about
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who we are
Forner - Lavoy has been building and remodeling homes for decades, building everything from starter homes to high-end custom homes. We have completed simple basement finishes as well as whole-home remodels & complex multi-room additions. We have constructed residences on new, empty lots and we have torn down existing residences to rebuild a brand new home in its place. We have worked with customers from the very beginning of their homebuilding journey -- choosing their lot with them, designing their home, etc. -- and with customers who already have plans and a lot in-hand when they begin to work with us.
Key to all of these experiences has been understanding our customers' needs and wishes so we can design, price and build what they desire. To accomplish this, over the years, we have developed a comprehensive yet homeowner-friendly tool for obtaining our customer's vision for their dream homes -- our Dream Home Calculator. That tool is now available to you!
decades of experience to help you express your vision for your new home...
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why we do it
Have you ever discussed your ideas for a home with a builder and, at the conclusion of the conversation asked them for an estimate based on that brief discussion? And the response was probably “well, it depends on a lot of factors,” but then those factors were not defined and quantified -- thus, nor was an estimate?
We get it. As home builders, we deal with this issue every day. With our Calculator, we aim to fix this problem, regardless of where you are or who you work with.
we want to help you have realistic cost conversations...
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our mission
The whole experience of bringing your dream to reality should be exciting & fun, and you deserve peace-of-mind that your builder is working for you and with you ...
helping you plan your dreams
When discussing costs of a dream home with customers, we discovered that project costs can be broken out into two categories: the structure or "shell" (foundation, framing, mechanical systems, insulation, etc.) and the finish. We found that a builder's "quality of construction" practices drive the structural costs and those costs are largely constant for a given builder. The finish options selected are what really drive overall house cost variability.
With that in mind, we created the Dream Home Calculator to give homeowners the ability to tweak the "shell" quality they desire and also to dial in their desired finish levels, thus choosing areas to allocate more money and areas to save money.