We believe in a Quality Process: By use of systems, process, and great people, we consistently deliver a better built, brand-new home. Designed to provide you with an unmatched customer experience before, during, and after the construction of your brand new home, learn more about what happens at each step of our process below!
Decide where you want to build your home! Still searching for land? That's okay. We can find the perfect homesite for you. Whether you’re at the beginning of your search or have properties you're considering, we’re here to help you choose the one right for you.
Choose your home plan! Here on our website, you can view our galleries, virtual tours, and search our home plans. Check out our interactive floor plans to customize your dream space. Or if you have plans that have been drawn by your architect that works too! Watch our customer story videos and see exactly what our customers have to say about us.
We can help answer any questions, including providing upfront pricing for any of our home plans or home plans you have provided. If you're unable to meet in person, we can also schedule a virtual appointment.
Once you have a plan, it’s time to create a budget. We know every dollar counts, which is why our knowledgeable sales agent will work with you to help create a home you love, within your budget.
There are three main components to the home building process:
Once you’ve designed your home to your liking, your sales agent will give you our upfront desktop price. The price we quote is for your structural contract price of your home.
After you’ve selected your home, it’s time to sign a contract. Here’s where you’ll review and approve drawings and begin planning for the design phase of your home. construction, including determining timelines, requesting permits, and preparing the land for building your home.
Before construction can begin on your home, there are a few necessary items that need to be completed. Some sites require clearing or grading before anything can happen. Soil tests, surveying and plot plans, as well as permits are just a few of the things that need to be addressed before construction begins. Our experienced project manager will provide our customers with the information they need to understand the entire process and each phase of construction.
Once you’ve selected your home plan, it’s time to customize it to your family’s lifestyle in our market leading Design Studio. You can customize any of our home plans or elevations (exteriors) to your preference. Not only do you have the opportunity to select brick, paint, floor coverings, roof color, and appliances, but you can also move walls, add closet space, add square footage, and almost anything else to make your home uniquely your own. Our Design Studio Specialists are there to help bring your vision to life while staying inside your budget! Visit our Design Studio here.
Once you’ve determined the structure of your home and made selections in our Design Studio, it’s time to meet the construction team! At this step, you’ll meet your builder where you will learn more about your dream home being built, including determining timelines, requesting permits, and preparing the land for building your home.
Once everything is prepared, it’s time to break ground! Once construction begins, you will be in constant communication with the Creative Homes team. Through “weekly update calls,” you will receive real time updates of the construction of your home from your builder and project manager. Below is a basic outline showing the milestones of your home being built.
When construction is completed, we will walk you through your new home. This is where we help educate you on how to maintain your home and answer any questions you may have at that time.
Just because we’re finished building your home does not mean you are on your own. Each Creative home is provided with a limited warranty on three levels:
Learn more about our warranty here.
Building on your own land typically provides the most flexibility and customization. It is also frequently more expensive, because you lose the economy of scale from building within a community. The pricing structures are completely different and should not be compared.
Lot Cost + Structure Price + Included Features = Price This is a great starting point to build a budget and establish a foundation.
Lot Cost + Structure Price + Included Features + Design Selections + Lot specific conditions = Price The price we provide to you includes the cost of the land itself, the expenses required to prepare the land for your new home, and the actual cost of the house, structural options, and design options you may choose. Site work expenses include items such as storm water management, engineering, permitting, water & sewer, site controls (construction entrance), sediment and erosion controls, and driveway.
You do not have to own land or have a contract on it to get pricing. If you are still looking for land, our team can guide you in the right direction to find a property. We recommend using Creative Homes Real Estate Group to help find you your perfect homesite. They are experts in finding land specific to new home construction.
We build in the greater metro area of the Twin Cities and Western Wisconsin. If you’re unsure if your lot qualifies, please reach out.
Financing for the On Your Lot program is through a Construction to Permanent Loan. There are two transactions that occur – one on land and one on the home. Both transactions are then combined into 1 settlement and 1 loan package. Settlement on the loan occurs at settlement of the lot, meaning, you take possession of the property at settlement and you establish the construction loan at the same time. Through the use of our preferred lender, Better Built Mortgage, additional incentives are available.
All plans will be evaluated with the project manager to determine if it’s possible to build your plan.
