New Home Construction in Clifton, TX

New Home Construction in Clifton, TX: what that means here

Clifton sits on SH-6 between Waco and Meridian, and building here turns on the ground under the house almost as much as the plan on paper. A lot inside the city limits may already have water and sewer stubbed to it. A tract out on acreage is on a well, a septic system and a driveway that does not exist yet. We read the property before anything gets priced, because that difference decides most of the front end of the job.

Ground that looks flat and is not

Plenty of the land around Clifton runs to limestone shelf and caliche, and it can look level from the road while sitting nothing like level under the grass. Rock turns up shallow in places, which changes how a pad is cut and how utility trenches get dug. We look at the grade, the way water leaves the lot and what the excavation is likely to meet before the foundation is designed, rather than finding out with a machine already sitting on site.

• Building pad placed to balance cut and fill instead of hauling dirt across the county
• Rock hit during excavation handled as a written change, not a surprise invoice
• Drainage planned so runoff leaves the pad and does not pond against the slab
• Utility trench routes walked before the well and septic positions are set

In-town hookups or rural well and septic

Inside the Clifton city limits there may be a water and sewer tap available, and the connection fees and inspection come with the city. Outside the limits, the same house depends on a drilled well, a permitted septic system, and getting electric service far enough down a private drive for the utility to set a meter. None of that is a side item. It sets the schedule, and it has to be lined up well before framing starts, so each piece is priced on its own line.

• City water and sewer connections handled for lots inside the Clifton limits
• Well, pump and septic coordinated on acreage before the slab is poured
• Power and meter loop ordered early enough to keep the schedule from stalling
• County procedures followed outside the city, with the paperwork kept for you

The question of who is actually on your site

Around here it is not hard to find somebody who will take a deposit and then go looking for labor. We are veteran owned and we build with a crew we know, which means the person who walks the property with you is the person you call when a question comes up months later. The estimate is itemized rather than one round number, the schedule is written before we start, and you hear from us every week about what got finished and what comes next.

• An itemized written estimate instead of a single lump sum
• A written schedule with site work dated ahead of the framing
• Weekly updates on what was completed and what is scheduled next
• Change orders approved in writing before the work happens