What To Expect When Designing And Building With Regency Builders

Regency utilizes a team approach in designing your one-of-a-kind custom home. This team approach is the key to designing a home that has architectural appeal, extraordinary interior design, value engineering, and energy efficiency – all in one. We carefully listen to your thoughts and ideas and help you prioritize them in a way that will fulfill your dreams and visions, while also maintaining your desired budget.

Regency Builders Rated Highest Among Local Custom Builders

In the time that Regency Builders has been giving the Custom Home Builder Evaluation Matrix Form to potential customers, we have consistently scored the highest percentage of all possible points compared to other local custom home builders. We take that assessment from potential customers as a sign that our processes are working, that they are effective and competitively superior. We also look at the remaining possible points that we could score and we seek to improve and get better everyday.

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Site Evaluation Includes:

1. Running background information on Geo Technical information to address high ground water issues.
2. Running reports on well depths, septic cost, municipal restrictions that include Floor Area Ratio (FAR) for allowable size of home and lot coverage, set back requirements and averaging of neighbors set back and potential unusual costs from municipalities.
3. We also typically include a landscaper’s and architect’s analysis to determine the best fit for the home in relation to the lot, how to best expose the lower level with maximum window coverage, and minimize landscape cost for full efficiency and livability.
4. Sun studies to maximize the scenery while minimizing undesirable views.

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Design Process During the design process, you can expect:

1. 3 formal budgetary checks: Rest assured that when the final blueprints are completed, we will have met or are below your budget. We are not in the business of bait and switch methods that increase costs.
2. A thorough specification and selection analysis: Everyone will be clear of expectations for custom finishes prior to a construction contract being signed and your budget will meet your expectations.
3. Your own design team: You’ll have several members from Regency, a certified architect, a certified interior selections coordinator and decorator, landscape architect, lighting and audio specialist and other engineering experts all working together to make sure your home comes together as a beautiful and cohesive vision. 3D architecture is used to assist envisioning both the exterior and interior views.
4. Exclusive technology: We use a complete web-based platform where you’ll be able to store data, track selections dates, receive weekly updates, view photographs of your home’s progress and receive other critical communications through the building and design process. You gain from the value of having all the information in one place for the life of your home.

Design Program – (Discover the essence of their home)

• Provide written questionnaire to assist in understanding
• Develop clear list objectives & Goals Expectations
• Go over Process outline with client
• Use the Project “Objective/Program” to evaluate and start the “process” of Investigating the Site as well as the Conceptual Design Process

Site Analysis and Investigation

• Become familiar with the site by walking it, photographing it and documenting existing conditions as appropriate.
• Obtain General & Special Site Data:
  • Local municipality and County Requirements and Restrictions (ie. Setbacks, FAR, Total Surface Coverage for all impervious surface area I.E.) (Green space) (Max. Ht. etc.)
  • Survey with Property Boundaries
  • Grading/Contour Plan Data
  • Soils report and related information (ie. Running background information on Geo Technical information to address high ground water issues)
  • Sanitary System
  • Water or Private Well Data & Design Information
• Provide Preliminary Site analysis to include such considerations as:
  • Location, positioning
  • Sun & Daylight exposure and effects to living space
  • Circulation of vehicles and people
  • Landscaping and hardscape needs as well as best maximized exposure
  • Possibility taking into account proper drainage
  • Considerations for “negative space” those areas created as residual by the “positive footprint” of a structure
  • Perspective and approach
  • Exposure to site’s best features
  • Minimize unwanted site intrusions
  • Spaces created inside and outside of home
  • Considerations for context of area or neighborhood

Conceptual Design Phase

• Conceptual Site Diagrams relative to Provide “Conceptual-Schematic” drawings that demonstrate graphically the coordination of the design program components. “Floor Plan Bubble Diagrams”
• Represent the preliminary concepts for:
  • First floor plan
  • Second floor plan
  • Front elevation and or Building Perspective
• Use picture library into assist design process
• Use dimensional software to understand general building forms, massing, and structures
• Integrate, initial budgetary estimates as part of design process

Design Development Phase

• Develop the concept drawings to the next level of detail, incorporating Structural & Budgetary considerations
• Continuation of with design process to incorporate design issues such as:
  • Entry to the home – approach perspective
  • Public to Private spaces
  • “Open-ability” vs. “Closure”
  • Points of focus and Differentiation of parts
  • Window positioning and Daylight into the home
  • Patterns, geometries, alignments, rhythm, composition
  • Gateway – courtyard – covered entry
  • Organization, Alignments, and Sequence of spaces
  • Floor and Ceiling heights variation and variety
  • Layering of spaces
• Providing Drawings & Diagrams relative to:
  • Floor Plans
  • Exterior Elevations
  • Conceptual Site & Building Section
  • Give you a second budgetary estimate

Construction Documents Phase

• Construction Drawings, Documents, and Specifications are a set of multiple sheets of Drawings which depict all the different Floor Levels, Exteriors, Building Section, etc. with enlarged details and written information relative to their sizes, shapes, construction methods, materials, etc. which are the necessary means for obtaining (1) Accurate Bids (2) Building Permits (3) Construction itself.

Typical Construction Drawings/Documents include the following drawings:

• Architectural Site Plan
• Foundation Plan
• Finished Basement Plan
• First Floor Plan
• Second Floor Plan
• Roof Plan
• Exterior elevations
• Interior Cabinet and Component Elevations
• Building & Wall Section(s)
• Construction Details
• Electrical Layout plans
• Structural System & Bracing Diagrams

Bidding of Drawings

• Very informative and educational proposal detailing all aspects of construction and value engineering the plans with all subcontractors & suppliers

Obtaining permits Contract adjustment and signing of construction!