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A custom home is the biggest thing most people ever buy, and it is bought before it exists. Danny Bird has been building since 2001, and he is the one who walks your lot, writes your budget, and runs your job.
What you are actually buying
A set of drawings is easy to fall in love with and expensive to price. The usual story goes like this: an architect designs the house you described, you find out months later what it costs, and then you spend the next six weeks cutting it apart.
Blackbird works the other way around. The budget comes first, the drawings get designed to fit it, and you find out what things cost while changing them is still free. That is what design-build is for, and it is why the number you sign is the number that survives.
How a Blackbird home gets built
You are not handed off. The person who priced it is the person who builds it.
What the lot will allow, what the house you described actually costs, and whether those two numbers can meet. Before you spend anything on design.
Drawings developed against the budget, not independently of it. Structural, mechanical, and site work coordinated so the trades are not solving it in the field.
Submittals, approvals, subcontractor buyout, and a schedule with real dates. This is the quiet stage that decides whether the loud stages go well.
Framing through final finishes, inspections, walkthrough, and punch list. One number to call the whole way, and Danny answers it.
Scope
Excavation, foundations, framing, roofing, windows, and exterior cladding. The parts nobody photographs and everybody feels.
Mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and low voltage, coordinated during design so the ceilings and chases actually work out.
Cabinetry, millwork, tile, stone, flooring, and paint, with real allowances so selections do not quietly blow the budget.
Driveways, hardscape, decks and covered outdoor space, grading and drainage. See outdoor living.
City and county submittals, plan review corrections, and inspection scheduling handled by us, not by you.
Line-item budgets, transparent allowances, and change orders priced before the work happens rather than after.
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Design and construction under one contract, one budget, and one point of accountability.
Feasibility, scope, and planning before there are drawings to argue about.
A real line-item budget for the house you are describing, before you commit to it.
Covered patios, decks, outdoor kitchens, and the site work that makes a yard usable.
Where we build
Bring a lot, a plan, a Pinterest board, or nothing but a number. The first conversation is free and it is with Danny.
Or call or text (801) 735-7186