Building Process

 

Building a new home can seem like a huge production. At Oevering Homes organization and customer service are two of our key assets. We work hard and with purpose each and every day to ensure the process runs smoothly and to keep you informed every step of the way. Watching as your home is being built is an exciting time. Where some builders discourage the buyer's involvement in the process, we encourage it. We want you to be involved in as much of the process as you would like. Oevering Homes offers you a 90-day building guarantee1and strives to make every Oevering home building as stress free as possible. This timeline illustrates the major events that will take place during the construction of your new home. This outline is to help you feel at ease through the process of building your Oevering home and to give you a step-by-step reference of what to expect.

Before getting started with building an Oevering home, you must get pre-approved with a lender. We understand getting pre-approval is a major step but it is a requirement before we can begin. If you don't currently have a lender, let us assist you with a recommendation for a lender Oevering Homes has worked with and one that understands our building process and financing requirements.

1. Initial Building Consultation

The initial meeting is a time for you (and your real estate agent, if applicable) and an Oevering Homes Representative to go over your wants and needs. Everything from A-Z. We will take some time to gather information and share some suggestions as well as give you some details on locations, lots available, home plans, and some general pricing. Once we have a pretty good idea of what we want we will take this information back to our plans coordinator who will draft some options and create a proposal.

2. Proposal Meeting

This meeting is to review a proposed package which includes a house plan, lot, location and initial price. Based on the initial building consultation meeting this may be one package or we may have a couple of options for you to review.

3. Purchase Agreement

Once both Oevering Homes and you have generally agreed upon a house plan, location and base price the next step is to write the offer to purchase. A builder deposit will be required to finalize this agreement. This agreement is contingent on the buyer and seller agreeing on a blue print which will be reviewed in step 4.

4. Pre-Construction Meeting

Before the actual excavation of your home site begins, you and an Oevering Homes Representative will review the final blue print, a building schedule and conduct a lot/home-site review. Oevering Homes wants to ensure the details of your home are what you agreed upon, the schedule is in align with your expectations, and the site review assists with the placement2 of your home.

5. Selections Meeting

We will set-up selection meetings for you to decide on such things as appliances, bath and kitchen fixtures, phone and TV wire locations, flooring, cabinets, counter-tops, exterior options, shingles, and any special requests you may have.

6. Walkthroughs

The walk-trough's will be scheduled for you to meet with the mechanical subs at your home-site to ensure such things as electrical outlets and plumbing are located and installed to your specifications and as agreed upon. This walk-through also gives you the opportunity to your home while it is under construction and ask an Oevering Homes Representative any questions you may have.

7. Mid-Construction Meeting

This meeting is to review the current status of your building, ensure the building schedule is on track and the details of your building agreement are or have been met. Please do not become alarmed if you see something that is not correct. If you have questions regarding the construction of your home or see something that differs from your final plan, we encourage you to contact your Oevering Homes Representative. He/She will address your concerns and make any necessary adjustments or corrections. Additionally at this time your lender will be contacted to set a date for closing

8. Home Orientation and Final Walk Through

99% of your Oevering Home has now been completed. Your Oevering Home Representative will take you through a final walk-through of your home. This is an opportunity to address any final details that need touch-ups, any items that may need seasonal scheduling (i.e. landscaping or driveway grading) and to familiarize you with the individual components of your Oevering home. We will review any routine maintenance as well as answer any questions

9. Closing

The final process of completing your Oevering Home. We will meet with your lender and sign all necessary documents to finalize the loan transaction of your new home.

10. Move-In

Congratulations on your new Oevering home! We thank you for placing your trust in Oevering to build your home. Our dedicated team will be available to answer any questions that you may have about your warranties and help you with any maintenance needs that might come up. We wish you all the best moving in and making your house a home!

Foot note 1: A 90-day guarantee is only if the buyer adheres to the building schedule, any diversion from the schedule may result in an increase in time to build. Additionally, depending on the season Oevering may have to come back when weather permits to add items like grass, sidewalks, trees, etc. All of this will be communicated with the buyer at the time the offer is written and the schedule is reviewed.

Footnote 2: The placement of your home, trees and any other items pertaining to placement on the lot will be made in every effort to honor your requests; however, in instances where honoring the request violates city and/or development requirements in any way we regret that we will be unable to accommodate the request. Factors that may affect this decision include, but are not limited to: drainage, set-back requirements, easements, grading, utility locations, soil conditions, etc.