Our Custom Home Building
Process


Quality you can see in every custom home, remodel, and addition.

The quality of your home starts long before construction begins. When you choose to build with Buresh, you have an experienced team guiding you through every stage of the home construction process. It’s custom, it’s luxury, but it’s also efficient.

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How We Work

1

Initial Consultation


Our home construction process always starts with a conversation. We’ll learn about what you want to build or change, how your home will function, and what matters most to you. It’s an opportunity to make sure our team is the right fit for your project before moving forward.

2

Site Visit


Before we finalize plans, we need to understand your property. We’ll visit your lot or existing home to assess the site, layout, and other factors that could affect your project. We’ll take photos and measurements to understand exactly what your space allows.

3

Design & Blueprints


Once we start working on blueprints, we bring in our trusted designer to translate your vision into a finished plan. This can take two to three months depending on the complexity. Remodels and additions follow the same path only when the project involves moving walls or adding square footage. If you’re refreshing a space without changing its structure, we often move straight to the bidding stage.

4

Bidding


When your plans are finalized, we take them to our network of trusted subcontractors and work through the scope, materials, labor, and other details that contribute to the final price. You’ll have a clear picture of the investment before construction begins.This stage generally takes another one to two months.

5

Contract


Once the scope and pricing are agreed upon, we’ll finalize the construction contract and establish the details for your project. You’ll know what’s included, what to expect, and what comes next before we break ground.

6

Construction


Now, we build! Once construction begins until the time it’s finished, we’ll coordinate everything that’s required to keep your project moving. You’ll have a team overseeing the build and holding every part of your project to our Buresh standards of exceptional quality and craftsmanship.

One Team

One Team. One Point of Contact. High-End Results.

From your first conversation with us to the final walkthrough, you work with one team. At Buresh, we’re committed to coordinating the schedules, subcontractors, materials, and construction details so you aren’t piecing the project together yourself. That way, you’ll have more time to focus on the decisions that make your home truly yours.

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Frequently Asked Questions About

Our Custom Home Building Process

We're a general contractor. We don't have designers on staff, but we work closely with a trusted outside designer on every project's blueprints.

It depends on the project. For a custom home, design and blueprints typically take two to three months, and bidding adds another one to two months before construction starts. Remodels and additions move faster when no blueprints are needed, since you can skip straight to bidding. 

Either works. Plenty of our clients bring in land they already own while others buy directly from one of our developments.

Yes. Cedar Rapids and Iowa City are where we do the most work, but we also build throughout the surrounding corridor.

As involved as you want to be. You’ll have some decisions to make throughout the process (like what kind of finishes you prefer), but you won’t be expected to manage the project yourself. We’ll coordinate and handle all of the construction details while keeping you informed and involved in the decisions that shape your home.

We do. You won’t need to spend your time finding or managing individual contractors. We collaborate with partners and suppliers we trust to meet our standards for craftsmanship and service.

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You deserve to take pride in your home. Backed by over 50 years of exceptional craftsmanship, our team will make sure it’s one you’re proud of for years to come.

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