Construction of Your Home
The plans and specifications for your home have been reviewed by a structural engineer and approved by the Pikes Peak Regional Building Department (PPRBD). Your new home is constructed to specific plans and not to displayed models. The construction of a new home differs from other manufacturing processes in several ways. By keeping these differences in mind, you can enjoy observing the construction process as we build your new home. Building a home is one of the few products built by human hands, outdoors, with multiple trades and craftsmen working together on your home.
If You Are Building from the Ground Up (Dirt Start)
You have more opportunity for input into the design and finish details of a new home than for most other products. Our success in personalizing your home depends on effective and timely communication of your choices.
If You Are Purchasing a Spec or Inventory Home
For spec/inventory homes, your design was selected by one of our designers. Due to the timing of ordering products and the construction sequence, changes are not allowed on these homes.
Watching Your Home Take Shape
Because of the time required for construction, you will have many opportunities to view your home as it is built, ask questions, and discuss details.
As a consumer, you rarely have the opportunity to watch as the products you purchase are created. Unlike other products that are created in a setting where mistakes can be corrected before the product leaves the factory, you will be able to watch as mistakes are made and corrected along the way.
What's in this guide
- Start of Construction — the tasks Classic Homes completes before construction can begin, including the building permit.
- Home Start Conference — your pre-construction meeting with your Builder to review plans, specifications, and the building process.
- Safety & Site Visits — when and how to visit your homesite safely during construction.
- How Your Home Is Built — plans and specifications, quality control, trade partners, and what to do with questions.
- Construction Schedule — how delivery dates are set, why progress sometimes pauses, and the typical construction sequence.
- Site Policies — locks and keys, and private home inspector authorization.
- Walkthroughs — the walks through your home: Pre-Drywall Inspection, New Home Presentation, Landscape Walk, and Welcome Home Orientation.
Key terms
Start of Construction — while you are finalizing financing and selections, Classic Homes attends to several tasks before starting construction.
Home Start Conference — a meeting to review your plans, selections, any approved change requests, and the protocols of the construction process.
Safety — please respect the potentially dangerous nature of a construction site and follow our site visit policies.
Pre-Drywall Inspection (PDI) — your second meeting with your Builder, providing an opportunity to see the quality inside the walls of your new home and confirm that selections and change requests are correct.
Locks and Keys — once your locks are changed, only your keys will open your home.
Plans and Specifications — the reasons that no two homes are alike.
Quality — we monitor work on your home to note and correct any errors that occur, and ensure that the home we deliver meets the standards we promised you.
Single Source — Classic Homes selects all personnel and orders all materials that go into your home.
Trade Contractors — approved trades that complete work with Classic Homes' written authorization.
Private Home Inspector Authorization — the policies that apply if you hire your own inspector.
Construction Schedule — delivery dates are a target until we confirm a closing date in writing.
Construction Sequence — an overview of the major steps typically followed in building a home.