Gateway Building Experience

Now that you’ve chosen the StyleCraft Gateway community and floor plan that’s right for you, it’s time for your contract appointment. This affords your New Home Sales Consultant and our preferred lenders the time to solidify your choices in the form of an Agreement, a contract establishing the responsibilities of each party throughout the home building/home buying experience. A more personalized building experience, including key dates, is developed utilizing information specific to your home and the selections you’ve chosen.

When shopping for your new home, visions of contemporary floor plans, gorgeous kitchens and oversized closets may dance in your head — clouding that you have a loan commitment due within 30 days of your signed Agreement. That’s why we’ve partnered with a few preferred lenders to lead you through the process and the various types of mortgages available — to help you select what is best for you and save you time and money along the way.

Now is the time to think through how you would like to work, play, and rest in your new home. Working with your New Home Sales Consultant, choose from pre-selected onsite collections that are hand-picked by the same interior design team that decorates our model homes. This streamlined selections experience will help your new home reflect your personal taste and lifestyle.

Remember your Loan Application meeting? Well, congratulations! You have received a formal commitment letter from your lender. This mortgage approval gives us the green light to proceed with your Live Up Building Experience. It also prevents potential delays in construction of your new home and is most definitely a moment you’ll want to celebrate!

Take off your design hat and put on your construction cap — it’s time to talk shop with your Project Manager! This meeting guides you through everything from blueprints and breaking ground to design selections, warranties and moving in — so be sure to note any questions prior to this meeting. They’ll also review team communications expectations, jobsite safety precautions and your estimated construction start date!

Lace up your boots (or other closed-toed shoes) and get ready to walk every inch of your new yard. There, your Project Manager will do a 30-minute review of everything about your homesite, from location of utilities to orientation of home and driveway and upcoming schedule. Don’t forget to bring your copy of your plot plan, and a smile — in case you’d like to snap a photo next to your very own SOLD sign!

Let’s go vertical! Construction start is an exciting time as your new Gateway home begins to take shape. From here on out, your Project Manager will work with our trade partners to construct your new home, meeting with you at critical points along the way. Be sure to check your CustomerLink portal, as your Project Manager will be posting photos of your new home at various construction milestones. A great photo album of home!

Pull out the boots and hard hat again — it’s time to meet your new home! Navigating through rooms of 2×4 studs can take some vision, so bring your Design Studio Floor Plan, as well as any questions you may have for your Project Manager. This is your opportunity to gain a better understanding of the construction of your home and placement of electrical, structured wiring, HVAC and plumbing systems. With a roof overhead, it won’t be long now!

Your new home is nearly complete, which means you’ve earned front-row tickets to an interactive homeowner how-to! Just bring any questions you have for your Warranty Manager. SyleCraft stands by the quality of our homes, providing a complimentary, certified home inspection and report for your review. You’ll also learn how everything operates, review warranties and what maintenance is required. You’re definitely the homeowner star of this production!

At this point, new homeowner anticipation is no doubt getting the best of you, so we promise to keep this short! This is the last time you will be our guest in your new home, as this is where we turn the keys over to you, making your home officially yours. It’s also your last review of your home’s completeness prior to settlement, so ask your Warranty Manager any questions you may have.

It’s finally here — the day your new Gateway home is officially your own! It’s also a busy time, as you coordinate moving, change of address, and transfer utilities — but don’t worry. We are here to help and to make settlement as seamless as possible. That’s why we partnered with Parker Pollard, one of the area’s best real estate law firms, to assist you on your settlement. Your Sales & Settlements Coordinator will schedule your settlement appointment and provide the pertinent details you need to know for settlement. Congratulations!

It’s yours! We wish you all the best as you cross your threshold (or are carried across), move in, unpack and begin making the house we built your home. Congratulations! And welcome home!

It’s been about six to eight weeks since you moved in, so you’re just starting to break-in your new home. If you’ve experienced any issues with life inside or out, be sure to jot them down. Your Warranty Technician is happy to help save the day!

It’s been nearly 10 months since the settlement of your home. We hope you’re enjoying living in it as much as we enjoyed building it! To ensure that your home lives like new long after move-in, we’ll dispatch our in-house Warranty Technician, or the more aptly named “Fix It” fleet, to follow-up on your experience thus far and ensure that everything continues to operate properly. If you have any questions or concerns about your home, be sure to contact your Warranty Technician before your one-year warranty expires.

You’re not the only one settling into your new home — your walls settle too. So, about one year after closing, be sure to contact your Warranty Technician to repair any nail pops, drywall, or paint touch-ups. You’ll need to submit your one-time drywall and paint-touch up certificate. (Just think of it as a complimentary face lift for the interior of your home!)