Design-Build

The advantage of working with a design-build contractor like Specialty Home Improvement is that our projects and budgets are more accurate, cohesive and efficient since we manage all phases from the initial design concepts, budgeting and permits through engineering, construction and inspections.

The Design-Build Difference

With fewer fingers in the project “pie,” our design-build process ensures that every project, from the smaller, intimate kitchen and bath remodels all the way through the large-scale full home improvements, ADU’s and new homes, gets the personal touch when it comes to everything from tile layout to paint color.

Budgets for our project are based on real decisions and thoughtful project development and design. During the early phases of the design process, we engage our trade partners, contractors, vendors, and other industry professionals so that comprehensive and detailed selections that affect the budget will be ready at the completion of the design and project development phase. During our design-build process, we coordinate with the creative design with the necessary structural engineer to ensure that we are building a safe, long-lasting structure as well as a beautiful home.

And, due to our personalized design process, we can continually monitor the specifications of the project and make real-time recommendations to ensure that we are keeping everything within budget and on schedule. Overall, when creative design and experienced construction management are melded very early in the remodeling process, the result is a beautiful, efficiently completed, on-budget remodel project.

Specialty Home Improvement is a Design-Build Remodeling, Addition & Expansion, and ADU Contractor. We believe in the design-build difference because having the design and construction professionals working on the same page from the very beginning of the project results in a faster, more organized, and streamlined process.

Sheen Fischer, the founding owner of Specialty Home Improvement, has been designing and building homes, additions, and ADUs in San Diego for over two decades. Having been through the process countless times, we have a developed a proven process of our own.

Working with Specialty Home Improvement means that you will be working with us from the design phase to the finished product. We only build projects we have designed and only design plans we’re going to build. The reason we work this way is primarily to benefit you, the client. We have seen that working with a design-build firm all the way through your project will save time, money, and lower overall project stress.

Even if you don’t end up working with us we highly recommend working with a full-service design-build contractor like Specialty Home Improvement.

A Smoother Process

The advantage of working with a design-build contractor, like Specialty Home Improvement, is that it produces a much more cohesive and efficient project from start to finish with typically faster design and construction phases due to the integration of the two.

Budgeting

Budgets for all phases of the project can also be controlled more readily due to having fewer fingers reaching into the budget pie. This process can apply to any size remodeling project—smaller, more intimate kitchen or bath remodels as well as large-scale full home improvements and room additions.

Time Efficient

In today’s fast-paced world, the sleeker, more efficient, and affordable alternative is a design-build approach to home remodeling. In Specialty Home Improvement’s design-build process, we begin the management of all phases of the project from the first meeting.

The Difference

During the early phases of the design process, we engage our trade partners, contractors, vendors, and other industry professionals so that a comprehensive and detailed budget will be ready at the completion of the design. During our design-build process, we coordinate with the designer, architect, and engineer to ensure that we are working to keep the project on budget while still staying true to the design as much as the budget allows. If we see that the specifications of the project are exceeding the budget parameters, we can put the brakes on the process and meet with you to examine alternative means to design the project that will help to meet the budget goals.