Start with the land record
Identify the parcel, ownership or authorization, known easements, and whether an up-to-date survey exists. Distinguish documents in hand from assumptions.
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Make the lot make sense before designing the home.
A practical starting point for a custom-home conversation: understand what you know about the land, what needs professional verification, and which questions can reshape the plan or budget.
Private in your browser. No account, upload, automatic email or booking. Planning guidance—not a site inspection, approval, bid, appraisal or construction guarantee.
A PRACTICAL SEQUENCE
Decisions before drawings
Ask before assuming
Zoning, setbacks, covenants, access permits and septic requirements can vary by parcel and jurisdiction. Obtain property-specific guidance from appropriate officials and licensed professionals.
Plan for site realities
Garage-door heights, RV or boat access, slopes, driveway geometry, drainage and utility routing affect design possibilities. Concept imagery is not proof of feasibility.
Budget the full scope
Discuss land, sitework, architecture, permits, construction, financing, holding costs and contingency separately. Obtain actual bids and terms before relying on a price.
YOUR PRIVATE PREPARATION WORKSPACE
Build your consultation checklist
Mark a topic only if you already have information to discuss. Unmarked topics become questions for the next conversation. Checked items are not site verification or professional approval.
Start by confirming parcel suitability before creating an architectural plan.
0 of 12 topics marked as gathered.
Optional: stress-test your custom-home budget
Enter your own assumptions to compare cost categories and a simple 10% construction/sitework overrun scenario. No costs are estimated for you. Empty entries remain unknown; enter 0 explicitly if a category does not apply. Nothing is saved or sent.
Complete the five cost fields and contingency percentage to calculate a scenario. A budget target is optional.
Subtotal plus your contingency assumption
Only your five entered categories plus the selected contingency
If construction and sitework cost 10% more
Same contingency percentage; a sensitivity test, not a prediction
Difference versus your stated budget
Does not mean a project is approved or financeable
Illustrative arithmetic based solely on your inputs, not a quotation, appraisal, financing assessment, complete cost estimate or guaranteed outcome. Actual scope can include additional unentered costs, taxes, closing costs, specialty work and overruns. Confirm prices and feasibility with qualified professionals before relying on the figures.
Copy, email, or print only when you choose. No information has been sent.
What this checklist does not do: It does not determine buildability, verify surveys, approve plans, confirm ownership, create a brokerage engagement, estimate an investment return or provide legal, engineering or financial advice. It does not collect your selections on a server. A consultation request requires you to send the prepared email or call; no appointment is automatically booked. Brokerage activities are through LoKation Real Estate LLC | 404-348-0420.
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Already exploring a concept?
You can choose a previously discussed concept in the private checklist above to organize questions about that idea. A concept selection does not establish availability, owner permission to advertise, engineering feasibility, a listing or an approved price. Property-specific advertising remains subject to the required written authorization and LoKation brokerage review.
Have a parcel or an idea worth discussing?
Start with your site questions and the way you want to live. We'll discuss possible next steps without implying any design, parcel or price has been independently approved.
