Building Mission

 

OUR MISSION

 

Mission

Our mission at The Eminent Global Estate Company is to provide our clients with a design that works well on their building site and reflects their lifestyle. We provide a great starting point for many of our customers to tailor a home to their lifestyle.

We also embrace the idea that all building sites and client needs are different. We have developed a studio of experienced design professionals to aid in the modification and customization of our designs. Because the customization process can vary in complexity, time and costs, we have detailed the process and milestones in the customization of our designs.

Proposal / Deposit

The proposal includes the stock plan cost, cost of design modifications, cost of structural engineering changes required for your region and an estimated time of delivery. Once you have agreed to the proposal, The Bungalow Company will collect a deposit for your project.

A deposit for the amount of the stock plan fee is required to get your job activated on our project schedule. The balance is due upon completion of the plans and prior to their shipment from our office.
If your project spans over the course of 2 months, you will receive progress billing at the end of each month. Payments on progress billings are due upon receipt.

Schedule and Project Phases

• Purchase Plan (Deposit)
• Begin Design
• Design Development Phase
• Client Review and Sign Off
• Structural Engineering Phase
• Construction Documents Phase
• Incorporation of Structural Engineering
• Quality check
• Printing/ Shipping

Design Development Phase / Client Review and Sign Off

A Eminent Global Estate Company designer will work with you to complete the design modifications outlined in the proposal. When you are satisfied with the design, you will be issued a copy of it and asked to sign and date the plan and return it to The Bungalow Company.

Structural Engineering Phase

Every region of the country has unique soil, wind, snow and seismic characters that affect the structural system of any building. Additionally, every building code has different formulas and factors to design structure with. Therefore, most plans need to be engineered by a professional engineer to meet your regional conditions and specific building code requirements. A stamped and sealed plan with calculations will expedite approval of your plans in the building and planning departments. In many cases, a concise structural design by a seasoned structural engineer can save on construction cost. The Eminent Global Estate Company has created relationships with a variety of structural engineering firms throughout the country which are licensed in every state and can provide the required expertise to fast track you project.

When working with The Eminent Global Estate  Company, an estimate for engineering will be provided on your project and you will pay the engineers invoice direct with no mark up from The Company. Our design team will incorporate the engineering information into final plans and provide a final quality check before shipping your project.

Engineering may not always be required by your local building department, however, The Company strongly suggests that it be done. Building a home is one of the largest purchases one ever makes and proper structural engineering ensures timeliness of production and peace of mind knowing that your job is done right.

The Eminent Global Estate Company will issue the approved design to the structural engineering firm, which will commence work based on the approved design. The Eminent Global Estate Company encourages you to review the design thoroughly before approving it as changes later in the game can delay the schedule and incur additional costs. Your new home is The Eminent Global Estate Company’s priority – the sooner change requests are made, the more efficiently and cost effectively they can be incorporated into the plans.

DESIGN WORK FLOW

Customer Support

During the bidding, permit and construction process The Eminent Global Estate Company is available to you to answer any questions, provide clarifications and solutions to problems. We require the client and their representative to discuss field alterations with us and our consulting engineers. Seemingly small structural alterations can have a dramatic impact on design and are not advised without review by The Eminent Global Estate Company and our consulting engineers. Beyond the structural impact of field changes, there can also be code violations, which if not addressed through the proper channels, (e.g. building department and any other reviewing association) can prove costly both in dollars and time.

The Eminent Global Estate Company makes every effort possible to deliver a perfect set of plans and has a zero defects policy, however, human error does occasionally occur. If you discover an error, please contact your project manger at our office immediately and we will expedite a solution or clarification to the situation. The Eminent Global Estate Company prides itself on resolving questions or errors as quickly and seamlessly as possible.

Changes

Although we make every effort to accurately estimate our work, design is a creative process and changes will occur. We encourage our clients to make the changes that will make their new home exactly what they want. These changes are much more cost effective during design rather than construction. In the event that the project is taking additional hours, your project manager will submit a change order to you detailing the proposed additional

costs and impact on the schedule. The client will then authorize the work by returning the signed change order to our office or decide not to proceed to with the additional changes.

Meetings

If you are a local client or wish to travel to our studio we will include a free (1) one-hour meeting to discuss your design modifications. If your building site is in within 30 minutes of our office, we will be glad to conduct the meeting on site. Additional meetings and site visits will be billed by the hour with a 1 hour minimum.