Custom home building

Discuss the builder’s role.

Start by naming the decisions and the information already available. The builder’s role and other specialist responsibilities need to be agreed.

Who decides. What to bring.

These are questions to clarify together, not a fixed team or a list of prerequisites.

Which choices belong to the owner? Which need a designer, engineer or another specialist? Who confirms the builder’s agreed work?

Share what you know about how you would use the home, the property, any plans or material preferences. Notes are enough to begin.

A wood or stone sample can express a preference. It does not establish a supplier, technical detail, design responsibility or agreed building scope.

Bring the questions you have now. The first conversation can identify what information would be useful next.