Phase I -- Preliminary Design and Cost Feasibility Analysis

1  We listen very carefully to your needs, desires and expectations for your new or remodeled home. We will discuss with you a realistic budget range that is acceptable and affordable to you.

2  Working with you, we will develop a “Program” describing the entire scope of your proposed home including your objectives such as the size of the home and outdoor entertaining areas, the number, types and sizes of rooms, volume spaces, window style and other important features. This Program will also include aesthetic preferences, lifestyle needs and other project information.

3  We then incorporate your Program into analyzing the site, zoning requirements, building codes, FEMA, CAFRA, DEP and other relevant regulations to determine their impact on your home, its schedule and your budget.

4  After these essential steps have been taken, QMA’s in-house architectural design team will develop preliminary design(s), computer renderings, specifications and a construction cost proposal for the proposed design(s).

5  We will then conduct a design review meeting with you and a QMA architect to discuss these preliminary designs and construction budgets.

6  Taking into consideration your valuable input, we will revise these preliminary designs, specifications and budget, if needed, to ensure that we are creating the home of your dreams.

7  At the end of this first phase, we will meet to review and approve your proposed final revised preliminary designs, specifications and final guaranteed construction price and contracts.


Phase II – Construction

8  Based upon your final approved preliminary design. QMA’s architects will prepare the detailed construction plans and documents suitable for submission to your town’s building department.

9  Prior to construction, we will review these construction plans and documents with you to ensure everything is just the way you want it.

10  We will make the additions and modifications necessary to these plans to obtain building permits from your town.

11  After plans are in order, we will hold a Pre-Construction kick-off meeting with you to discuss our processes, construction schedule, mutual expectations and responsibilities during construction (such as the selection schedule for products).

12  Construction begins. During this phase, we will conduct weekly progress meetings with you to make certain that everything is to your satisfaction.

13  Two weeks prior to completion of your home, we will conduct with you a detailed inspection of the work and prepare a punch-list of items that need to be addressed.

14  One day prior to completion, we will perform with you a final pre-occupancy inspection.

15  Thirty days after move-in, QMA follows up with you to assure that all work we performed for you is to your satisfaction.

16  We will also request you assist us by completing an evaluation and satisfaction survey and returning it to us so that we may continue to improve our systems and processes.

17  Eleven months after move in, we will perform an additional walkthrough with you to determine if any warranty items need attention, adjustment or repair.