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Lior Golan introduces the guide in one minute: the design-build approach, and the process it walks you through, from the first architectural drawings to every phase of construction.

It is written for one reader: someone about to build a luxury home on Long Island who wants to know what happens, in what order, before the first meeting.

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The cover of the Prestige Custom Home Building Guide: a step-by-step guide to the design-build process, over a completed Long Island home

What the guide covers

This 10-page guide explains how a custom home gets designed, priced and built - so you walk into your first builder meeting knowing what to ask and what to expect.

  • The design-build approach
  • Four things that set a Prestige home apart
  • What moves the cost of a custom home
  • Five steps before construction
  • The build, in eight phases
  • 12 questions to ask any builder
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The Custom Home Building Guide

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New homes from $1.5M. Renovations from $500K.

  • 30+
    Years on Long Island
  • 100+
    Homes built and renovated
  • 5-6
    Projects a year, by design
  • $1.5M+
    New homes. Renovations from $500K

What is inside the guide

Six sections, 10 pages. No price ranges - the questions to answer before you ask any builder for a price.

  • The design-build approach

    How design and construction run as one process: architectural design performed by our licensed architect partners, interior design and construction by Prestige, working to one plan with one point of contact. You can also bring your own architect.

  • Four things that set a Prestige home apart

    You approve your home in photorealistic 3D before it is built. Your budget is set before construction begins. You see progress every day through updates, photos and videos. And Lior is on site.

  • What moves the cost of a custom home

    Six cost drivers - size and shape, the lot, interior finishes, mechanical systems, exterior and grounds, design and approvals - and the question to answer for each before you ask any builder for a price. The guide gives no price ranges: your lot and your choices drive the number.

  • Five steps before construction

    From the initial budget conversation through the design process, legalities and permitting, and interior finish selections, to the priced project you approve - the point where your budget is set before construction begins.

  • The build, in eight phases

    Site prep and foundation, framing and envelope, mechanical rough-ins, insulation and sheetrock, interior finishes, paint and detail, exterior and site, and the final walkthrough and punch list - what happens in each phase, in order.

  • 12 questions to ask any builder

    The same 12 questions to put to every builder you interview, including us: who performs the architectural work, whether you can see your home in 3D, how the budget is set, who is on site, and how changes are handled.

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New homes from $1.5 million. Renovations from $500K. Only five or six projects a year.

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Written by a builder with 100+ completed homes, not a marketing team.

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