Construction Costs Lowered!

As businesses throughout the nation and the world in every industry and profession are coping to reduce overhead and other operating expenses in order to remain competitive while giving lasting value to their customers, Elegance in Design Custom Homes is proud to have accompished just that.

Throughout all of 2008, as a founding partner of a local buyers purchasing group, we have been negotiating prices for goods and materials that would bring significant savings to you, our clients. To date we have been able to bring overall costs down 9%! I am especially pleased to announced that basically every category of durable goods has been contracted and our clients are reaping the benefits.

Due to the success in the material cost savings, we have been over the last 2 months working to bring favorable labor costs to the table. Stone masons, stucco installers, framers, roofers, etc., have all been contacted and we are now starting to see decreases on the labor side of the operations.

For example, a project to be started in August of 2008 had a frame labor cost of $5 p/sq ft. As this house was in excess of 8300’ framed, the quoted cost was greater than $41k. Today that same house would be built at $3.75 p/sq ft framed which results in a greater than $10k savings! When you factor in the other labor cost savings we here at Elegance in Design should be able to build any new home at rates we havent seen in years, which gains a tremendous amount of additional equity for the homeowner.

Final home costs are still determined by each individual buyer based upon their level of finish out.

As another service that was recently added we are now able to give a customer 10 free initial hours of design time with an award winning interior designer. Those hours can be spent on any facet of the project, from paint to fixture selections, to window treatments and furniture. Once again lasting value is being built into the project not only from a cost basis standpoint, but also from a customer service perspective.

Thank you for your continued support!