The Build Your Own Home Program is offered exclusively through independent material suppliers and home centers that have franchised with Build Your own Home, LLC, of Syracuse, New York. For over five years, the Build Your Own Home Program has allowed individuals to actively participate in the construction of their new home, using the highest quality building materials and sub contractors at the lowest possible prices. Build your own home offers a complete construction management program that allows individuals to participate in the construction process in varying degrees, based upon time, experience and ability. Build Your Own Home offers complete construction management and construction financing to assist you throughout the construction process "from blueprints to completion".

What People Are Saying...

"We first looked at modular homes...with Build Your Own Home, our custom built home offered more footage and cost us less..."

"From the moment we walked into their office, we felt as though our home was as important to them as it was to us..."

"Being totally involved in the building process was highly rewarding and the money saved is definitely an important factor..."

"The program gave us the flexibility to have exactly what we wanted...and made easy the complicated issue of construction financing..."

The Concept

The Build Your Own Home Program is offered exclusively through independent material suppliers throughout New York State. Our experience documents that the material suppliers who participate in the Build Your Own Home Program are in the best position to provide the highest quality products at the lowest quality price eliminating builder markups and middlemen who raise the price of materials utilized in construction. The program allows individuals to build their new homes at builders' cost, with complete, professional guidance through all phases of construction. The Build Your Own Home Program offers complete "in-house" construction financing eliminating the need for costly and detailed construction loans. As a customer in the Build Your Own Home Program, you will select your permanent mortgage lender from a wide selection of both local and national financial institutions. Whether you own your own land or are looking for land to purchase, our professional consulting team will assist you in all aspects of your new home project.

Land Development

The Build Your Own Home Program is a comprehensive program which also addresses the issues and concerns that you will have in developing your building lot for the construction of your new home. From septic system designs, wells, driveways and other utilities, our professionally trained staff will guide you through both the cost and logistics of developing your building lot, in preparation for construction of your new home.

Building Design

The Build Your Own Home Program offers over 500 home plans that have been built throughout the northeast over the past 20 years. In addition, the Program offers complete, customized house design that are prepared with you in order to create the house of your dreams. Our in-house detailed cost analysis will allow you to select and modify your home plans and attain your desired price range prior to requiring any financial commitment on your part. Our professional in-house architectural staff further allows you to complete your construction drawings at the lowest possible cost.

The Budget Process

The Build Your Own Home Program offers complete and continuous cost monitoring. The system provides you with a detailed analysis of the cost of your new home prior to construction, as well as regular computerized updates of the actual cost throughout the completion of your new home. The Build Your Own Home Program provides the highest quality subcontractors in your area and establishes a pre-approved contractors account with your material supplier. This allows actual costs to be monitored and maintained so as to complete your new home without any surprises. Our complete costing program includes everything that will go into your new home, including closing costs for your permanent mortgage, construction loan interest, attorney's fees, architectural fees and surveying fees that may be applicable to the construction of your new home.

Construction Financing

Only The Build Your Own Home Program offers complete in-house construction financing without the hassles, delays or red tape often encountered in dealing with commercial lenders. As a Build Your own Home participant, you choose your permanent mortgage lender from a wide variety of both local and national financial institutions, and you pay only one closing cost for the entire Program. You will also be signing every check that is released from your in house construction loan. You have total control over every expenditure for labor and materials provided in your new home. With our in-house construction loan program, you can even include the cost of the property you are purchasing. To say the least, construction financing has never been easier.

Pre-Established Accounts

The Build Your Own Home Program offers you pre-approved purchasing accounts through a wide variety of suppliers and industries throughout your area. From concrete to driveway stone, we allow you to use your pre-approved accounts at builders' cost with no additional mark-up. With the Build Your Own Home Program you won't have to waste valuable time being pre-approved for credit from suppliers in your area.

The Construction Process

The Build Your Own Home Program allows you to make all of the decisions pertaining to the construction of your new home. You select the suppliers and all of the subcontractors who participate in the construction. You have the opportunity to review a variety of bids and obtain, in person, references on each of the subcontractors that you ultimately select to work on your new home. Based upon your abilities, you may also choose to perform some of the labor during the construction process. Our field representatives will continuously monitor the construction of your home and keep you advised on a day to day basis as to any issues or decisions regarding construction. Our team will schedule subcontractors, tradesmen and delivery of building materials to schedule subcontractors, tradesmen and delivery of building materials to ensure a smooth and efficient construction process. Our administrative staff will prepare all of the checks and perform all of the accounting regarding invoices for labor and materials incurred throughout construction. Without any prior experience this unique program allows you, as a participant, a simple, effective way to "BUILD YOUR OWN HOME!!"