As noted on the Design/Build Concept page, design functions and building construction are totally integrated when you choose a design/build firm like Schlitt Builders. The actual design and building phases are the tangible aspects of construction your home. Schlitt Builders is well qualified to accomplish the design and construction of your home as evidenced throughout this site.

Perhaps just as importantly, however, is the relationship you develop with your designer/builder. That intangible aspect of mutual respect between human beings is absolutely vital to accomplishing your dreams. If you do not have confidence and trust in your builder, you honestly should not work with that firm no matter the financial savings.

Competition is good, but trust works better
Schlitt Builders takes seriously its responsibility to be your eyes, ears, and voice on the job site, ensuring that your decisions made in the design phase are carried out in minute detail during the building phase. Only a designer/builder who has worked with your from Day One truly understands your dreams and can thus communicate those on your behalf.

How do you select a designer/builder? Obviously, the quality of work produced is the most important factor. Workmanship should make 70 percent of your decision regarding who will build your house. Past clients and their references will help you in this determination. In addition to the references a firm provides you, talk with others you trust who have built homes and gain their input on different firms in the area.

Another 20 percent of your decision should be based on the contractor's ability to make a job run smoothly while accommodating the inevitable changes and surprises in construction. With Schlitt Builders as your designer and builder, the left hand knows what the right hand is doing. In fact, the left hand and right hand not only know what the other hand is doing, the two hands work in tandem together with constant communication to and from the design/build team in order to reach the deadlines established in the design phase. To meet those deadlines, you want a professional designer/builder who has developed positive relationships with subcontractors. Schlitt Builders has fostered such relationships.

The last 10 percent of your decision about whom to hire as your designer/builder should be based on a combination of cost, communication, and personality. Cost is a realistic factor to consider and is not taken lightly. In fact, far from it! However, we sincerely suggest that you also take into consideration the designer/builder's commitment to communication (and how that occurs) in addition to how well your personalities 'click'. You and your designer/builder will be working closely for many months. It is imperative you are comfortable with one another.

Remember the Relationships
Wow! You just wanted to build a house or put on a new addition, right? What's all this stuff about relationships?

If you gain nothing more from our web site, we hope you've learned that the design/build concept is about relationships and trusting a professional firm to transform your dream into a reality based upon workmanship project management, and communication. We invite you to contact Schlitt Builders if these qualities are what you want.

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We want to be the designer of your dreams….
and your builder for life.