Building a house in El Dorado County means dealing with the lot before you deal with the house. Where the truck access comes in, what the slope does to the foundation, how far the driveway has to run, where the septic and the well end up, and what the fire requirements add to the exterior. We build custom homes from the ground up in Placerville, Shingle Springs, Cameron Park, El Dorado Hills and the towns around them. The lot usually answers half the questions before a single line gets drawn.
Some clients come to us with a set of drawings ready to permit. Others come with a lot, a budget and a rough idea of what they want standing on it, and the first job is getting to a drawing that can actually be built for that number. We work from your plans or alongside the designer you are already using, and we would rather have that conversation early than reprice a house halfway through framing.
The other thing worth saying early is that a house is priced in pieces, and the pieces chosen late are the ones that move the number. Cabinets, windows, siding, tile and fixtures all cover a wide range, and it is easy to price a whole house at the bottom of every one of them. We set allowances with real numbers at the start, so the budget you begin with is the budget you finish on. If something you want is going to push it, you hear that while there is still room to decide. The schedule works the same way. You will know what has been ordered, what is sitting on site and what the next inspection is waiting on, and when a date moves you get the new date instead of silence.
From the Foundation to the Finish
Foundation, framing and roof, then the mechanical rough in, insulation, drywall and the finish carpentry that decides how the house feels once you are living in it. We coordinate the subs, keep the inspections moving and stay ahead of the long lead items so the build is not sitting idle waiting on a window order. It is the longest job we take and the one where the small decisions add up the most. A wall that moves six inches at framing is a pencil line, and the same wall after drywall is a week and a change order. That is why we walk the framed house with you before anything gets covered, while everything is still cheap to change.
One Crew and One Schedule
You get a schedule before we break ground and you hear from us as the build moves through each stage. The same crew stays on the house start to finish, so nothing gets lost in a handoff between trades and the person who framed it is the person who trims it. Changes are priced in writing before the work happens, not discovered at the end. On a build that runs the better part of a year, that continuity is worth more than any single line on the quote, because the crew carries the reasons behind a hundred small decisions that were never written down anywhere.
What We Take On, and What We Coordinate
A house is dozens of trades turning up in the right order. Somebody has to own that sequence, and on our builds it is us rather than you. It is a long list because a house is a long job, and knowing who is responsible for each piece is most of what keeps a build from stalling. This is what sits inside the job, so you are never the one chasing a plumber on a Friday afternoon.
- Site prep, grading and the foundation
- Framing, roof and a weather tight shell
- Plumbing, electrical and HVAC rough in coordinated
- Insulation, drywall and the exterior finish
- Interior trim, doors and finish carpentry
- Cabinets, counters and fixture installation
- Permits, inspections and the county paperwork
- A schedule you can see, and updates as it moves
What we do not do is go quiet between stages. There is one number to call, one crew on the property and one person answering for the schedule, which on a job this long matters more than any single line above it. If a delivery slips or an inspection moves, you hear it from us before you notice it yourself.