Three stages, three reviews — your sign-off at each. Cost rides along from the first sketch, so the design you fall in love with is one you can actually build.
This Phase, in Plain English
We move from concept to development to final selections, pacing the decisions so selection fatigue never sets in. Nothing advances to construction until design is finalized and signed.
How Design Works
Throughout designA written summary after every meetingA weekly design update
Kickoff + brief
Concept — Approval 1
Development — Approval 2
Selections, paced
Sign-Off — Approval 3
What you receive, why it matters, and how it differs from other builders
The Selections Sign-Off
Every choice, locked and priced
Every Selection, Documented
Room by room, make and model.
Each One Priced
A named few allowances at most — materials only.
Approved by You
Initialed and dated.
Kitchen — cabinetry, stone, fixturesSigned
Primary bath — tile, fittingsSigned
Flooring — whole houseSigned
No vague allowance rides into a contract.
Three Approvals — All Yours
Your signature gates every stage
No.1 — Concept
The big moves, approved.
No.2 — Development
Refined room by room.
No.3 — Selections
Locked, priced, signed.
We cannot move without you. By design.
Mood Boards + Palettes
In The Selection Studio
Materials You Can Touch
The actual finishes going into your home.
Curated to Your Vision
Not a catalog dump.
A Design Lead on Every Choice
Reviewing each selection with you.
Selections are where a home becomes yours.
Why You Receive It
Open allowances are how budgets explode after you’ve signed. We lock and price your selections before the contract; the only allowances left are stone slabs, paint colors and at most two items agreed before signing — materials only, with written notice before any overage. The number you sign moves only when you move it.
What makes ours differentEvery selection priced before the contract, and every allowance named in writing — never a vague one you discover later.
Why You Receive It
Your signature gates each stage. The decisions happen on paper — not in drywall, where changes are expensive and painful.
What makes ours differentThree formal sign-offs, all yours. Decisions are made before the build, not during it.
Why You Receive It
Selections are where a home becomes yours — or where it goes off the rails. We curate, pace, and guide every one.
What makes ours differentThe Selection Studio plus a design lead reviewing every choice — not a showroom and a deadline.
Every document here becomes a chapter of your living build binder — yours to keep.
Who Owns This Phase
Design is led by our design team, with a design lead who reviews every selection you make.