A Seven Custom Homes residence above Lake Travis, Spicewood, Texas

The Seven Process

From first walk to handover: what happens, what we do, and what we need from you.

A Seven Custom Homes residence on a Hill Country ridge at dusk — Barton Creek, Austin

01

Discovery

We walk the land with you and talk about how you live and what you want to spend. You leave knowing whether the site and the number agree — before anything is drawn.

What we need from youYour site, your budget range, and a sense of how you want to live in the house.

A living room behind a full wall of glass at sunset — designed and built by Seven Custom Homes

02

Design

What gets drawn is what can be built at your number. Bring your architect’s drawings, or start with ours — plans, elevations and selections take shape together, and you see the house before anything is committed.

What we need from youDecisions, at a pace we set out in advance so nothing waits on a single choice.

A finished great room with a linear fireplace and full-height glass — Seven Custom Homes

03

Contract

A fixed price from finished drawings, with allowances drawn from homes we have actually built in your market. Nothing changes without your signature.

What we need from youA signature, once the number is one you are comfortable with.

A front elevation sheet from a Seven Custom Homes permit set

04

Permitting and pre-construction

Permits, surveys, engineering — and the long-lead materials bought early, because the delays that wreck custom builds are the things nobody ordered in time.

What we need from youNothing. This is ours to carry.

Walnut millwork and stone counters mid-craft — Seven Custom Homes

05

Construction

One project manager, a handful of homes, a weekly update with photographs. Draws only against finished work — and every trade on your site vetted and insured before they touch it.

What we need from youSelections on schedule, and a walk of the house whenever you like.

The finished home at dusk, entry lit — handover night at a Seven Custom Homes residence

06

Handover

We walk the house before you do — the founder, the VP of Construction, the project managers — then walk it with you and finish the list before you move in. The manuals, the warranties, and the same team on the phone after.

What we need from youA walkthrough, and an honest list.

The system behind the craft

Luxury building fails when details live in inboxes and memory. Every Seven home runs on MySeven, our project system, which ties plans, competitive trade bids, purchase commitments and the job budget to the same numbers we signed with you — so craftsmanship stays personal, and the business of building stays clear.

Bid against a real budget line

Trade work is bid competitively against a real budget line. Award is about scope and value.

Everyone builds from your drawings

Plan sets and revisions are controlled. When plans change, every affected trade re-prices from the new set — nobody is building from last month’s drawings.

Commitments you can see

Awarded work becomes a written purchase commitment against the budget, so an overage surfaces early, with a reason.

Visibility without homework

Your project lives in one place — plans, status, budget. You see it whenever you want. You never have to manage it.

The system doesn’t replace your builder relationship. It protects it — so the conversations stay about design and quality, not a hunt through old emails.

What protects you

Every change order and allowance item approved and signed by you

Draws requested only on completed work

Quality-control walks by the founder, VP of Construction and project managers

  • Fixed-price contracts with allowances drawn from completed jobs in your market
  • Vetted, insured trade partners — approved and verified before they touch your site
  • A weekly project update with progress photos, and a schedule kept current
  • Base products chosen for their warranty and the manufacturer’s service record
  • Materials and methods that keep pace with building science — including envelope systems we adopted before they were common here
  • Coordination with your designers during the build, and with your movers at the end

And in the walls you will never see: sound insulation under floors and around baths, and blocking behind the drywall so tomorrow’s hardware has something to hold.

We deal with our clients and our trades straight. The same crews have built Seven homes for years, and it shows in the houses.

The people you can call

David Lyne

Founder

Jeff Gerlach

VP of Construction

Your project manager

On your site, every week

Jillian Rice

Selections Coordinator

Blake Bellamy

Sales Specialist

More questions — the FAQ.

See what your build would cost

A few questions, then where to send the answer. We’ll call back the same business day. Rather talk now: 512-662-1349.

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