Pre-construction
During the pre-construction meeting, you are invited to sit down with your sales person, superintendent and possibly a customer service representative to do a final review of your Dream Home package. Together, you'll verify the placement of the house, review the blue prints, and find out what to expect during the building process. Once city and county permits are cleared, construction can begin. Your sales rep will remain your primary contact throughout the process.

Foundation
On most of our homes, the foundation is the concrete structure that supports your entire house. The time required to build a foundation varies depending on your city's inspection codes and your geographic location. In Denver, for example, frost zones must be considered while, in California they have to think about earthquakes, soil conditions, integrity of the ground, government requirements, wind, and the size of the home need to also be taken into consideration. Ultimately, a structural engineer and soils engineer determines the best foundation system for your home. Then the superintendent sets forms, pours the foundation and installs rough plumbing.

Framing
The frame is the skeleton of your home. Landmark homes typically have wood frames, however, many of our homes have metal interior, partition walls. Windows and fireplaces are placed in the frame and, in some cases, wall paneling. This phase takes between one to four weeks.

Rough mechanicals
If the frame is the skeleton, then the rough mechanicals are the internal organs of your home. During this one to three week phase, prep for air-conditioning, heating, ventilation, plumbing, and electrical wiring are introduced to the structure. If you've opted for any special security systems, central vacuum, or pre-wiring for your stereo and entertainment centers, installation takes place at this point. Typically, you'll be invited down to the site for a "frame walk" or orientation to verify that all the options you selected are in place.

Finishes
This is the midway point of the building process. The finish is the skin of your home, including drywall, stucco, roofing, siding, concrete walls, the driveway, property line fences and all major interior and exterior surfaces. All of these finishing touches really help your house start to look like home. Countertops and cabinets are installed; the house is painted and stained.

Trims
Now the fun really starts. All the browsing you did at the Landmark Design Center is starting to pay off. During this two week phase, you will begin to recognize the home you designed and imagined. The team installs faucets and sinks, light switches, towel bars, doorknobs and all of the small hardware you'll be using on a daily basis.

Finals
Workers wait until this final week to install the flooring in the interest of protecting your carpets and hardwood from boots, nails and dust. Any minor adjustments take place now, like window screens, drywall and paint touchups. Final grading, property line fencing and landscaping are installed at this time. A Quality Assurance walk is conducted by Landmark's Home Orientation Specialist. The house is given a thorough cleaning and is ready for the final orientation.

Final orientation
After weeks of hard work and patience, it's time to do the final walk through. A Landmark Home Orientation Specialist meets with you to inspect the premises. At this point you sign the closing papers, after which you will wait for the escrow to clear (between two to seven days) before you actually get to slide that shiny new key onto your chain.