The Design Phase of Your Project

The basic rule of thumb is if your project costs more than 5% of the value of your house,  or if you are making structural changes to the interior or exterior of your home,  or if you a making significant changes to the floor plan of your home, you need an architect for your project.

This is the part of the project where Dovetail Joint Construction’s design build approach will add significant value and save you a lot of money over the life of your project.  We work with architects on almost every job and we have long term relationships with many very good architects in the Denver area.  It is because of this, we can get better pricing for their services for your project than you can by contacting them directly and we will pass that savings on to you.

Once you select the architect you want to use for your project, we will work with them throughout the design process to make sure they are designing a project that fits into your budget.  We cannot understate how important this is for the success of your project and we have seen many projects never get off the ground because this step was not followed.  Your architect is not paid to tell you no.  If you tell him you want something, he assumes you can afford it.  The time to determine how much your project is going to cost is during design, not after design is complete.

Once design is complete you are ready to build your dream…