Custom home builder in Ascaya

The pad is the project for the first few months

Expect a geotechnical investigation, an engineered pad, structural retaining that reads as architecture because it is too big to hide, and drainage designed for water arriving all at once rather than steadily.

Excavation here is priced by what comes out, not by the size of the hole. On rock-cut ground that number is the single line most likely to move a budget after the drawings are finished, so we get it early.

Design review looks at what the neighbours see

Elevation, massing, materials, roof line, glazing and exterior lighting are all reviewed, and on a hillside the committee is looking at what your house does to somebody else’s view as much as at what it looks like from the street.

Height and the position of the building on the pad are the two things most likely to come back. They are also the two most expensive to change once engineering is done.

Henderson, not Clark County

Ascaya is inside the City of Henderson, which runs its own building department, its own submittal requirements and its own inspection scheduling. Drawings prepared for Clark County are not ready to submit here.