OUR PROCESS

We design with intention - with a sense of connecting people to their space. That involves getting to know how you live and aligning how you use a home to the nature assets a site offers: light, view, wind, privacy, exposure.

Our design process at Sanford Build captures your lifestyle and capitalizes on nature, architecture, interior design, and sustainable materials to deliver an experience that is your very own stage for life's most fulfilling moments.

Identifying Touchpoints - Defining Your Home

Smart design begins with a discussion of your goals for the home. We take care to create spaces that function practically and operate efficiently. We work as partners - you giving us a vision of what makes a home worth living in, us guiding you through a thoughtful process that begins with a dream and ends with a Sanford Build home.

Engage in open discussion about your goals for interior & exterior
Prepare proposal outlining project steps, phases, and fees
Lifestyle Discovery: collect information about how you use space, how you interact at home, who uses the space and what you imagine your space to be.

Merging Nature & Design

Your site is a blank canvas of opportunity, and its assets are what bring your Sanford Build alive. We dedicate time and attention to site analysis throughout the design process. We tune into the terrain, views, property orientation and surroundings. How do these features connect with the interior? The process is collaborative with your insights and lifestyle driving the final design.

Thorough site analysis
Preliminary design to develop site and house plans
Presentation of multiple concepts for review
Refining the design to achieve a final, approved floor plan, interior/exterior sketches and site plan.

Realizing the Vision

We dig into the design, creating detailed plans for every space in the home. Refined sketches and 3-D computer imaging reveal the character. You can view the home as if it were a model, exploring the angles, experiencing the floor plan flow, honing in on finishes and materials. The project comes alive.

Design development to provide detailed architectural plans
Specifying interior design features, including surfaces, textures, fixtures and furniture
Construction drawings are created for required permitting, bidding, and construction.

Building Your Smart Home

We're in this together, Through the entire process, our team acts as your agent to ensure that the design is built to specifications. We can serve as the general contractor, taking your Sanford Build from conception to completion.

Preparation of permitting documents, including participating in the design board review process.
Serve as general contractor or partner with builder to construct your Sanford Build