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Paramount Construction creates another new home plan for you

Washington DC is not as conservative as some people think.
We have seen a fairly large demand for contemporary or
modern style home plans. This is one we designed that has
3 levels and 4 bedrooms.

Call it a contemporary home plan, a modern new home plan
or some might call it Bauhaus architecture. Call it what you
like. We are seeing more and more demand for the non-traditional
new home plans. And we are responding to that need.

Kevin, our staff genius architect, has created over 90 new home
plans that fit perfectly into the Bethesda, Chevy Chase, McLean,
Falls Church, Potomac, Arlington neighborhoods.

These are no McMansions. You’ll love the new home plans
with the scale and massing that fit right in (your neighbors will
love it too).

This new home floor plan has been value engineered to be built very affordably
yet still give that ZING-head-turning curb knollwood-elevationappeal and
a great open floor plan. Plenty of windows in the rear
to capture all the views.
We can design this with 9 or 10 foot ceiling heights. And since
we have an in-house “World-Class” architect, customizing the
floor plan for your unique tastes and style is easy and smooth.
We can also customize the home plan for whatever topography and shape
home building lot you would like to build this on.

More good news – this new home can be built as a modular, prefab
or with panelized construction methods – Saving time and resources.
You can’t even tell these are modular homes and prefab new homes.
If you would like to see the floor plans call me at 301-370-6463 or email me at
info@paramountconstruction.net.

Here are the floor plans for this Bauhaus influenced new home plan:

Contemporary new home floor plan for Bethesda, Chevy Chase, Arlington, Mclean

The closer you make the home renovation project to a new home the lower the price

On your next large scale home remodeling project or major home
addition, follow these tips to save lots of time and money.

On a large remodeling or renovation job, the key is making existing
conditions of the work area as close to a new home as possible.

So if the home is empty; no animals, no kids, no people and no furniture,
in other words, as close to the condition the builder would face when
building a brand new home, the vendors and subcontractors will price
the job with lower prices.

This is because the hassle factor has been
reduced.

The vendors and subcontractors don’t have to work around the furniture and worry about
ruining it, they don’t have to worry about keeping dogs and cats in the
house when the workmen go in and out of the doors. They don’t have
to worry so much about safety of the little kids, they don’t have to make
sure the utitlities are on at the end of each day – the water, the electricity ,
the heating and cooling.

So when we can get this type of condition, we explain
to the vendor that they will be able to work faster and have fewer interruptions.

Plus the construction workers are always trying to be friendly to the homeowners and visa versa,
the homeowners want to be friendly to the workers. So what happens is that “hello”
in the morning can turn into a 30 minute chat about what the worker thought about
the Washington Redskins or Obamas State of the Union or about the pipe burst
at the Shady Grove Red Line Metro Station. And the cumulative impact is that the job
ends up taking longer.

Now you might say what about the cost of moving out and fining a place to stay?

Well you can rent a pod for I think $80 per month. Also, through good planning the
home builder may be able to set aside certain areas in your home that are not being worked on
and block those areas off by building temporary protective walls to move some furniture
and store it during the duration of the job.

Also, we have temporary homes that we put our clients in that we rent back to the
client for $1500 or so per month. These homes are in Bethesda, Chevy Chase,
McLean and Arlington (call and reserve these way ahead of time).

We have seen jobs that we estimated 10 months to complete but
where the client moved out and we saved 4 months of time.

So when you net out the 4 months of interest savings on a construction loan and the lower unit
prices from the vendors, against the cost of moving out, we’ve actually seen savings
of $3000 or more.

Plus lots of these homes that are being renovated were built prior to 1978 and have lead paint.
So if you have little kids you really don’t want them exposed to the dust particles and it’s
just a lot more pleasant not living on a “construction site” for 5 months.

I always joke and tell our clients that they’ll live longer if they don’t live on site!

So when you think about that, this tip is really priceless!

Thinking of selling our home? Call 301-370-6463 – – We Buy Homes.

We are now reserving construction starts slots for summer and fall 2010.
Don’t miss out on these low interest rates. Email me at rob@paramountconstruction.net
to get on our schedule.

