The length of the building process varies based on several factors: design time, size and complexity of home, weather, homeowner decisions being made on time, etc. In general, a smaller more basic home should be completed in about 6 months from design to completion, and larger, more complex homes will take longer.

Typically, it works best (and the homeowner feels less rushed) if the homeowner begins working with us a few months in advance (although we have worked with past customers for much longer and shorter periods of time before construction started).

Knapp Builders offers our own in-house design services to our customers through the use of Chief Architect. We are flexible as we have built many homes that were designed by outside architects, and many homes than we have designed ourselves.

Not necessarily – we can work with you to find a lot or land that fits what you are looking for, or we can work with a lot that you already have.

Yes and No. We have a collection of blueprints of homes that we have previously built and can share ones with you that are similar to what you are looking for. As a truly “custom” builder, though, we do not keep several model prints on hand, but instead create you a unique design that fits your family.

While we have built several high-end homes around town, we cater to a wide variety of budgets. We do believe strongly, however, that all sizes of homes deserve the same high level of quality in craftsmanship and products. We recommend using higher end products (windows, furnace, hardware, plumbing fixtures, etc.), but can make changes as requested by the homeowner. Regardless of size of house, or products used, however, you will always get the highest level of quality in the carpentry labor we do to frame and trim out your new home.

This is one of the questions we receive the most, yet has too many variables for us to be able to give a general answer to. Please click on this document to read more about price per square foot.

Many factors can drive this, but the main components are: quality construction, type of heating/cooling system installed, type/thickness of insulation, attic space being properly ventilated, and quality level of windows.

Knapp Builders hires carpenters as a part of our direct staff. We do not subcontract out our framing or finishing carpentry labor, so when you hire us as your builder, we will be the ones on the job building your home. The areas of the home that we subcontract out, we will only bid out to subs that have a proven reputation for quality work and integrity of billing.

If you plan on getting bids from more than one builder, we recommend allowing us to put together a complete set of specification sheets for you first. We feel (and have been told by many of our subs), that we are more detailed with our specs and pricing than anyone in the area. We would encourage you to expect the same detail from other builders. If something is not clearly written out in specs, then you are not guaranteed it is included in that builder’s price. We want to ensure that you are able to compare feature-by-feature when evaluating bottom-line pricing.