Custom Home · Lake Barrington
Custom Home with a Two-Story Living Room
A ground-up house, built on the same seven step process we run on every job, from the first site walk to the final quality review.
Seven steps, same as every job
Before anything was drawn for this house, the owners walked through houses we had already finished. That is deliberate. Blueprints are hard to read even for the people who produce them, and standing in a completed room tells you more about framing and trim quality than any drawing ever will.
The lot came next, then the preliminary plan, then the red lining between owners, builder and architect until the blueprint was settled. That took more than one pass, which is normal and is exactly what the stage is for. Specification, quote, contract and schedule followed in that order. By the time trades arrived, the remaining questions were small ones.
The short version
- Type
- Custom Home
- Where
- Lake Barrington, IL
- Scope
- Ground-up custom home with clerestory windows
- Photographs
- 13
The gallery
The house, as handed over
A straightforward record of the finished house, which is what the process is meant to produce.
Worth noticing
Three things about this one
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Owners toured finished Skycrest houses before anything was drawn
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Blueprint red lined between owner, builder and architect
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A ground-up build in Lake Barrington
Ask what this one cost
We can tell you the budget, the schedule and what went sideways on the way. Every job has something. The useful question is what happened next.