Here is a new custom home in Arlington Virginia that we designed and are building.
This home will have WoodMode kitchen and bath cabinets and builtins, stone fireplace,
stone veneer, panelized construction, zip walls.

Check out our answer here:

Wheeeew…it’s over – – we had over 200 guests visit our Bethesda Open House yesterday!

I want to thank everyone for attending and I hope you liked what you saw.

First, I want to announce the winner of the Flip Mino Camera Drawing – the winner is…

…Mary H. (we’ll be contacting you today and sending out the
camera) – Congratulations!

Second, I apologize for not being able to meet with everyone individually and answer your
questions.

So I wanted to give you a quick FAQ below to answer some of the
most common questions and least technical (which I’ll answer in future emails – like,
does the $6500 tax credit apply to building a new home, can you really get tens of thousands
of dollars in tax credits with a tear-down and how do you obtain a “Green” LEED rated home?).

Here you go:

Q: Did we create the architectural design and perform the construction of the new home on Berkley Street?
A: Yes. We are architects and builders. Kevin is our on-staff, full-time architect.

Q: Is the home for sale or did we build it for an owner?
A: The home is not for sale, the home was built for the owner.

Q: Was the home design from our Paramount Portfolio Plan Book or was it custom designed?
A: When the owners were checking our references, they visited and met the owners of
our Belmont Model and fell in love with that home. However, given the owners unique needs
and wants and given the unique characteristics of the lot on Berkley, we created a custom design for
the owners.

Q: Do we charge a premium for creating a custom design vs building a home plan from our Paramount Portfolio
of over 80 New Home Plans?
A: Currently, we do not charge anything additional to create a custom home design.

Q: Was there an existing home on the property that was torn down?
A: Yes (we had many questions about the potential tax benefits of tens of thousands of dollars associated with the
tear-down, and a subsequent email will detail the benefits and how that works)

Q: What was the price of the Berkley home and what was included? What was not included?
A: Price was in the $600K +/- range and was all inclusive – demolition of existing home, excavation, permitting,
blueprints, engineering, surveying, utilities, custom selections, etc.

Q: Do you take on home additions and home renovations, as well as new homes?
A: Yes. Currently we have six projects of that type in process.

Q: Do you take on small remodeling projects – $50k to $200K?
A. No, but given the demand, we are considering accepting a few projects on a very limited basis.

Q: I want to build a new home but I don’t have land. Do you have land or lots? Can you help?
A: Yes, we have about 10 lots in Bethesda, Chevy Chase, Mclean and N. Arlington.

I hope this helped.

I’ll be sending out another FAQ in the next few days on some of the more technical issues brought up
and we’re working on a video series that will answer many questions at an even deeper level, which will
come out in the next few weeks.

Again, Kevin and I really appreciate your interest in what we do and please feel free to email me at
rob@paramountconstruction.net or Kevin at kdavis@paramountconstruction.net or call me at 301-370-6463
with any questions you have.

Our award winning staff architect has created over 60 new home plans in our Paramount Portfolio of New Homes that fit seamlessly into our Maryland, Northern Virginia & Washington DC area neighborhoods. You can choose from one of these new home plans, modify one of these new home plans or we’ll create a new custom home plan just for you. We’ll present an architectural rendering of the front of your new custom home and concept home floorplan.
Check out just a few new home plans here

You save when we pass our wholesale new home building material selection cost savings on to you. We are Wood-Mode Kitchen & Bath Cabinet Dealers. This means lower new home costs to you (plus a smoother new home design process)

Sometimes a building contractor may forget to include some construction costs in the initial stages of your new home design- this can be an unpleasant surprise once a custom home or major home addition project gets underway. With our proprietary approach, our staff architect & new home construction professionals work as a team from the start, this results in minimizing any unforeseen costs.

When you build with Paramount Construction you may choose a new home from our Paramount Portfolio of Homes or we’ll custom design a new custom home just for you.  We also design & build large additions to homes & home renovation projects.

We are Architects & Builders. We design & build luxury new homes in the Metro Washington D.C. area. Working with our staff new home architect from the beginning of your new custom home project, our estimating department gives you accurate, fixed cost prices & you don’t have to spend thousands of additional dollars in architectural design fees.