MORE INCLUDED FROM THE START

“Standard” Shouldn’t Mean Basic.

The details that make a home feel well built shouldn’t all live on the upgrade list.

When you’re comparing custom builders, the starting price only tells you so much. What matters just as much is what’s actually included in it.

Our Designer Collection starts with features we’ve chosen for quality, function, and long-term value—from poured concrete foundations and 2×6 exterior walls to Andersen windows, locally made cabinetry, granite kitchen countertops, and the warranties that stand behind your home.

We just think you should start from a pretty good place.

Download Designer Collection Features

BEFORE WE BUILD

Getting Everything Ready.

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

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STRUCTURE + EXTERIOR

Built From the Ground Up.

Excavation + Grading

• Excavation for basement
• Rough grading of disturbed soils with positive drainage away from the house

Foundation + basement

• Full basements (no crawl spaces)
• 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 a 4″ thick concrete slab over 4″ gravel with a 6 mil vapor barrier
• Garage floor is filled with gravel (not soil) with a smooth troweled concrete finish
• Unfinished or carpeted basement stairs (per plan)

Framing

• Treated sill plates with sill sealer anchored to the 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)
• 8″x8″ 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

• Andersen® 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 orAndersen®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 elevations (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

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INSIDE YOUR HOME

Comfort, Function + Finishing Details.

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 are fully drywalled, taped, and bed coated
• Poplar stair parts with wood or wrought iron balusters
• Baluster railings throughout
• Painted farmhouse or colonial style trim
• Cased interior doors
• Windows are drywall returned with deep-painted wood sills
• 6-panel Masonite hollow core smooth texture doors
• Schlage Plymouth® 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® Cabinet Corporation
• 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 drawers, and a 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 kitchen pantry
• Quality Moen® faucets throughout
• Bathroom vanity tops 3 cm (group 1) boneyard granite or 2 cm (group 1) quartz 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 deck mount faucet in owner’s bath (per plan)
• Sterling® 48” or 60” solid Vikrell® shower unit (per plan)
• Basco® 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

• Plush carpeting with 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 on all hard surface flooring areas

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COMPLETION + PEACE OF MIND

From Final Walkthrough to Welcome Home.

• Final construction cleaning
• Removal of construction debris
• Final walk through and inspection
• New home orientation
• Homeowner manual and warranty packets delivered at closing
• 10-year Limited 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
• All manufacturer’s warranties are passed on to the homeowner (GAF, Schlage, Moen, Lennox, etc.)