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DESIGN-BUILD SERVICES
SOKOL Design-Build Group LLC is all about designing
to accommodate your lifestyle and specific needs. We can design and
build on your property or ours, anywhere within Montgomery County and
Washington DC. Whether you're looking for a smaller home, a bigger home,
or simply a more livable one, we can custom-design and build what you
need, when you need it.
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 a renovation or addition to meet
your needs. It will not only improve the livability of your home, but
enhance its existing architecture.
Some of the best home sites already have a structure.
We can help you decide whether to work with the existing home, or raze
it and start from scratch.
HOME
ADDITION DESIGN-BUILD 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 $ 1,500. The 50% of 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 -15 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
3% - 7% 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. The
50% of Construction drawings cost will be included to the Final Construction
Estimate, if the customer chooses Sokol Design-Build Group as a contractor.
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.
Our 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 1-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
WHY INVEST IN YOUR
REMODELING PROJECT?
During these days
of plummeting home sales and resale value, many homeowners are opting to
remodel and stay in their current homes. Here are the national averages
for project costs and the return on those investments when the house is
sold about a year later.
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Project |
Average Project Cost
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Amount Recouped |
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Bathroom Remodel |
$14,510 - $61,450 |
 102% |
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Major Kitchen Remodel |
$53,230-$120,960 |
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91% |
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Basement Remodel |
$54,220-$181,510 |
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90% |
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Window Replacement |
$10,410-$17,580 |
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90% |
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Deck Addition |
$9,370-$37,490 |
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90% |
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Family room addition |
$72,710-$180,310 |
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83% |
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Sunroom Addition |
$67,670-$130,750 |
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75% |
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2011-12 National
Averages (Washington DC Metro Area)
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