12 Steps to Designing Your Home
1. Design Consult
Ellason Signature Homes has partnered with an Engineering firm that specializes in Passive Housing to offer you the ability to build “Green.” If this is your goal, our Passive Home Engineer will be involved in the design process alongside our Designer.
2. Designing the Plans
We will design your blueprints for your newly customized home. We will review and revise them until you are 100% satisfied.
3. Exterior Design Consult
The Designer will show you all the different and new exterior materials for your home. She will then put all your exterior materials together on a 3-D Photo Rendering so you can visualize your new home.
4. Framing Walk-Through
Sometimes it hard to visualize your house by looking at the blueprints, which is why the Designer will walk through the home with you when all the walls are up. This way, you can see if you are happy with the space we have created. Sometimes you might want to add an alcove to hang your favorite painting or changing the size of a certain window to create the perfect environment in a room.
5. Lighting and Electrical Walk-Through
Lighting is very important to give your room that special mood. In this walk-through the Designer will go through what type of lighting is best for each room. As well, equally important and often missed is the proper placement of electrical outlets based on the client’s needs. We will also discuss possible options for Smart Wiring your home.
6. Plumbing and Heating Consult
In this consult, the Builder will go over plumbing and heating options. As well, our Designer will go over design ideas for toilets, sinks, tubs, and showers.
7. Flooring Walk-Through
Our Designer will do a consult to inform you of new flooring trends and to determine what type of flooring is best suited for your home. Because people are busy with work and family, our Designer will pick up samples and bring them to you. As well, she will put the samples together in the different rooms of your home so you can get a feel of how it will look in your newly created space.
8. Kitchen Consult
This is one of the most important rooms in your home. Our Designer will sit down with you to look at all the different styles of kitchens. She will design and create a 3-D model of your kitchen so you can visually see the end result. There is so much to add to a kitchen to give it function and style and our Designer is here to provide you with all the options.
9. The Moulding and Millwork Walk-Through
In this walk-through our Designer will introduce all the different types of mouldings, fireplace mantles, feature walls and discuss various options for staircase railings.
10. Color Consult
Paint is another very important choice for your home because color trends are always changing. Our Designer will review color trends and give you ideas on how to accent your walls with color to give your home that one of a kind look. If we can’t find that perfect color for your walls, our Designer can also create custom paint colors just for you.
11. Interior Design
Ellason Signature Homes holds wholesale accounts in wallpaper, window coverings and furniture and all our clients are privileged to all our wholesale pricing. As well, our Designer works with local artists to help bring your walls to life.
12. Landscaping Consult
No house is complete without creating a bit of green space. We have two options for our clients. For our do-it-yourself clients who have that green thumb and want to save money, our builder will do the initial consultation, then, together, you will go to our wholesaler to pick up your trees. For those that have more grand plans, we will set you up with one of our trusted landscape design companies.
At Ellason Homes we have thought of every step to creating that perfect home just for you.
Kevin and Laurel
Coquitlam
Kevin and I wanted to express our sincere gratitude for everything Ellason Signature Homes has done to make building our custom-built dream home an enjoyable and successful experience. We love, love, love our new home!!!
Building a custom home provides an exciting opportunity to realize a deeply personal vision but also comes with many challenges. This is where Mariella and Randy used their expertise and knowledge to alleviate the roadblocks. Even when we made changes on the fly, they still managed to seamlessly facilitate our project. In addition, their well-established network of tradespeople provided us with consistent quality throughout our custom build.
For us, the characteristics that differentiate Ellason Signature Homes—Mariella and Randy—from other Custom Builders are:
First and foremost is that they care and are 110% Trustworthy
At different stages of our build they would often casually mention how they had stayed awake at night contemplating innovative solutions to our tricky design and/or building issues.
Great communication throughout our project
Budget, design, and timeline were clearly defined while they continually understood and re-evaluated our needs.
High-quality workmanship
In addition to their own team they coordinate a well-established network of sub-contractors. When issues arose, they were discussed with us promptly. We found their trades people to be hardworking individuals which utilized a ‘can do’ attitude.
Open to new approaches and ideas
When presented with something unfamiliar, Mariella and Randy researched the best applications and solutions. They truly seem to love expanding their knowledge base to improve an already polished and professional product.
Comprehensive Design and Building Services
Mariella’s design expertise combined with Randy’s building know-how provided guidance and support for turning our dream into reality.
There is no doubt that if we were to build again, Ellason Signature Homes would be at the top of our list. We have no hesitation in recommending Mariella and Randy to others and have done so to several people already. We have let them know that our home is open to “show” to any prospective clients and are available anytime to answer any questions they may have.
From the bottom of our hearts, THANK YOU!!!
Laurel & Kevin
