen only)
- Garage walls and ceiling fully drywalled, taped, and bed coated
- Poplar stair parts with wood or wrought iron balusters
- Baluster railings throughout
- Painted farmhouse trim
- Cased interior doors
- Windows are drywall returned with deep-painted wood sills
- 6-panel Masonite hollow core smooth texture doors.
- Schlage Plymouth® satin nickel door hardware with privacy locks on bedrooms and bathrooms
- Front entry door painted on-site with Schlage pitcher-style handle set
- Deadbolt-type locks on other exterior swing doors
- Five rows of 16″ vinyl coated shelving in linen closets
- Vinyl coated shelving with rod in clothes closets
kitchen + bath
- Locally made custom kitchen and vanity cabinets by Riceland®
- Shaker style, recessed panel, painted maple kitchen and vanity cabinets with decorative door hardware
- Wood toe kick with shoe molding under all cabinets
- Cabinetry features dovetail drawer boxes, soft close doors, and lazy Susan corner base cabinet (per plan)
- Large shaker crown moulding at top of kitchen cabinets
- Granite kitchen countertops with 4″ backsplash
- 50/50, 9″ deep, 18 gauge stainless under-mount kitchen sink
- Five rows of 16″ vinyl coated shelving in pantry
- Quality Moen® chrome handle/lever faucets throughout
- Boneyard granite (group 1) or 2 cm (group 1) quartz vanity tops with china drop-in sinks
- Powder room choice of vanity with white china drop-in sink or pedestal sink
- Mansfield® elongated water closets
- Sterling® 60″ solid Vikrell® tub/shower unit in full baths (per plan)
- Freestanding soaker tub with floor mount faucet (per plan)
- Sterling® 48” or 60” solid Vikrell® shower (per plan)
- Basco® chrome trimmed obscure glass shower door in owner’s bath for fiberglass shower units. Not included on tub/shower units.
- Vanity width mirrors installed 42″ high at vanity locations
Flooring
- Mohawk plush carpeting. High-density 7/16″ 6lb pad
- Sheet vinyl with high-density foam cushion
- Luxury vinyl plank (LVP)/tile (LVT) with high-density foam cushion and no-wax natural gloss finish
- Shoe moulding in all hard surface flooring areas
completion + Peace of Mind
- Final construction cleaning
- Removal of construction debris
- Final walk through and inspection
- New home orientation. Complete homeowner manual and warranty packets delivered at closing.
- 10-year Limited Transferable Structural Warranty
- One-year Builder Warranty, per BIA of Central Ohio guidelines
- 30-year Transferable Warranty on GMX Waterproofing System
- Lifetime Transferable Warranty on HeartTech®Vinyl Siding
- Lifetime Warranty on Vinyl Shutters
- All manufacturer’s warranties are passed on to the homeowner(GAF, Schlage, Moen, Lennox, etc.)
Why American Heritage Homes?
- We have built custom homes on customers’ land for over 25 years.
- We are a small, locally-owned Central Ohio company. Our people live and work in the communities we build.
- The size of our team enables us to be flexible.
- Our New Home Sales Consultants have robust home and interior design backgrounds, making them a highly qualified sales force.
- We answer to our customers, not a board of directors or investors.
- Our homes maintain their resale value better than our competitors.
- Multi-award-winning Parade of Homes builder.
- We understand that our integrity, hard work, and respect for the values of our customers and communities guide our success.
Ways to personalize your new home
One great thing about building a new custom home is that you don’t have to settle for standard features and finishes. Creating a home that’s uniquely yours is what makes a custom home special. Here is a list of common customizations our homeowners have chosen to personalize their American Heritage Home.