Yes! If you’re buying a house or want advice on improving your current home, we also offer a 45-minute, in-person consultation with our contractor for $300.

If you’re wondering how much it’ll cost to repair something small, like replacing bad wood around a door jamb or a window, you’ll probably need to get an exterior audit.

Check it out here – Exterior Audit: https://centerbeamconstruction.com/exterior-repairs/

But, if you need us to figure out the source of a problem—like moisture issues from an attic or water intrusion from outside siding into drywall—that’s a bit more involved. And it may be a process of elimination which might take a few visits. We charge a small fee for the diagnosis: $145 per hour/per person, rounded up to the next hour. Most diagnoses average around $300 because older homes often require a process of elimination to get to the root cause.

For larger projects, like a remodel, bathroom, kitchen or addition, we start with an initial consultation that’s completely free.

This first meeting is all about discussing your ideas, answering questions, and getting a feel for the space. We can often provide a guesstimate of what we believe the job will cost during or after the initial meeting.

If you choose to move forward with an estimate, then you will be charged 1% of the guesstimate.

After our initial conversation, if you decide to move forward, we’ll schedule an in-person meeting to provide a free ballpark guesstimate of your project. If everything looks good and you want a detailed estimate, we’ll send over an agreement to sign and charge a fee of 1% of the estimated project cost.

This is where the real magic starts! We’ll take measurements, discuss your vision, share inspiration (hello, Pinterest boards!), coordinate with vendors, and do everything needed to create a thorough, detailed estimate.

Once we start your estimate, the general time line is about 4 weeks.

Here’s what working with us looks like, from start to finish:

Our first meeting is all about getting to know each other, learning about your project, and exploring your goals. We’ll also give you a ballpark idea of the budget and discuss any contingencies to help establish a target design and budget. This is just a starting point—it’s not the final estimate.

If the project is feasible and within your budget, we’ll prepare a Design Phase contract for you to review. Once signed, we’ll:

• Investigate your home and provide guidance where needed.
• Take photos and measurements of the space.
• Address any major design challenges.
• Create preliminary design drawings, including floor plans, elevations, and foundation plans (if needed for an additional fee).
• Develop a detailed scope of work and project specifications.
• Prepare a proposal and construction contract.

The cost of this design phase is approximately 1% of your target project budget

During this phase, we’ll work closely with you and involve our team of subcontractors and specialists to develop the actual project costs.

When the design phase is complete, you’ll have:

• Finalized design drawings (if needed and purchased)
• Detailed project specifications.
• A fixed-price construction proposal (as fixed as possible- remember, with remodels, there are many unknowns)

At this point, you have options:

1. You can keep the design documents and pause the project.
2. Or, you can move forward with the construction phase.

We’ll finalize permit drawings,  apply for permits and COA’s (if needed) and start scheduling trades. Your contract will be sent to your for signature and the process getting you on schedule will begin. Once that’s done, we’ll provide a soft timeline for project milestones.

This is a good question. And it will change depending on the size of the project. However, each project will be broken down into installment payments. The initial installment usually kicks off the project including demo, framing, etc… and is typically 20 to 30% of the full amount of the estimate. The rest will be broken down into installment payments usually due around percentage of completion milestones. EXAMPLE:

• 1/4 due before permits are pulled.
• 1/4 due midway (around framing and window install time).
• 1/4 due afterwards (usually after tile is installed
• 1/4 due after final inspections are complete.

Well, that’s an easy one to answer. Simply fill out the form and give us some details about what you are looking for. We’ll call you within 24 hours to discuss your project. Here’s a link to the fill out the form: https://centerbeamconstruction.com/contact/