MixedMaterials Studio · Richmond, VA
A custom home is built twice — once on paper, then once in the ground. This is the entire path we walk with you, in order, from the first phone call to the night you sleep in it.
Mutual fit before mutual commitment. We meet, walk the land, and decide together if this is a partnership worth building.
An email, a referral, a phone call. We log the lead and learn the shape of your project before anyone shows up.
A 30-minute introductory call. Lot, program, target budget, target timeline — no pressure, no pitch deck.
On-site or in-studio. You meet the principal, not a salesperson. We walk through how we work and where you fit.
A short, transparent preconstruction agreement. This is what unlocks design and protects both sides through discovery.
The home is drawn, costed, and approved on paper before a single board is bought. The slow part. The part most builders skip.
Your private workspace goes live. Plans, renderings, selection boards, meeting notes — all in one place, all the time.
Massing, floor plan, elevations. We test the program against the lot until everything lands.
Material story, palette, the textures the house will feel like. We commit to a direction before pricing it.
An honest preliminary number against the scope so far. We adjust here, not at framing.
We package the submission and shepherd it through your architectural review board.
Full working set: structure, MEP, details, schedules. The drawings a sub can actually build from.
Line-item proposal walked through page by page. Everything that’s in, everything that isn’t, no surprises.
Contracts signed, permits filed, every cabinet pull chosen. We do the deciding now so the field never waits on you.
Final construction agreement. Fixed scope, transparent schedule of values, clear allowance structure.
Mobilization deposit. The trigger for permitting, scheduling subs, and ordering long-lead items.
Submission to the county or city. We track inspections, revisions, and stamps so you don’t have to.
Construction-phase workspace. Daily logs, photo updates, schedule, change orders, invoices — all live.
We introduce your project manager, walk through how we’ll communicate, and set the cadence for the build.
A small ritual. Family, dirt, shovel. The official start of something that becomes home.
Scheduled visits with our trade partners — tile, plumbing, lighting, hardware, cabinetry, appliances.
Stamps in hand. We’re cleared to dig.
Earth becomes shape. Foundation, framing, the systems that will run inside the walls forever. Once it’s hidden, it stays hidden — so we get it right while it’s open.
Clearing, grading, erosion control, temporary power and access. The site becomes workable.
Footings, walls, slab. The pour that everything stands on for the next hundred years.
All finish, fixture, and appliance selections locked. The schedule depends on this date.
Floors, walls, roof. The first time you can walk the rooms and feel the proportions for real.
On-site with you before insulation. We confirm outlet locations, sconce heights, switch logic — everything that hides behind drywall.
The house becomes weather-tight. Roofing dried in, siding hung, windows flashed.
All three trades stub out, run lines, and pass inspection before walls close up.
Skin and bones become rooms. Sheetrock, paint, tile, cabinetry, trim — the slow accumulation of every detail you chose six months ago.
Final inside-the-walls inspection with you. After this, everything gets covered. Speak now.
Walls and ceilings close up. The house starts to feel like rooms instead of frames.
Wet-area tile, baseboard, casing, crown. The lines of the house get drawn.
Primer, two coats, cut-ins. The color story you committed to in Phase 2 finally lands on the walls.
Hardwood, stone, cabinetry boxes and faces. The big surfaces arrive.
Faucets, fixtures, devices, plates. Every switch you flip from now on.
Paint, stain, masonry, landscape rough. The curb starts to read as your house.
Delivered, set, connected, tested. Kitchen and laundry become functional.
Inspection, polish, key. We don’t hand it over until it’s the house we drew — and the house you signed for.
All final municipal and third-party inspections. Certificate of occupancy issued.
Our internal QC pass. Every door, every drawer, every fixture. We find it before you do.
Two-hour walkthrough. How every system works, where every shut-off lives, what every warranty covers.
Final touch-ups closed out. Construction clean, then a detailed clean. The house is presentation-ready.
Professional photography of the completed home, for your records and ours.
Final walkthrough together. Confirm the punchlist is closed and the house meets the contract.
Final invoice, lien releases, warranty package handed over. Project closed on paper.
Keys, threshold, first night. The roadmap ends. Home begins.
“A home built on the right roadmap
is a home built once.”