Building a custom home is a once-in-a-lifetime series of decisions. One overlooked design choice can cost you comfort, money, and flexibility for decades. I help families plan smarter before those mistakes are finalized in concrete.
Before retiring, I was a professional residential designer with a degree in architecture, a ‘Class A’ licensed homebuilder, and a real estate developer.
Over the last fifty years, I’ve been involved in hundreds of projects. I’ve seen what works, what fails, and what quietly drains budgets long after move-in day.
This site exists to protect everyday families from expensive, irreversible mistakes – not to sell you on trends, upsells, or glossy inspiration that ignores real-world consequences.
This is a process that my wife and I have been through ourselves.
This photograph shows a house we are using as an example in this blog, one we designed and built ourselves back in 2007. Unfortunately, our adventure wasn’t successful. The photograph was taken by our realtor when we moved out. I hope you will learn from our mistakes.
This blog site and YouTube channel will walk you through the custom home process in the correct order:
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