DESIGN-BUILD
SERVICES
SOKOL Design-Build Group LLC is all
about designing to accommodate your lifestyle and specific needs. We can design
and convert your basement to addition living, entertainment space, or legal
rental unit anywhere within Washington DC and Montgomery County, MD.
Need more living space? A better room arrangement? Special places for family and
activities? You don't have to leave the home you love. Let us custom design and
conversion your basement to meet your needs. It will improve the livability of your
home.
BASEMENT /
ATTIC DESIGN AND CONVERSION PROCESS
Your Project Consultant will guide you through
the complete design of your renovation project.
Step 1 -
Make in-home appointment
The design and build
experience with SOKOL Design-Build Group begins with the first email
(fill-out
the form for get in-home consultation and estimate). During this first email-consultation, you will set up an
appointment to meet at your project site. Your Project Consultant will know to
your preliminary ideas, share information with you about detail of your project
and our design-build or remodeling processes.
Step 2 - On-Site Consultation
The on-site consultation begins with your Project Consultant meeting with you at
your home or project site to discuss feasibility, design and budget. Our first
priority is to listen to your needs and to gain a feel for how you want your
home to function and look. We then create solutions that are functional,
aesthetically pleasing and within your budget.
From the information that we gathered during
our on site consultation your Project Consultant will create an investment range
that reflects the actual cost of your project based on the information you have
provided paralleled with our building standards. Your Project Consultant may
also provide an estimated time for completion of your project. Both the
investment range and completion time are subject to change.
Step 3 - Conceptual Design Agreement and
Preliminary Estimate
Once you have approved the investment range we will then engage in a Conceptual
Design (we will provide three different 3D computer models of design with
corresponding preliminary estimates). The cost of the Conceptual Design
Agreement is $ 550-$1,500 (Depending on the size of the project). The
Conceptual Design Agreement's cost will be included to the Final Contract
Estimate, if the customer chooses Sokol Design-Build Group as a contractor. The
customer receives Conceptual Drawings after the signing of Letter of Intent. The
Conceptual Design will be ready in 10 working days from receipt date of the
agreement signed and piece-work payment.
If the customer want to stay at the stage of
conceptual design and will require to get the conceptual drawings, he need pays
2% - 4% of the construction budget for the project (depending on the size of the
project).
* Conceptual design, is option
for the customers and it's not necessary for the small or middle size of
projects.
Step 4 - Letter of Intent for design-build process
After discussion, conceptual designs, for further work, the customer will sign
Letter of Intent for design-build process, include initial payment of 5% - 7%
(depending on the size of the project) of the
budget for the project.
Then we do the Final Design and Construction drawings for building permit.
At this point
a final scope of work will be created to verbalize what is pictured in your
construction documents and list all final product selections. A project schedule
will be created to show a start and completion date along with a draw schedule
to outline the payment schedule. Finally, a contract will be created to tie
everything together.
Step 5 - Fixed
Price Contract. Construction
After
execution, Construction drawings for Maryland or Washington DC Residential
Construction Commission enrollment and homeowner's association approval will be
secured. We will sign the Fixed Price Contract and begin construction process.
Your Project Manager is responsible for scheduling the trades and products
necessary for project completion along with quality assurance. Weekly through
to the completion of your project you will meet with your Project Manager on
site to discuss progress and answer any questions that may have arisen. Even
though you only have one set time each week to meet with your Project Manager he
is always available by phone or email.
Post
Construction
We provide a 3-year warranty on all work performed as well as a 10-year warranty
on all structural work performed. We stand behind our quality workmanship on
every project. We will follow up with a detailed client satisfaction survey so
you can tell us about your experience
